AIR - 11 EU Nations Exceed Air Pollution Ceilings
-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com .. ...
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/11-eu-nations-exce
AIR - Air pollution killed seven million people in 2012: WHO
Air pollution by sources ranging from cooking fires to auto fumes contributed to an estimated seven million deaths worldwide in 2012, the UN health agency said on Tuesday. .. ...
BIRDS - After the Fact: Bird’s Extinction Is Tied to the Arrival of Humans
Scientists have long assumed that humans played a role in the moa’s obliteration. Now there’s inescapable proof. .. ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/25/science/birds-extinction-i
BIRDS - Missing hormone in birds: Leptin found in mallard duck, peregrine falcon and zebra finch
How does the Arctic tern (a sea bird) fly more than 80,000 miles in its roundtrip North Pole-to-South Pole migration? How does the Emperor penguin incubate eggs for months during the Antarctic winter without eating? These physiological gymnastics would usually be influenced by leptin, the hormone that regulates body fat storage, metabolism and appetite. However, leptin has gone missing in birds -- until now .. ...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140324184227.ht
BIRDS - New discovery finds missing hormone in birds
University of Akron researchers discovered leptin in the mallard duck, peregrine falcon and zebra finch, marking the first time the hormone has been found in birds .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2014-03-discovery-hormone-birds.htm
BOOKS - Book Excerpt: Fresh Bread and Other Stories of Spiritual Nourishment
Joyce Rupp's litany of God's generosity .. ...
http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/books/excerpts.php?id
BOOKS - Book Excerpt: The Ecstasy of Surrender
Judith Orloff's checklist of intuitive clues including gut feelings, goose bumps, flashes of insight, and intuitive empathy .. ...
http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/books/excerpts.php?id
CLIMATE - Exxon Valdez oil spill – in pictures
Remembering Exxon Valdez, 25 years later.On 24 March, 1989 an oil tanker ran aground in the pristine waters of Prince William Sound in the Gulf of Alaska, dumping 11 million gallons of crude oil. The spillage affected 11,000 square miles of sea, killing thousands of marine mammals and sea birds, and had a devastating impact across the 1,300-mile of shoreline. Twenty-five years on it remains one of the worst environmental disasters of all timeSee ...
CLIMATE - Flood Zone Foolishness
Politicians from disaster-prone states lead the fight against real disaster reforms.Wang Chengyun/Xinhua/ZUMAThe billion-dollar storm is the new normal. Eight of the 10 costliest hurricanes in U.S. history have occurred in the past decade, adjusting for inflation, at a staggering toll of more than $200 billion in losses. Sea level rise along the eastern seaboard is happening at the fastest rate in the world. Disaster experts have plenty of good i ...
EARTH - Shrinking coast, sinking land discussed at Louisiana forum
(This article is published in "The Louisiana Weekly" in the March 24, 2014 edition.)Speakers at last week's State of the Coast or SOC 2014 conference at the Ernest Morial Convention Center in New Orleans balanced grim projections for Louisiana's low-lying areas with possible solutions. SOC is the state's biggest summit on coastal dynamics, and this year's event was the third in a series held every two years. More than 1,050 people registered for ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-buchanan/shrinking-coast
ENERGY - China is now the world’s largest net importer of petroleum and other liquid fuels
In September 2013, China’s net imports of petroleum and other liquids exceeded those of the United States on a monthly basis, making it the largest net importer of crude oil and other liquids in the world. The rise in China’s net imports of petroleum and other liquids is driven by steady economic growth, with rapidly […]The post China is now the world’s largest net importer of petroleum and other liquid fuels appeared first on EV News Report .. ...
http://evnewsreport.com/china-now-worlds-largest-net-importe
ENERGY - How much energy does living in a walkable neighborhood actually save?
Jeff Speck says as much in a week as your changing all your bulbs does in a year. Here's proof .. ...
ENERGY - Norway Can End Energy Poverty
Norway can take the lead to end energy poverty with its new mandates for renewable energy investment and sustainable development. These mandates can and should call for transitioning energy access investment away from large-scale centralized energy investments to small scale, distributed clean energy investments. Norway and others have already committed over $1B in funding announced during the Rio +20 meeting in 2012, now it is time to figu .. ...
ENVIRONMENT - Exxon Valdez oil spill – in pictures
On 24 March, 1989 an oil tanker ran aground in the pristine waters of Prince William Sound in the Gulf of Alaska, dumping 11 million gallons of crude oil. The spillage affected 11,000 square miles of sea, killing thousands of marine mammals and sea birds, and had a devastating impact across the 1,300-mile of shoreline. Twenty-five years on it remains one of the worst environmental disasters of all time .. ...
