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EARTH PORTATION curated News February 27th

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SCIENCE - Nanoscale freezing leads to better imaging
It's an odd twist. For scientists to determine if a cell is functioning properly, they must destroy it. This is what happens in X-ray fluorescence microscopy when biological specimens are exposed to ionizing radiation, which provides images with a level of detail that conventional microscopes just can't match. This exposure can change what is being imaged in profound ways, possibly giving false accounts of how the cell actually works. To address ...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140226133000.ht


SCIENCE - Two biodegradable mulches found to be suitable polyethylene alternatives
Three potentially biodegradable plastic mulch products were evaluated by scientists over two growing seasons of broccoli to determine deterioration before and after soil incorporation. Pretillage mulch deterioration was evaluated in both growing seasons by rating the percent of visual deterioration. Post-incorporation mulch deterioration was measured for 13 months at the end of the first growing season. Results showed that two of the mulches could ...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140225112934.ht


SCIENCE - Why does salt melt ice, and what else is it doing?
It helps keep our roads clear of ice and snow, but there's a big environmental cost .. ...
http://www.treehugger.com/clean-water/why-does-salt-melt-ice


SCIENCE - Yale prepares for atom smasher’s farewell, sets stage for new physics era
Yale University has begun a multi-phase renovation of the former Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory that will reinvent the landmark nuclear physics lab for a new era in physics research .. ...
http://news.yale.edu/2014/02/25/yale-prepares-atom-smasher-s


URBAN - Tiny Transforming Apartment Maximizes Space for an Artist in Tel Aviv
Read the rest of Tiny Transforming Apartment Maximizes Space for an Artist in Tel AvivPermalink |Add todel.icio.us | diggPost tags: artist's apartment, flexible interior design, flexible spaces, foldable beds, modular apartment, modular architecture, Raanan Stern, smart interior design, tel aviv apartments, tel aviv architecture, tiny home design, tiny spaces, wooden interior .. ...
Raanan Stern, modular apartment, modular architecture, flexible spaces, tiny spaces, tiny home design, flexible interior design, wooden interiors, artist's apartment, tel aviv apartments, tel aviv architecture, smart interior design, foldable beds
http://inhabitat.com/amazing-transforming-apartment-maximize


URBAN - Vertical Bamboo Village: An Eco-Friendly Skyscraper Made From Quick-Growing Bamboo
Vertical Bamboo Village is an economical and environmentally friendly alternative to traditional skyscrapers. Bamboo is readily available in Asia, and when it is harvested responsibly it makes a fantastic low-impact building material. The bamboo gardens located around the project and on its roof provide bamboo that can be used to produce new parts for the building.Via Super Skyscrapers%Permalink |Add todel.icio.us | diggPost tags: "sustainable ar ...
vertical bamboo village, bamboo architecture, green architecture, sustainable design, green design, green building, eco architecture, green materials, sustainable materials, bamboo, sustainable architecture
http://inhabitat.com/vertical-bamboo-village-an-eco-friendly


URBAN - Vo Trong Nghia’s Wind and Water Bar is Made Almost Entirely of Bamboo in Viet Nam
Read the rest of Vo Trong Nghia’s Wind and Water Bar is Made Almost Entirely of Bamboo in Viet NamPermalink |Add todel.icio.us | diggPost tags: bamboo architecture, bamboo dome, eco design, green design, green materials, prefab building, Sustainable Building, sustainable design, vietnam architecture, Vietnamese vernacular architecture, vo trong nghia, Wind and Water Ba .. ...
Wind and Water Bar, Vo Trong Nghia, Vietnam architecture, Vietnamese vernacular architecture, prefab building, bamboo architecture, bamboo dome, sustainable building, green materials
http://inhabitat.com/vo-trong-nghias-wind-and-water-bar-is-m


WIND - Off-Shore Wind Farms Can ‘Tame’ Hurricane Winds, Surges, Stanford Study Finds [VIDEO]
  Climate scientists have been predicting more intense seasonal temperature variations and storms for several years now and recent winter ice storms in the deep south of the US, as well as ‘super storm’ Sandy, seem to lend much credence to this forecasting. And although this past hurricane season was less than spectacular — discounting Sandy, Off-Shore Wind Farms Can ‘Tame’ Hurricane Winds, Surges, Stanford Study Finds [VIDEO] was originally post ...
http://planetsave.com/2014/02/26/off-shore-wind-farms-can-ta


