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What do you do when you find 7 tons of debris on a beach?

by Myrna Posted on August 20, 2013

Great vid of a simple story, massive beach clean up. Excerpt from –  What do you do when you find 7 tons of debris on a beach? ; ;Related ArticlesIs there anything more authentic than a child’s drawing asking us to preserve our oceans?Is New Jersey screwing up the Hurricane Sandy rebuild?Buy this book for your kids ;

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What do you do when you find 7 tons of debris on a beach?

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Tracking This Year’s Dismally Small Monarch Migration

by Myrna Posted on August 12, 2013

Is extreme weather to blame? steveburt1947/Flickr In the summer of 2011, a small band of Ontario scientists set out to perform the most ambitious survey ever attempted of the imperiled monarch butterfly. Leading the fieldwork was Tyler Flockhart, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Guelph, who trekked nearly 22,000 miles through the United States and Canada to bag and tag hundreds of butterflies, which were then put under a lab analysis to determine their birthplaces. “As far as I know, it’s the broadest sample of monarch butterflies through an entire breeding season across North America,” Flockhart said recently. The results of the endeavor confirmed what entomologists have fretted about for years: Everyone’s favorite butterfly seems to be fluttering on the road toward extinction. “They’ve been declining steadily,” said Flockhart, to the point that 2012 their population numbers in their Mexican winter home were at the lowest point on record. Tracking these fairylike insects is a dicey proposition because their yearly migration spans vast distances and involves several different generations. The butterflies spend the colder months hunkered in the mountainous fir forests of central Mexico, but in the spring travel northward into America and Canada to be near their larvae’s favorite food, the milkweed plant. In the middle of it all are the croplands of the Midwest, where the monarchs engage in a flurry of breeding that sets the direction for future generations to spread over the continent. To keep reading, click here. Continue at source:  Tracking This Year’s Dismally Small Monarch Migration ; ;Related ArticlesMystery Lung Fungus: Are You at Risk?Buried in Muck, Clues to Future NYC DroughtIs Keystone XL a Distraction From More Important Climate Fights? ;

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Choking Clouds of Wildfire Smoke Sprawl Over Southern Oregon

by Myrna Posted on August 8, 2013

No, this is not the surface of the sun. But it’s close. Inciweb How intense are the wildfires blazing in Oregon and California? Let’s answer that question with a photo, snapped in late July by Marvin Vetter of the Oregon Department of Forestry, showing a dang-blasted “firenado” swirling above a sea of burning trees: To keep reading, click here. Original source: Choking Clouds of Wildfire Smoke Sprawl Over Southern Oregon Related Articles Tesla Motors Earns $26 Million in the 2nd Quarter—Thanks to the Government Is Keystone XL a Distraction From More Important Climate Fights? Keystone Light: The Keystone XL Alternative You’ve Never Heard of Is Probably Going to Be Built

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Choking Clouds of Wildfire Smoke Sprawl Over Southern Oregon

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Daniel Yergin on George Mitchell’s Shale Energy Innovations and Concerns

by Myrna Posted on July 29, 2013

An energy historian considers the legacy of the energy entrepreneur who unlocked shale gas and oil with fracking. Link to original: Daniel Yergin on George Mitchell’s Shale Energy Innovations and Concerns ; ;Related ArticlesAnother View on Gas Drilling in the Context of Climate ChangeA Closer Look at ‘Nonhuman Personhood’ and Animal WelfareCan Genetic Engineering Save the Orange, and Vice Versa? ;

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Daniel Yergin on George Mitchell’s Shale Energy Innovations and Concerns

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Arctic Thawing Could Cost the World $60tn, Scientists Say

by Myrna Posted on July 24, 2013

Methane released by a thinning permafrost may trigger catastrophic climate change and devastate global economy. Polar Cruises/Flickr Rapid thawing of the Arctic could trigger a catastrophic “economic timebomb” which would cost trillions of dollars and undermine the global financial system, say a group of economists and polar scientists. Governments and industry have expected the widespread warming of the Arctic region in the past 20 years to be an economic boon, allowing the exploitation of new gas and oilfields and enabling shipping to travel faster between Europe and Asia. But the release of a single giant “pulse” of methane from thawing Arctic permafrost beneath the East Siberian sea “could come with a $60tn [£39tn] global price tag”, according to the researchers who have for the first time quantified the effects on the global economy. Even the slow emission of a much smaller proportion of the vast quantities of methane locked up in the Arctic permafrost and offshore waters could trigger catastrophic climate change and “steep” economic losses, they say. To keep reading, click here. See original: Arctic Thawing Could Cost the World $60tn, Scientists Say Related Articles Climate Change Slowdown is Due to Warming of Deep Oceans, Say Scientists The Alberta Oil Sands Have Been Leaking for 9 Weeks CIA Backs $630,000 Scientific Study on Controlling Global Climate

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Company News: Judge Rules Against BP Attempt to Suspend Payments

by maciek123 Posted on July 19, 2013

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Apocalypse – Games Workshop

The greatest heroes of the age lead battalions of troops and tanks against the foe. Super-heavy war machines dominate the conflict like gods of battle as bombardments rain from the skies. This is war on a whole new level. Apocalypse is a new way of playing games of Warhammer 40,000. Allowing you to field as many miniatures as you like, in any combinati […]

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Farsight Enclaves – A Codex: Tau Empire Supplement – Games Workshop

Commander Farsight was once hailed by every Tau caste as a genius warrior-leader without compare. As his career blazed a bloody path across the Damocles Gulf and back again, O’Shovah split away from the Tau Empire, doggedly pursuing the Orks that had killed so many of his Fire caste comrades. It was the first overt sign of a rebellion that was to change the […]

