Earth Portation News September 28th

AIR -'Carmaheaven': Closure of 405 in 2011 Improved Los Angeles Area Air Quality Up to 83 Percent
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120928103754.htm


ANIMALS - Scientists Capture Clues to Sustainability of Fish Populations
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120927141539.htm


ART - The Amazing Vegetable Carvings of Shawn Feeney
http://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/culture/play-your-food-amazing-vegetable-carvings-shawn-feeney/

ART - Italian Artist's Bronze Tree
http://www.treehugger.com/culture/guisseppe-penone-whitechapel.html


CLIMATE - Venice Lagoon Research Indicates Rapid Climate Change in Coastal Regions
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120928125306.htm

CLIMATE - Experts Call on Congress to Create First U.S. Weather Commission
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120927123648.htm

CLIMATE - Lazy Reporters Overstate Climate Change Harms By A Factor Of 10
http://www.forbes.com/sites/timothylee/2012/09/26/misleading-media-coverage-of-climate-change-report/


EARTH - Ancient Water Cycles Shed Light On U.S. Deserts
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120927144234.htm


ECONOMICS - How Selling Less Stuff Translates to More Profit
http://www.forbes.com/sites/amywestervelt/2012/09/28/how-selling-less-stuff-translates-to-more-profit/

ECONOMICS - Ancient Stinging Nettles Reveal Bronze Age Trade Connections
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120928093717.htm

ECONOMICS - Amazon Starts Eco-Friendly Shopping Site
http://www.treehugger.com/green-home/amazon-starts-eco-friendly-shopping-site.html

ECONOMICS - Meet The Sweet Startup That Wants To Replace Your M&Ms
http://www.forbes.com/sites/calebmelby/2012/09/28/meet-unreal-a-natural-candy-maker-endorsed-by-jack-dorsey-matt-damon-gisele-and-her-husband/


EDUCATION -Taking Mathematics to Heart
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120928125139.htm

EDUCATION -11 Students Of A Different Education
http://www.forbes.com/sites/samanthasmith/2012/09/27/11-students-of-a-different-education/


ENERGY - The Nuclear Renaissance Is Back, Industry Panel Says
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2012/09/27/the-nuclear-renaissance-is-back-industry-panel/

ENERGY - A Pair of MIT Scientists Try to Transform Nuclear Power
http://www.forbes.com/sites/pikeresearch/2012/09/27/a-pair-of-mit-scientists-try-to-transform-nuclear-power/

ENERGY - California Launches Nation's Largest Clean Energy PACE Program
http://www.forbes.com/sites/justingerdes/2012/09/28/california-launches-nations-largest-clean-energy-pace-program/

ENERGY - Napiergrass: A Potential Biofuel Crop for the Sunny Southeast
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120927142524.htm

ENERGY - What The Future Of Wave Energy Looks Like
http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidferris/2012/09/27/no-one-agrees-what-a-wave-energy-harvester-looks-like/

ENERGY - Fully Charged Visits The Clean Energy City of the Future
http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/fully-charged-visits-clean-energy-city-future.html


GARDENS - Grow a 1% Fall Container Garden on a 99% Gardener Budget
http://www.treehugger.com/lawn-garden/grow-1-fall-container-garden-99-gardener-budget.html


HOMES - How to Buy an Eco Friendly Mattress
http://www.treehugger.com/green-home/how-to-buy-mattress.html


SCIENCE - Shaking up biomolecules with light
http://phys.org/news/2012-09-biomolecules.html

SCIENCE - What looks like play may really be a science experiment
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-science.html#ajTabs

SCIENCE - Belgians to build prototype nuclear reactor with particle accelerator to reduce waste threat
http://phys.org/news/2012-09-belgians-prototype-nuclear-reactor-particle.html#ajTabs

SCIENCE - Electrons Confined Inside Nano-Pyramids
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120928103756.htm


SPACE - Old Streambed On Martian Surface Found
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120927142337.htm

SPACE -For the first time, astronomers have measured the radius of a black hole
http://phys.org/news/2012-09-astronomers-radius-black-hole.html#ajTabs


TECH - Wireless data centers could be faster, cheaper, greener
http://phys.org/news/2012-09-wireless-centers-faster-cheaper-greener.html#ajTabs

TECH - Suitable Technologies set to market new 'Beam' Remote Presence Device
http://phys.org/news/2012-09-suitable-technologies-remote-presence-device.html#ajTabs

TECH - Wireless Data Centers Could Save Energy, Cost Less to Operate
http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/wireless-data-centers-could-save-energy-cost-less-operate.html

TECH - New Method Monitors Semiconductor Etching as It Happens -- With Light
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120928141058.htm

TECH - New Material, Graphene, May Soon Replace Silicon for Technology Industry, Experts Say
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120928085350.htm

TECH - Technology 'Improves' Grammar Learning for Primary Pupils
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120927091540.htm

TECH - Browser Plugin Helps People Balance Their Political News Reading Habits
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120927152141.htm

TECH - Federal Law Needed to Safeguard 'Digital Afterlives', Expert Argues
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120926123849.htm


URBAN - Fantastic Deconstructed Geodesic Dome Is Built With Local and Recycled Wood
http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/deconstructed-wooden-geodesic-dome-kristoffer-tejlgaard-benny-jepsen.html


WIND - Wind Power Passes 100 Gigawatt in EU
http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/wind-power-passes-100-gigawatt-mark-european-union.html

WIND - UK Renewable Energy Output Jumped 42% Last Year
http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/renewable-energy-output-uk-jumped-42-last-year.html

WIND - Largest Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Installation in U.S. Operating at Texas A&M
http://www.treehugger.com/wind-technology/largest-vertical-axis-wind-turbine-installation-us-operating-texas-m.html


WORK - The Best Ways to Use Social Media in Your Job Search
http://www.forbes.com/sites/trudysteinfeld/2012/09/28/the-best-ways-to-use-social-media-in-your-job-search/

WORK - The Most Underrated Jobs 2012
http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2012/09/27/the-most-underrated-jobs-2012/

WORK - 10 Body Language Tics That Could Cost You The Interview -- And The Job
http://www.forbes.com/sites/meghancasserly/2012/09/26/10-body-language-tics-that-could-cost-you-the-interview-and-the-job/

WORK - Bureau Of Labor Statistics Revises Job Growth Upward By A Huge 386,000 Jobs
http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2012/09/27/bureau-of-labor-statistics-revises-job-growth-upward-by-a-huge-386000-jobs/