SCIENCE - Nanoscale freezing leads to better imaging

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It's an odd twist. For scientists to determine if a cell is functioning properly, they must destroy it. This is what happens in X-ray fluorescence microscopy when biological specimens are exposed to ionizing radiation, which provides images with a level of detail that conventional microscopes just can't match. This exposure can change what is being imaged in profound ways, possibly giving false accounts of how the cell actually works. To address ...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140226133000.ht

SCIENCE - Two biodegradable mulches found to be suitable polyethylene alternatives

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Three potentially biodegradable plastic mulch products were evaluated by scientists over two growing seasons of broccoli to determine deterioration before and after soil incorporation. Pretillage mulch deterioration was evaluated in both growing seasons by rating the percent of visual deterioration. Post-incorporation mulch deterioration was measured for 13 months at the end of the first growing season. Results showed that two of the mulches coul ...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140225112934.ht

SCIENCE - Why does salt melt ice, and what else is it doing?

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It helps keep our roads clear of ice and snow, but there's a big environmental cost ...

http://www.treehugger.com/clean-water/why-does-salt-melt-ice-and-what-

SCIENCE - Yale prepares for atom smasher’s farewell, sets stage for new physics era

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Yale University has begun a multi-phase renovation of the former Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory that will reinvent the landmark nuclear physics lab for a new era in physics research ...

http://news.yale.edu/2014/02/25/yale-prepares-atom-smasher-s-farewell-

URBAN - Tiny Transforming Apartment Maximizes Space for an Artist in Tel Aviv

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Read the rest of Tiny Transforming Apartment Maximizes Space for an Artist in Tel AvivPermalink |Add todel.icio.us | diggPost tags: artist's apartment, flexible interior design, flexible spaces, foldable beds, modular apartment, modular architecture, Raanan Stern, smart interior design, tel aviv apartments, tel aviv architecture, tiny home design, tiny spaces, wooden interior ...

Raanan Stern, modular apartment, modular architecture, flexible spaces, tiny spaces, tiny home design, flexible interior design, wooden interiors, artist's apartment, tel aviv apartments, tel aviv architecture, smart interior design, foldable beds

http://inhabitat.com/amazing-transforming-apartment-maximizes-space-fo

URBAN - Vertical Bamboo Village: An Eco-Friendly Skyscraper Made From Quick-Growing Bamboo

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Vertical Bamboo Village is an economical and environmentally friendly alternative to traditional skyscrapers. Bamboo is readily available in Asia, and when it is harvested responsibly it makes a fantastic low-impact building material. The bamboo gardens located around the project and on its roof provide bamboo that can be used to produce new parts for the building.Via Super Skyscrapers%Permalink |Add todel.icio.us | diggPost tags: "sustainable ar ...

vertical bamboo village, bamboo architecture, green architecture, sustainable design, green design, green building, eco architecture, green materials, sustainable materials, bamboo, sustainable architecture

http://inhabitat.com/vertical-bamboo-village-an-eco-friendly-skyscrape

URBAN - Vo Trong Nghia’s Wind and Water Bar is Made Almost Entirely of Bamboo in Viet Nam

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Read the rest of Vo Trong Nghia’s Wind and Water Bar is Made Almost Entirely of Bamboo in Viet NamPermalink |Add todel.icio.us | diggPost tags: bamboo architecture, bamboo dome, eco design, green design, green materials, prefab building, Sustainable Building, sustainable design, vietnam architecture, Vietnamese vernacular architecture, vo trong nghia, Wind and Water Ba ...

Wind and Water Bar, Vo Trong Nghia, Vietnam architecture, Vietnamese vernacular architecture, prefab building, bamboo architecture, bamboo dome, sustainable building, green materials

http://inhabitat.com/vo-trong-nghias-wind-and-water-bar-is-made-almost

WIND - Off-Shore Wind Farms Can ‘Tame’ Hurricane Winds, Surges, Stanford Study Finds [VIDEO]

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  Climate scientists have been predicting more intense seasonal temperature variations and storms for several years now and recent winter ice storms in the deep south of the US, as well as ‘super storm’ Sandy, seem to lend much credence to this forecasting. And although this past hurricane season was less than spectacular — discounting Sandy, Off-Shore Wind Farms Can ‘Tame’ Hurricane Winds, Surges, Stanford Study Finds [VIDEO] was originally post ...

