Archive for June, 2008
« Previous EntriesU.S. Climate Change Science Program’s Latest Report - Bad News
Thursday, June 19th, 2008According to the U.S. Climate Change Science Program’s latest report, we are in for some more extreme weather in the future. Floods will be larger, droughts will be dryer and storms will be stormier. All over the world there has been an increase in the amount of natural disasters and the magnitude of these disasters [...]
EU Acts To Save Mediterranean Bluefin Tuna
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008The European Union (EU), through its executive arm, the European Commission, has clamped down on bluefin tuna fishing in the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic. The ban came in the wake of overfishing activities that threaten “stock collapse†of the prized bluefin tuna.
Craved for by sushi lovers all over the world, the bluefin tuna has fallen [...]
Incredible Hulk Gives Fans Chance To Go “Green”
Sunday, June 15th, 2008In line with the return to the theaters on June 12 of the movie The Incredible Hulk, The World Land Trust partners with Universal Pictures in developing a timely undertaking to ensure that the Hulk’s greenness impacts its hordes of fans in an eco-friendly way. They called it the “Incredible Hulk Carbon Calculator.â€
The environmentally-oriented project [...]
Water Recycling Made Faster and Cheaper
Friday, June 13th, 2008With drought and other water restrictions being experienced globally these days, a timely invention has recently taken shape – Bay Area California scientist Meng Lean’s water filtration method, that filters water five times faster and cheaper than existing systems.
The idea came into being during a time Lean was commissioned by the U.S. Army for water-purifying services [...]
Dead Zone’s Increase In Size Feared
Thursday, June 12th, 2008Scientists and researchers from Louisiana State University and the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium have predicted a “dead zone†off the coasts of Texas and Louisiana to grow to more than 10,000 square miles soon. The so-called dead zone is composed mainly of oxygen-depleted waters that pose to suffocate fish, shrimp and crabs, and seriously threaten [...]
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