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2014/mar/24/e
ENVIRONMENT - Fukushima fishermen approve plan to release groundwater from plant: media
TOKYO (Reuters) - Fishermen working off Japan's destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant have agreed to allow the release of uncontaminated groundwater around the facility into the ocean, Jiji news agency reported on Tuesday, in a rare victory for the site's operator. .. ...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/25/us-japan-fukushima
ENVIRONMENT - Lots of carbon dioxide equivalents from aquatic environments
Large amounts of carbon dioxide equivalents taken up by plants on land are returned to the atmosphere from aquatic environments. The findings were that emissions of carbon dioxide equivalents (as methane and carbon dioxide) from lakes, running water, dams, ponds, and wells correspond to on an average 42% of the expected natural carbon sink in India. This carbon sink may therefore be smaller than expected, illustrating that we do not have full kno ...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140324111329.ht
GARDENS - 6 Easy spring vegetables you can start now
You don't have to wait until the weather's hot to start growing some of your own food, and these 6 spring vegetables can be a great way to get some locally grown green on your plate .. ...
GARDENS - Garden on the Go— Japanese Train Station Rooftops are Covered in Farms
While these rooftop farms are often found on private warehouses and industrial buildings, a new farming project in Japan utilizes the tops of public transit stations to give passengers a moment to work their green thumbs while waiting for the next train. Soradofarm occupies the roofs of five different stations around Tokyo, transforming these otherwise idle spaces into productive sites that benefit th .. ...
http://www.good.is/posts/garden-on-the-go-japanese-train-sta
MOVIES - DVD Feature Film Review: Tess
Conveys the bleak determinism that makes this young woman's life so anguished .. ...
http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/films/films.php?id=76
MOVIES - DVD Feature Film Review: The Wolf of Wall Street
An over-the-top portrait of a cynical head of brokerage firm which vividly shows the soul rot afoot in America .. ...
http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/films/films.php?id=25
SCIENCE - Einstein's 'spooky' theory may lead to ultra-secure internet
(Phys.org) —Einstein's scepticism about quantum mechanics may lead to an ultra-secure internet, suggests a new paper by researchers from Swinburne University of Technology and Peking University .. ...
http://phys.org/news/2014-03-einstein-spooky-theory-ultra-se
SCIENCE - Gravitational-wave Finding Causes 'Spring Cleaning' in Physics
The Big Bang findings strengthen the case for the multiverse and all but rule out a 'cyclic universe'-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com .. ...
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/gravitational-wave
SCIENCE - When lab scientists used to pipette with their mouths
There've been lots of advancements in lab tech, but here's one researchers are probably particularly grateful for: the modern pipette. Why? Because, before its invention, lab protocol called for scientists to pipette with their mouths, much like you would a straw.Read more... .. ...
SPACE - Beyond Lithium-ion Battery Project – New Space Batteries
NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio and the DOE Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR) Argonne, Ill., are collaborating to develop next generation batteries for use in future space missions. The coordinated effort announced today combines JCESR’s deep knowledge of the basic science in energy storage research with NASA Glenn’s expertise engineering battery technologies.. .. ...
SPACE - Out There: Ripples From the Big Bang
The telescopic discovery of gravitational waves believed to have been left from the origin of the universe will reverberate for years to come. .. ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/25/science/space/ripples-from
URBAN - Japanese architect Shigeru Ban awarded 2014 Pritzker prize
(Reuters) - Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, noted for his airy modernist designs and humanitarian work, has won the 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize, the top award in the field, organizers said on... .. ...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/24/us-usa-architectur
URBAN - The Work of Shigeru Ban
Images of the architect’s designs. .. ...
http://www-nc.nytimes.com/slideshow/2014/03/24/arts/design/N
URBAN - Winner of Evolo skyscraper design competition nails it without nails
Yong Ju Lee of the United States takes first prize with this amazing wood towe .. ...
WORK - Essay: A Side Business as a Way to Gain Financial Security
A busy working mother uses knowledge gained from years of personal finance reporting to create money planners and a new source of income. .. ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/25/your-money/a-side-business
WORK - Older, They Turn a Phone Into a Job
The Bureau of Labor Statistics says 24 percent of workers in the United States do some or all their work from home. .. ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/25/your-money/home-is-where-t
WORK - Your Money Special Section: Freelancers Piece Together a Living in the Temp Economy
A Las Vegas entertainer who works a variety of jobs finds she must reinvent herself. .. ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/25/your-money/freelancers-pie
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