http://planetsave.com/2014/02/26/off-shore-wind-farms-can-tame-hurrica

EARTH PORTATION curated News February 24th

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AIR - Colorado Approves Limits on Air Pollution from Oil and Gas Drilling

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/colorado-approves-


ANIMALS - Marine algae can sense the rainbow
A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has shown for the first time that several types of aquatic algae can detect orange, green and blue light .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2014-02-marine-algae-rainbow.htm


ANIMALS - Photo: Sunshine reveals the translucence of a butterfly's wings
This butterfly is known as the Great Spangled Fritillary .. ...
http://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/natural-sciences/photo-


BIRDS - In the eye of a chicken, a new state of matter comes into view
Along with eggs, soup and rubber toys, the list of the chicken's most lasting legacies may eventually include advanced materials such as self-organizing colloids, or optics that can transmit light with the efficiency of a crystal and the flexibility of a liquid .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2014-02-eye-chicken-state-view.htm


BIRDS - New insights into origin of birds focuses on key characteristics that preceded flight: Body size, forelimb length
The key characteristics of birds which allow them to fly -- their wings and their small size -- arose much earlier than previously thought, according to new research that examined closely the Paraves, the first birds, and their closest dinosaurian relatives which lived 160 to 120 million years ago. Researchers investigated the rates of evolution of the two key characteristics that preceded flight: body size and forelimb length. In order to fly, h ...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140223215134.ht


BIRDS - New insights into the origin of birds
Mark Puttick and colleagues investigated the rates of evolution of the two key characteristics that preceded flight: body size and forelimb length. In order to fly, hulking meat-eating dinosaurs had to shrink in size and grow much longer arms to support their feathered wings .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2014-02-insights-birds.htm


BOOKS - Book Excerpt: A Natural History of Love

http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/books/excerpts.php?id


EARTH - A Gem Of A Find – Oldest ‘Piece of Earth’ Discovered
  Measuring just 200 by 400 microns (about 4 times the width of a human hair on its widest dimension), one would think finding an ancient zircon to be harder than finding a needle in the proverbial haystack…or, in this case, like finding a nearly microscopic gemstone on a sheep farm in Western Australia. But geologists treasure A Gem Of A Find – Oldest ‘Piece of Earth’ Discovered was originally posted on: PlanetSave. To read more from Planetsave ...
http://planetsave.com/2014/02/24/a-gem-of-a-find-oldest-piec


EARTH - Stonehenge Rock Source Identified
The site however raises further questions about how the stones were transported from their source to what is now the monument .. ...
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/stonehenge-rock-so


EDUCATION - Online DIY community for kids teaches offline skills
The next generation of makers is getting a boost from an online DIY community and its accompanying app, which aims to help kids not only learn new skills, but to also share them with others and build a DIY portfolio .. ...
http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/online-diy-commun


ENERGY - Electric Power Research Institute Launches Study for Transformation of the Electric Power Grid
PALO ALTO, California. The Electric Power Research Institute has launched a study on the transformation of the electric power grid. The rapid rise of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) — such as rooftop solar panels and high tech microgrids — could change the structure of the electric grid. Yet even as these technologies rise rapidly, very few organizations have looked at how these technologies could be integrated into the electric power systems ...
epri Electric Power Research
http://solarthermalmagazine.com/2014/02/24/electric-power-re


ENERGY - Is the Natural Gas Revolution All It’s Cracked Up to Be?
Natural gas is the Ron Burgundy of energy: kind of a big deal. According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), natural gas now accounts for about 31 percent of U.S. primary energy production -- our single largest source of energy. Natural gas has now surpassed coal production (which accounts for about 26 percent), is more than double the energy from oil production (about 17 percent), and is almost triple the energy we obtain from renew ...
http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/why-the-natural-