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Warhammer 40,000: The Rules – Games Workshop

There is no time for peace. No respite. No forgiveness. There is only WAR. In the nightmare future of the 41st Millennium, Mankind teeters upon the brink of destruction. The galaxy-spanning Imperium of Man is beset on all sides by ravening aliens and threatened from within by Warp-spawned entities and heretical plots. Only the strength of the immortal […]

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Index Astartes: Fortress Monastery – Games Workshop

Almost every Chapter hails from a well fortified keep where they train new recruits and hone their skills between campaigns. these fortress monasteries are the Chapters home and sanctuary and where they keep their secrets hidden behind thick walls and heavy guns turrets. About this Series: The Adeptus Astartes are genetically engineered warriors, created by […]

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Following Atticus – Tom Ryan

After a close friend died of cancer, middle-aged, overweight, acrophobic newspaperman Tom Ryan decided to pay tribute to her in a most unorthodox manner. Ryan and his friend, miniature schnauzer Atticus M. Finch, would attempt to climb all forty-eight of New Hampshire’s four thousand- foot peaks twice in one winter while raising money for charity. It wa […]

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Kids Puzzle Fun #1 – Lovatts Crosswords & Puzzles

Junior puzzlers will enjoy hours of quality entertainment with the first issue of Kids Puzzle Fun! This interactive book features ‘Magic Touch’ drawing tools, allowing kids to solve the puzzles by using their finger as a pen. Magic Touch unites the tactile feel of a printed book with a superior digital format, resulting in a more natural, intuitive experienc […]

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Farsight Enclaves – A Codex: Tau Empire Supplement (eBook Edition) – Games Workshop

Farsight Enclaves Commander Farsight was once hailed by every Tau caste as a genius warrior-leader without compare. As his career blazed a bloody path across the Damocles Gulf and back again, O’Shovah split away from the Tau Empire, doggedly pursuing the Orks that had killed so many of his Fire caste comrades. It was the first overt sign of a rebellion that […]

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Codex: Tau Empire – Games Workshop

Codex: Tau Empire is your comprehensive guide to unleashing the might of the Tau upon the battlefields of the 41 st Millennium. This volume introduces the four Tau castes, the Ethereals, and their mercenary allies. This dynamic race has begun its Third Sphere Expansion, setting forth into the stars to grow the borders of their burgeoning empire and bring the […]

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Warlords of the Dark Millennium: Abaddon – Games Workshop

Abaddon the Despoiler is the master of the Black Legion and servant of the Dark Gods. He has plagued Imperium for a hundred centuries, leading armies forth from the Eye of Terror in a series of devastating black crusades, each one bringing him closer to his goal of slaying the Emperor. About this Series: The galaxy burns with the fires of countless wars and […]

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Projects for Kids – Authors and Editors of Instructables

21 Projects Guaranteed to Keep Your Kids Occupied This Weekend give you full step-by-step instructions for 21 amazing kids activities that your family will love. Learn how to entertain your kids with the DoodleBot360, LED Throwies, Grow Your Own Magic Crystal Tree, the Marshmallow Shooter and other projects that are sure to hold your child’s atten […]

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Company News: Judge Rules Against BP Attempt to Suspend Payments

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‘A Girl With a Book’ – Malala’s Day at the United Nations

by Myrna Posted on July 12, 2013

Malala, unfazed by an assassination attempt, brings her campaign for the right to learn to the United Nations. Link – ‘A Girl With a Book’ – Malala’s Day at the United Nations Related Articles Dot Earth Blog: As G.O.P. Guts Energy Research Spending, Where’s George Will, Science Defender? As G.O.P. Guts Energy Research Spending, Where’s George Will, Science Defender? Illinois Town Bans Stripping Because of Fracking

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‘A Girl With a Book’ – Malala’s Day at the United Nations

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Dot Earth Blog: As G.O.P. Guts Energy Research Spending, Where’s George Will, Science Defender?

by Myrna Posted on July 11, 2013

Republicans slash the federal investment in basic science on energy frontiers. More: Dot Earth Blog: As G.O.P. Guts Energy Research Spending, Where’s George Will, Science Defender? Related Articles As G.O.P. Guts Energy Research Spending, Where’s George Will, Science Defender? A Scientific Storm is Brewing Over the Hurricane-Climate Connection Climate Change Will Cause More Energy Breakdowns, U.S. Warns

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Dot Earth Blog: As G.O.P. Guts Energy Research Spending, Where’s George Will, Science Defender?

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Who connected you to the ocean?

by Myrna Posted on June 26, 2013

We love the ocean but why? Who connected us? Originally posted here:  Who connected you to the ocean? ; ;Related ArticlesWhy saving Trestles matters on the larger stageLos Angeles bans the bagThis is what erosion looks like ;

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Scientists Find Canadian Oil Safe for Pipelines, but Critics Say Questions Remain

by Myrna Posted on June 25, 2013

The study found that the crude proposed for the Keystone XL pipeline posed no increased risks of transport, but environmental groups said its possible environmental hazards required scrutiny. Continue reading here:  Scientists Find Canadian Oil Safe for Pipelines, but Critics Say Questions Remain ; ;Related ArticlesBP Challenges Settlements in Gulf Oil SpillAlgae-Engineering Joint Venture DisbandsNews Analysis: Clean Air Act, Reinterpreted, Would Focus on Flexibility and State-Level Efforts ;

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Scientists Find Canadian Oil Safe for Pipelines, but Critics Say Questions Remain

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