With a constant need to look out for the planets ecosystems, it is always saddening to see that some governments simply are not. So when I saw the news that, over the past 12 months, deforestation in the Amazon rain forest had jumped 69%, I was literally shocked.
According to the [...]
Hands up anyone who’s read JD Salinger’s classic “The Catcher In The Rye”. Lawks, but there’s a lot of you.
OK: hands up anyone who hasn’t read it. Ah … that’s a much more manageable number.
The book is a modern classic. It [...]
Why is expanded offshore drilling not the lasting solution to the U.S.’s energy problems? Besides many of the other valid reasons (decades to get to market, potential environmental devastation, oil as a global commodity), Satish Nagarajaiah offers another one:
Billions and billions of dollars in potential storm-related losses.
A civil and mechanical engineering professor [...]
Ever found yourself making it to the end of a week, hoping for a sunny weekend in which to lie outside or head to the beach or do some gardening, only to wake up on Saturday morning to overcast skies? I bet it’s happened before, probably more than once.
Well it seems [...]
I can see the Freecycle post now:
OFFER: I have six million carp, good condition. Nothing wrong with them; just have more than I need. You must pick up.
The State of Utah might just be posting like this something soon. Apparently, they’re in the market to unload a few carp–approximately six million–that are [...]
Rogue prefers his steak medium-well. But when it comes to sniffing out a rare plant, this dog performs work that’s very well done, indeed.
The 4-year-old Belgian sheepdog is part of a Nature Conservancy collaborative project to test the efficacy of using dogs to sniff out the threatened Kincaid’s lupine. The plant is host to the endangered Fender’s blue butterfly, found only in Oregon’s Willamette Valley.
Twelve states – New York, California, and a few I’ve never heard of – have announced yet another suit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). They claim federal regulators have failed in issuing the necessary standards to regulate green house gas emissions. The EPA’s rebuttal: it’s not in our job description.
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The team at Blue Planet Run would like to share their perspective of an amazing young woman who goes the distance to help others.
We have been in awe of Katie Spotz for quite some time for all that she does for Blue Planet Run. She ran as part of a four-person team for the [...]
A new study has shed light on the possible dangers being kept intact by the Arctic cold. According to the study, published in the British journal Nature Geoscience, climate change’s warming of the Arctic ice could end up releasing massive stores of carbon dioxide from the Arctic soil. In fact, the carbon stores [...]
Fears about the Arctic melting away during northern summers are proving to be far from unfounded, with the latest reports rolling in from Alaska and Greenland showing disturbing trends. New shipping lanes are opening up through what were once icy seas near Alaska, and glaciers that have so far withstood much of what [...]
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
—Albert Einstein
Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! We are happy in proportion to the things we can do without.
—Henry David Thoreau
We must live simply, so that others may simply live.
—Gandhi
Ah, the simple life. No worries, no responsibilities, [...]
It may sound simplistic, but Israeli President Shimon Peres makes a good point; “The problem itself (terror and Iran), is like a swamp with mosquitos. It’s preferable to dry out the swamp than try to kill every single mosquito.”
While meeting with representatives of the students’ village in the town of Dimona, Peres [...]
I am time and time again amazed at the far reaching implications that climate change is having on the environment. More than just melting ice, rising sea levels and warmer winters, looking two or three links down the chain – sometimes even more – the environment is suffering heavily.
The latest consequence [...]
Since the late 1970’s, the winter storm track located above the western US has slowly been sliding north. The combination of global warming and the ozone hole have forced this change, making for fewer winter storms in the American Southwest.
And according to new research from the University of Arizona in Tucson, [...]
While much of the world is focused on the Arctic during this Northern Hemisphere’s summer, my own polar region is once again in the scientific news. Apparently, dramatic year-to-year temperature swings, as well as a century-long warming trend across West Antarctica, are not solely the fault of humans. Granted, we haven’t helped matters. [...]
Everglades National Park has obtained approval to proceed with a plan to redesign the most developed area of the park with an emphasis on promoting sustainability. Through building design, alternative energy, and improved transportation systems, the park area known as “Flamingo” will be reborn as an example for other parks to follow.
Flamingo is [...]







