EARTH PORTATION News May 21st

ANIMALS 
- Scientists develop ‘piezoelectric dolphin speakers’ to accurately interpret dolphin sounds
http://www.ecofriend.com/scientists-develop-piezoelectric-dolphin-speakers-accurately-interpret-dolphin-sounds.html
http://www.instablogsimages.com/1/2012/05/17/piezoelectric_speaker_will_let_researchers_talk_with_dolphins_v2lxi_390x278.jpg

- BIRDS - How Birds Learn Songs: Motor Control Insights
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120520133510.htm


CLIMATE 
- Pollution-Intensified Storms Warm Atmosphere
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120519202816.htm


EARTH
- Mercury in Arctic Springs from Hidden Source
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120521104145.htm

- Earth's Water Cycle Intensifying
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120521104631.htm

- 'Map of life': A web tool that brings biodiversity of life at your fingertips
http://www.ecofriend.com/map-life-web-tool-brings-biodiversity-life-fingertips.html


ECONOMICS 
- 15 year old boy starts his very own e-waste recycling business!
http://www.ecofriend.com/15-year-old-boy-starts-own-waste-recycling-business.html

- Marketing is more effective when targeted to personality profiles
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-effective-personality-profiles.html


ENERGY 
- Eco-pulse monitors energy usage to keep consumption down
http://www.ecofriend.com/eco-pulse-monitors-energy-usage-keep-consumption-down.html


GARDENS
- Test Your Potting Soil Quality Before Planting Your Container Garden
http://www.treehugger.com/lawn-garden/test-your-potting-soil-quality-soil-planting-your-container-garden.html

- Garden creation to showcase London's iconic creation
http://www.ecofriend.com/garden-creation-showcase-londons-iconic-creation.html

- 'N': An indoor hydroponic system for growing wheatgrass
http://www.ecofriend.com/indoor-hydroponic-system-growing-wheatgrass.html


HOMES 
- Franco Albini's Veliero Bookshelf Is Like A Suspension Bridge For Books
http://www.treehugger.com/interior-design/franco-albinis-veliero-bookshelf-suspension-bridge-books.html

- AirHotel is a Treehouse Hotel Room in the Sky
http://www.treehugger.com/travel/air-hotel-hotel-room-sky.html


PERMACULTURE 
- Shop These Top 10 U.S. Farmers Markets
http://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestravelguide/2012/05/21/shop-these-top-10-u-s-farmers-markets/


PLANTS 
- How plants chill out
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-chill.html

- Researchers aim to assemble the tree of life for all 2 million named species
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-aim-tree-life-million-species.html

- Map of Life Website Will Catalog and Track Every Plant and Animal Species
http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/map-life-website.html


SCIENCE 
- Cloak of Invisibility Using Plasmonics
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120521104637.htm

Cloak of invisibility: Engineers use plasmonics to create an invisible photodetector
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-cloak-invisibility-plasmonics-invisible-photodetector.html

- French team demonstrates paramagnetic properties of liquid oxygen drops
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-french-team-paramagnetic-properties-liquid.html


SOLAR
- KarmSolar hopes to provide off grid irrigation to farms in rural Egypt
http://www.ecofriend.com/karmsolar-hopes-provide-grid-irrigation-farms-rural-egypt.html

- Nevada to benefit from first hybrid solar geothermal power plant
http://www.ecofriend.com/nevada-benefit-hybrid-solar-geothermal-power-plant.html


SPACE 
- Hinode Mission to Capture Annular Solar Eclipse This Weekend
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120518103040.htm


Annular Solar Eclipse seen from Mount Shasta today at 6:26 PM PDT
http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/484212_10150957133841648_724806647_12560201_552481087_n.jpg

Incredible Video of Solar Eclipse Reveals Details of the Sun
http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/incredible-video-solar-eclipse-reveals-details-sun.html

Annular Solar Eclipse May 20 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DtkoAlwIpWY

- Three-Telescope Interferometry Allows Astrophysicists to Observe How Black Holes Are Fueled
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120516140101.htm

- Europe's largest solar telescope opens in Canary Islands
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-europe-largest-solar-telescope-canary.html

- Bright Future for Solar Power from Space
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120516093826.htm

- What Astronauts Ate: Apollo 10 Space Meal, 1969
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120518132244.htm


SUSTAINABILITY 
- Scientists track your carbon footprint, step by step
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-scientists-track-carbon-footprint.html


TECH 
- Researchers improve fast-moving mobile networks
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-fast-moving-mobile-networks.html

-MaKey MaKey turns anything into a touchpad
http://www.gizmag.com/makey-makey-touch-interface-circuit-building-kit/22535/

- Nikola Tesla Wasn't God And Thomas Edison Wasn't The Devil
http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2012/05/18/nikola-tesla-wasnt-god-and-thomas-edison-wasnt-the-devil/

- From lemons to lemonade: Reaction uses carbon dioxide to make carbon-based semiconductor
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-lemons-lemonade-reaction-carbon-dioxide.html

- Jake Dyson's LED Desk Lamp WIll Light Up Longer Than You Will
http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/jake-dysons-led-desk-lamp-will-light-longer-you-will.html

- Silicon Memory Chip May Offer Super-Fast Memory
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120518132549.htm

- Why rumors spread fast in social networks
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-rumors-fast-social-networks.html

- Roomba-Like Robots Dropped by Helicopter Could Clean Up Oil Spills
http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/floating-drone-cleans-oil-oceans.html


URBAN 
- The New York Times on TreeHugger Founder's Tiny Apartment and Its "Convertible Tricks"
http://www.treehugger.com/modular-design/new-york-times-treehugger-founder-graham-hill-tiny-apartment-convertible-tricks.html

- Designboom Shops: The Best From New Designers On Show
http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/designboom-shops-best-new-designers-show.html

- Nido offers cozy retreat away from home
http://www.ecofriend.com/nido-offers-cozy-retreat-home.html


WATER 
- Harvest the Rain with these Four Homemade Rain Barrels
http://www.treehugger.com/lawn-garden/harvest-rain-these-four-homemade-rain-barrels.html

- Scotland successfully completes underwater turbine test to harness tidal power
http://www.ecofriend.com/scotland-successfully-completes-underwater-turbine-test-harness-tidal-power.html


WIND
- Hercules vertical axis wind turbine harnesses energy from all directions
http://www.ecofriend.com/hercules-vertical-axis-wind-turbine-harnesses-energy-directions.html

- University of Barcelona develops innovative wind prospecting system
http://www.ecofriend.com/university-barcelona-develops-innovative-wind-prospecting-system.html