Earth Portation News August 17th

AIR  
-Accidental breakthrough on the puzzle of atmospheric acids
http://phys.org/news/2012-08-accidental-breakthrough-puzzle-atmospheric-acids.html

ANIMALS
 -400 Bee Friendly Plants That Will Make Your Garden Buzz
http://www.treehugger.com/lawn-garden/bee-friendly-plants.html

-Some Like It Hot: Cold-Blooded Tropical Species 'Not as Vulnerable' to Climate Change Extinction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120816075403.htm

ART 
-Interest in Arts Predicts Social Responsibility
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120816151809.htm

CLIMATE
-Climate and drought lessons from ancient Egypt
http://phys.org/news/2012-08-climate-drought-lessons-ancient-egypt.html#ajTabs

-US carbon emissions in surprise drop
http://phys.org/news/2012-08-carbon-emissions.html

-Global Warming Causes More Extreme Shifts of the Southern Hemisphere's Largest Rain Band, Study Suggests
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120816075441.htm

-Studies Shed Light on Why Species Stay or Go in Response to Climate Change
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120817135603.htm

ECONOMICS
-The Buy-One-Give-One Business Model Must Get Smarter
http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/buy-one-give-one-business-model-must-get-smarter.html

-Clean Energy Revives Communities, Gets People to Work
http://www.treehugger.com/green-jobs/clean-energy-revives-communities-gets-people-work.html

-The Companies With The Biggest Jumps In Employee Happiness
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jacquelynsmith/2012/08/17/the-companies-with-the-biggest-jumps-in-employee-happiness/

EDUCATION 
-Study: College students lose respect for peers who hook up too much
http://phys.org/news/2012-08-college-students-respect-peers.html

-America's Top 10 Greenest Colleges
http://www.treehugger.com/culture/americas-top-10-greenest-colleges.html

ENERGY 
-U.S. Gasoline Consumption Drops to 8.5 Million Barrels/Day During First Quarter of 2012

http://www.treehugger.com/fossil-fuels/us-gasoline-consumption-drops-85-million-barrelsday-during-first-quarter-2012.html

-US Oil Imports from Saudi Arabia Spike 20% This Year
http://www.treehugger.com/fossil-fuels/us-oil-imports-saudi-arabia-spike-20-year.html

GARDENS 
-400 Bee Friendly Plants That Will Make Your Garden Buzz
http://www.treehugger.com/lawn-garden/bee-friendly-plants.html

-Are Cracked Tomatoes Still Edible?
http://www.treehugger.com/lawn-garden/are-cracked-tomatoes-still-edible.html

-Wild Pollinators Support Farm Productivity and Stabilize Yield
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120817084031.htm

-2,4-D Resistance Found in Weeds Could Limit the Herbicide’s Future Usefulness
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120816151812.htm

PEOPLE
-The myth of natural talent
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-myth-natural-talent.html

PLANTS
-Triage for Plants: Scientists Develop and Test Rapid Species Conservation Assessment Technique
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120816170410.htm

SCIENCE 
-New Form of Carbon Can Dent A Diamond
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120816141529.htm

-Solid-State MASER Operates at Room Temperature
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120815131707.htm

-Geneticist Encodes His Book in DNA
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120817135601.htm

http://phys.org/news/2012-08-dna-encode-digital.html

-Urine Based 'Potion' Can Act as CO2 Absorbent
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120817135410.htm

http://phys.org/news/2012-08-molecular-code.html

-First Direct Observations of Quantum Effects in an Optomechanical System
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120815142052.htm

-Molecular code cracked
http://phys.org/news/2012-08-molecular-code.html

-Crystals from chaos: Physicists observe new form of carbon
http://phys.org/news/2012-08-physicists-carbon.html#ajTabs

 -Magnetic vortices with electric sense
http://phys.org/news/2012-08-magnetic-vortices-electric.html

SOLAR 
-Sunflowers inspire more efficient solar power system
http://phys.org/news/2012-08-sunflowers-efficient-solar-power.html#ajTabs

-Sunflower-Inspired Solar Power Technology Effortlessly Follows the Sun
http://www.treehugger.com/solar-technology/sunflower-inspired-solar-tech.html

-Voltaic Solaire Brings Net-Zero Energy Buildings to the Big Apple
http://www.forbes.com/sites/williampentland/2012/08/16/voltaic-solaire-brings-net-zero-energy-buildings-to-the-big-apple/

-New Report Presents Research Program for Solar and Space Physics Over the Next Decade
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120815131711.htm

 -Puzzle of Solar Wind Heat Solved
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120817084024.htm

SUSTAINABILITY 
-Ocean Health Index Provides First Global Assessment Combining Natural and Human Dimensions of Sustainability
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120815131703.htm

TECH 
 -Fujitsu develops industry's first system for recycling CDs and DVDs into notebook PCs
http://phys.org/news/2012-08-fujitsu-industry-recycling-cds-dvds.html

-CERN physicists break record for hottest manmade material
http://phys.org/news/2012-08-cern-physicists-hottest-manmade-material.html

-Research team finds way to use photon shape to encode messages
http://phys.org/news/2012-08-team-photon-encode-messages.html

 -Student-Designed FlashFood App Reduces Food Waste
http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/student-designed-flashfood-app-reduces-food-waste.html

-How Food52's New Partnership Could Revolutionize Online Cooking
http://www.forbes.com/sites/daniellegould/2012/08/16/how-food52s-new-partnership-could-revolutionize-online-cooking/

-Infographic: The Six Most Texted-About Moments Of London 2012 Olympics
http://www.forbes.com/sites/sap/2012/08/16/infographic-the-six-most-texted-about-moments-of-london-2012-olympics/

 -Computer-Simulated Knitting Goes Right Down to the Yarn
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120817135352.htm

URBAN 
 -Robotic system to inspect underground pipes
http://phys.org/news/2012-08-robotic-underground-pipes.html

WIND  
-How offshore wind turbines could be more efficient
http://phys.org/news/2012-08-offshore-turbines-efficient.html

-Largest Building-Integrated Wind Power System in U.S. Installed in Oklahoma City
http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/largest-building-integrated-wind-power-system-us-installed-oklahoma-city.html