Earth Portation News November 9th

ANIMALS - Study identifies how zebrafish regrow their brains
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-zebrafish-regrow-brains.html


CLIMATE - Keeping Warming Below 4°C Rise Requires 400% Increase in Decarbonization
http://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/keeping-warming-below-4-degress-celsius-requires-400-percent-increase-decarbonization.html

CLIMATE - Enhanced Melting of Northern Greenland in a Warm Climate
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121109084055.htm


EARTH - Gunkanjima, The Mysterious Island In 'Skyfall'
http://www.forbes.com/pictures/ehlk45fljm/on-the-boat-to-gunkanjima/

EARTH - Greenland rocks provide evidence of Earth formation process
http://phys.org/news/2012-11-greenland-evidence-earth-formation.html


ECONOMICS - China Strikes Back At European Solar Trade Investigation
http://www.forbes.com/sites/christophercoats/2012/11/08/chinese-solar-strikes-back-at-eu-panel-protests/

ECONOMICS - When Even A Billionaire Can't Buy A State Law
http://www.forbes.com/sites/joannmuller/2012/11/07/when-even-a-billionaire-cant-buy-a-state-law/

ECONOMICS - Green Mountain Hopes To Beat Starbucks With A Simple Ingredient
http://www.forbes.com/sites/chrisbarth/2012/11/09/green-mountain-hopes-to-beat-starbucks-in-the-u-s-with-one-simple-ingredient/

ECONOMICS - Can't Pay 'Em? Praise 'Em. Approval Can Work As Well As Payouts.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalvo/2012/11/09/study-receiving-a-compliment-has-same-positive-effect-as-receiving-cash/

ECONOMICS - Is Japan Risking War to Save the U.S.-Japan Alliance?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/stephenharner/2012/11/07/is-japan-risking-war-to-save-the-u-s-japan-alliance/

ECONOMICS - The "Made in America" Controversy: Not So Fast, Fool!
http://www.forbes.com/sites/eamonnfingleton/2012/11/09/the-made-in-america-controversy-not-so-fast-fool/


EDUCATION - Teaching With Salman Khan
http://video.forbes.com/fvn/impact/khan-academy-making-video/

EDUCATION - Technology Is Transforming Education
http://video.forbes.com/fvn/impact/knewton-jose-ferreira-impact15/


ENERGY - Teens Create A Way To Use Urine As Fuel
http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewdepaula/2012/11/08/teens-create-a-way-to-use-urine-as-fuel/
http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/teenage-girls-invent-pee-powered-generator.html

ENERGY - The Biggest Energy Problem That Rarely Makes Headlines
http://www.forbes.com/sites/blakeclayton/2012/11/09/the-biggest-energy-problem-that-rarely-makes-headlines/


GARDENS - Orlando Gardener Vows to Fight Anti-Front Yard Veggie Garden Ordinance
http://www.treehugger.com/lawn-garden/orlando-gardener-vows-fight-anti-front-yard-veggie-garden-ordinance.html

GARDENS - 5 Ways to Share Your Garden on Global Sharing Day
http://www.treehugger.com/culture/5-ways-share-your-garden-global-sharing-day.html

GARDENS -Water, rest, water, save: Experts advise cycle-soak watering of lawns
http://phys.org/news/2012-11-rest-experts-cycle-soak-lawns.html


PLANTS - Corals Under Attack 'Call 911' to Fish
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121108142740.htm


SCIENCE - Scientists discover possible building blocks of ancient genetic systems
http://phys.org/news/2012-11-scientists-blocks-ancient-genetic.html

SCIENCE - Nanoparticles: When Less Is More in Predicting Performance
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121108140851.htm


SOLAR - Effective Thermal Energy Storage System for Storing Energy from Solar Panels Developed
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121109083731.htm

SOLAR - Cut The Price Of Solar In Half By Cutting Red Tape
http://www.forbes.com/sites/toddwoody/2012/07/05/cut-the-price-of-solar-in-half-by-cutting-red-tape/

SOLAR - Side-Illuminated Ultra-Efficient Solar Cell Designs Developed
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121108074016.htm


SPACE - New Australian telescope set to find 700,000 new galaxies
http://phys.org/news/2012-11-australian-telescope-galaxies.html

SPACE -Protecting astronauts from space radiation
http://phys.org/news/2012-11-astronauts-space.html

SPACE - Habitable Planet: New Super-Earth in Six-Planet System May Be Just Right to Support Life
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121108073927.htm

SPACE - Investigating the Big Bang particle
http://phys.org/news/2012-11-big-particle.html


TECH - New Way of Making Glass
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121109111515.htm
http://phys.org/news/2012-11-glass.html

TECH - Next-Generation Echo Sounder Ready
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121108073807.htm

TECH - Data Storage: How Magnetic Recording Heats Up
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121108140853.htm

TECH - App Urges You to Spend Less on Stuff
http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/app-helps-you-spend-less-stuff-more-charity.html

TECH - Chevron says hit by Stuxnet virus in 2010
http://phys.org/news/2012-11-chevron-stuxnet-virus.html


URBAN - Alternative Social Housing: Prefab, Add-On Homes to Densify Suburbs
http://www.treehugger.com/urban-design/alternative-social-housing-prefab-add-homes-densify-suburbs.html

URBAN - Autark Home: A Self-Sufficient, Floating Passivhaus Houseboat
http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/autark-home-passivhaus-houseboat.html

URBAN - Rotating Home is a Transcontinental Tri-National Mashup
http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/rotating-home-transcontinental-tri-national-mashup.html

URBAN - Ottawa Condo Is A Model For Green Intensification
http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/ottawa-condo-model-green-intensification.html

URBAN - The Box: Ralph Erskine's Precursory Tiny House in the Swedish Woods
http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/box-ralph-erskines-precursory-tiny-house-swedish-woods.html


WATER - Clean-Up of Some U.S. Contaminated Groundwater Sites Unlikely for Decades
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121108131818.htm


WIND - Secret Wind Patterns Revealed by Kinetic Facade (Video)
http://www.treehugger.com/urban-design/windswept-installation-charles-sowers.html


WORK -When Identity Is Tied to Former Employer, Unemployed Report Higher Well-Being
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121109084145.htm