ENVIRONMENT - HS2 may increase risk of homes being flooded, senior Conservatives fear
Concerns voiced about high-speed train line that runs over floodplains and requires diversion of seven major riversSenior Conservatives have raised concerns about whether HS2 will increase the risk of homes being flooded, as the high-speed train line passes through areas affected by the recent extreme weather, runs over miles of high-risk floodplains and will require the diversion of seven major rivers.The Lib Dem flooding minister, Dan Rogerson, ...
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/feb/23/hs2-may-incr
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ENVIRONMENT - Volcanic eruptions causing global warming slowdown, study says
17 volcanoes since 2000 account for up to 15% of the difference between predicted and observed warming this centur .. ...
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/feb/24/volcanic-
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FASHION - Nothing to wear? Peer-to-peer fashion rental start-up could help
Is it too soon for a fashion rental market, or is it an idea whose time has come? Rentez-Vous certainly thinks soYou know how it is – a wardrobe full of clothes but nothing to wear? Or indeed a city full of people but no-one to meet up with? Young, French entrepreneur Fiona Disegni has come up with a solution to both. Her start-up business Rentez-Vous allows people to rent out their clothes, access other people's wardrobes, and meet like-minded i ...
http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/fashion-rent
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FURNITURE - 18th century transformer furniture blows away anything built today
This stuff folds in ways you cannot imagine, serving more functions than you can think of .. ...
http://www.treehugger.com/eco-friendly-furniture/18th-centur


GARDENS - Organic winemaker faces jail for refusing to apply pesticide
The French agriculture ministry has sentenced Emmanuel Giboulot six months in jail for not taking preventative measures against a bacterial vine disease .. ...
http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-agriculture/organic-wi


SCIENCE - The Stunning Symbiosis between Math and Knitting [Slide Show]
A meeting of the minds at the intersection of mathematics and fiber arts yields eye-popping creations .. ...
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-stunning-symbi


SPACE - Sun Erupts with Huge X-Class Flare, Biggest of 2014
Solar maximum may be starting to wane, but the sun has no intention on slipping into the stellar doldrums quietly. Continue reading .. ...
http://news.discovery.com/space/sun-erupts-with-huge-x-class


TREES - A Forgotten Tree that Changed the World is on the Verge of Extinction.
The Cinchona tree and it's extract quinine is the only natural cure for Malaria. It changed the face of the planet and saved millions of lives in the new age of discovery.Now the Cinchona is on the verge of extinction in it's natural environment; Loja, Ecuador, due to centuries of deforestation.A small New Zealand Tonic Water maker, Quina Fina, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to create the first Cinchona plantation ever in it's natural enviro ...
http://www.good.is/posts/save-a-forgotten-tree-that-saved-th


TREES - Global Forest Watch tracks tree loss around the world almost in real-time
As they say, sunshine is the best disinfectant. This doesn't just apply to corrupt politics; it also goes for corrupt environmental practices .. ...
http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/global-forest-wat


URBAN - Blue lagoons and higher roads to curb flood threat?
Could a fashionable solution have prevented the Somerset Levels flooding .. ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26326560#sa-ns


WATER - Vitamin water: Measuring essential nutrients in the ocean
The phrase, 'Eat your vitamins,' applies to marine animals just like humans. Many vitamins, including B-12, are elusive in the ocean environment .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2014-02-vitamin-essential-nutrients-oce


WIND - Evidence of wind farms harming health unreliable
NHMRC paper finds some 'poor quality evidence' that proximity to windfarms is associated with annoyance and lack of sleep, and further research is warrantedLenore Taylo .. ...
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/feb/24/no-reliable-
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AIR - Colorado Approves Limits on Air Pollution from Oil and Gas Drilling

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http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/colorado-approves-limits-on-

ANIMALS - Marine algae can sense the rainbow

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A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has shown for the first time that several types of aquatic algae can detect orange, green and blue light ...

http://phys.org/news/2014-02-marine-algae-rainbow.htm

ANIMALS - Photo: Sunshine reveals the translucence of a butterfly's wings

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This butterfly is known as the Great Spangled Fritillary ...

http://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/natural-sciences/photo-sunshine-r

BIRDS - In the eye of a chicken, a new state of matter comes into view

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Along with eggs, soup and rubber toys, the list of the chicken's most lasting legacies may eventually include advanced materials such as self-organizing colloids, or optics that can transmit light with the efficiency of a crystal and the flexibility of a liquid ...

http://phys.org/news/2014-02-eye-chicken-state-view.htm

BIRDS - New insights into origin of birds focuses on key characteristics that preceded flight: Body size, forelimb length

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The key characteristics of birds which allow them to fly -- their wings and their small size -- arose much earlier than previously thought, according to new research that examined closely the Paraves, the first birds, and their closest dinosaurian relatives which lived 160 to 120 million years ago. Researchers investigated the rates of evolution of the two key characteristics that preceded flight: body size and forelimb length. In order to fly, h ...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140223215134.ht

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