Earth Portation News September 19th

ANIMALS - INSECTS Global Warming: Evolutionary Straitjacket Means Flies Can't Take the Heat
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120918090814.htm


ART - Man Creates Colossal Snow Artworks With His Feet (Photos)
http://www.treehugger.com/culture/simon-beck-snow-artworks.html


BIRDS - Crows Can Reason About Cause and Effect
http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/crows-can-reason-about-cause-and-effect.html


BOOKS - EXCLUSIVE: Hard Numbers For Successful Free Book Sampling On Amazon
http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidvinjamuri/2012/09/19/exclusive-hard-numbers-for-successful-free-book-sampling-on-amazon/

BOOKS - 'a must read' 'Understanding and Developing Node Modules' by David Herron
http://www.amazon.com/Node-Web-Development-David-Herron/dp/184951514X


CLIMATE - For the 330th Month in a Row, It's Been Hotter Than the 20th Century Average
http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/330th-month-row-its-been-hotter-20th-century-average.html

CLIMATE - Arctic Sea Ice Could Disappear in Summer by 2016
http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/arctic-sea-ice-could-disappear-summer-2016.html

CLIMATE - Support for Carbon Capture Is Extensive but Not Strong, Indiana Study Finds
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120918154106.htm


EARTH - Antarctic Sea Ice Sets Another Record
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamestaylor/2012/09/19/antarctic-sea-ice-sets-another-record/


ECONOMICS - Groupon launches payments service in US (Update)
http://phys.org/news/2012-09-groupon-payments.html

ECONOMICS - Where America's Richest Man Is Investing His Money
http://www.forbes.com/sites/victoriabarret/2012/09/19/where-americas-richest-man-is-investing-his-money/

ECONOMICS - The Forbes 400: The Richest People In America In 2012
http://www.forbes.com/forbes-400/

ECONOMICS - Tech's Wealthiest: Mark Zuckerberg Down But Still Makes The Cut
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanmac/2012/09/19/the-nations-10-richest-in-tech-zuckerberg-down-but-still-makes-the-cut/

ECONOMICS - Elon Musk Is Not The Richest Car Guy In America
http://www.forbes.com/sites/hannahelliott/2012/09/19/elon-musk-is-not-the-richest-car-guy-in-america/

ECONOMICS - Giving Back The Warren Buffett Way
http://video.forbes.com/fvn/forbes-400-12/forbes-400-conversation-with-warren-buffett/

ECONOMICS - The Best Places In America For Business And Careers
http://www.forbes.com/best-places-for-business/

ECONOMICS - America's Largest Private Companies
http://www.forbes.com/private

ECONOMICS - America's Most Expensive Zip Codes
http://www.forbes.com/zip-codes


EDUCATION - America's Best Colleges
http://www.forbes.com/colleges


ENERGY - Thermoelectric material is world's best at converting heat waste to electricity
http://phys.org/news/2012-09-thermoelectric-material-world-electricity.html

ENERGY - America Take Note: Technology Unleashes Black Gold to Rescue Ireland's Economy
http://www.forbes.com/sites/markpmills/2012/09/18/america-take-note-technology-unleashes-black-gold-to-rescue-irelands-economy/

ENERGY - Best at Converting Heat Waste to Electricity
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120919135310.htm

ENERGY - Chevron Fined a Measly $17.3 Million For Oil Spill in Brazil
http://www.treehugger.com/energy-disasters/chevron-fined-measly-175-million-oil-spill-brazil.html


FASHION - At London Fashion Week's Estethica, British Go for Gold
http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-fashion/british-show-their-stuff-estethica-london-fashion-week.html


GARDENS - TERRAform Raised Bed Makes Gardening Wheelchair Accessible
http://www.treehugger.com/lawn-garden/terraform-raised-bed-makes-gardening-accessible-mobility-impared.html


HOMES - Dishwasher Mounts on Wall and Doubles As Storage Cabinet
http://www.treehugger.com/kitchen-design/dishwasher-mounts-wall-and-doubles-storage-cabinet.html

HOMES - DIY Non-Toxic Dish Detergent for 8 Cents a Load
http://www.treehugger.com/cleaning-organizing/make-non-toxic-dish-detergent-8-cents-load.html


PLANTS - Scientists uncover last steps for benzoic acid creation in plants
http://phys.org/news/2012-09-scientists-uncover-benzoic-acid-creation.html


SCIENCE - Dark matter effect might be explained by modified way to calculate inertial mass
http://phys.org/news/2012-09-dark-effect-inertial-mass.html#ajTabs

SCIENCE - CT Scan and 3-D Print Help Scientists Reconstruct an Ancient Mollusk
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120919125742.htm

SCIENCE - Single-Atom Writer a Landmark for Quantum Computing
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120919135305.htm


SOLAR -The Best from Solar Decathlon Europe
http://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/green-architecture/solar-decathlon-europe-shows-solar-skills-design-and-engineering-students-around-world/


TECH - Body Scanners Provide Perfect Clothing Fit, May Revolutionize Shopping
http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/body-scanners-provide-perfect-clothing-fit-may-revolutionize-shopping.html

TECH - The Jacket That Talks to Facebook in an Emergency
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120917090018.htm


URBAN - Can Nanotubes Tell of Bridge Collapse Risk?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120919103136.htm


TECH - New Tech Stymied by Copyright Law
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120916114416.htm

TECH - Scientists employ powerful laser to breathe new life into old technology for studying atomic-level structures
http://phys.org/news/2012-09-scientists-powerful-laser-life-technology.html

TECH - Are you cuckoo? What your emailing style says about you
http://phys.org/news/2012-09-cuckoo-emailing-style.html


URBAN - London Design Festival's Spectacular Prism--an Installation about London Using Open Data
http://www.treehugger.com/urban-design/london-design-festivals-spectacular-prism-eco-view-london-using-open-data.html

URBAN - Under Construction: Teeny Weird Japanese House of the Day, Questions About Design and More
http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/under-construction-teeny-weird-japanese-house-day-questions-about-design-and-more.html

URBAN - BMW's 'UR:BAN' project developing grid lock easing technology
http://www.torquenews.com/1075/bmws-urban-project-developing-grid-lock-easing-technology

URBAN -London Design Festival Kicks Off with Designer Benches
http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/london-design-festival-kicks-designer-benches.html


URBAN -Top 10 Dirtiest Cities in America
http://www.treehugger.com/travel/top-10-dirtiest-cities-america.html


URBAN - How Much Would It Cost To Build Carnegie Hall Today?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/morganbrennan/2012/09/19/how-much-would-it-cost-to-build-carnegie-hall-today/


WATER - Sea Surface Temperatures Reach Record Highs on Northeast Continental Shelf
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120918121551.htm


WATER - Ocean mavericks in Maine turn tide for electrical grid
http://phys.org/news/2012-09-ocean-mavericks-maine-tide-electrical.html


WIND - Ocean Power Finally Comes Online
http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidferris/2012/09/17/ocean-power-comes-online-and-its-not-a-wind-turbine/


WORK - New Study: Long-Term Unemployment Viewed By Hiring Companies As Worse Than A Criminal Record
http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2012/09/18/new-study-long-term-unemployment-viewed-by-hiring-companies-as-worse-than-a-criminal-record/


WORK - Average 25% Pay Gap Between Men and Women Doctors Largely 'Inexplicable'
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120918185627.htm