Marching Into Oblivion While Gaia Looks After Herself WorldNews.com Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling | Only those who are environmentally challenged or etiologically impaired can ignore (to their own peril) how humanity has impacted Gaia. Generally assumed to be a mere solid object on which life flourishes, James Lovelock instead theorized that the Ear...
Antarctica's Mysterious 'Blood Falls' Explained In New Study Huffington Post Antarctica may seem hostile to life, especially the continent's vast and largely ice-free Dry Valleys. But new research shows there may be an entire world underground, with rivers of liquid salt water flowing to subsurface lakes, all of which could be teeming with microbial life. | One of the contin...
Okhla bird park: The threat is in the nest The Times Of India NOIDA: It took a long legal battle, one of the most discussed in recent times, to secure the perimeters of the Okhla Bird Sanctuary. But now that the government has agreed to ringfence the park with a no-construction zone, is its fragile ecology now ...
Charlie Hebdo cartoonists: heroes or racists? The answer's not that simple The Los Angeles Times Years ago, I served on a jury that had trouble making up its mind. After we sent the judge one too many questions, he brought us back into the courtroom to impress upon us a distinction. There are questions of law and there are questions of fact, he ...
Lynn O'Rourke Hayes The Dallas Morning News Are you creating your family travel bucket list? Here are five things to consider as you put yours together. | 1. Let your values lead the way. Ask yourself what aspects — geographically, spiritually and culturally — of the world you want to shar...
Shell's Arctic drilling may be far more risky than the company is telling shareholders Business Insider See Also | The Deepwater Horizon disaster, which occurred just over five years ago, killed 11 workers and sent oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico for several months. It was the worst spill in US history and has remained a warning of the risks of off...
Microsoft's age-guessing site says it doesn't keep your photos — sort of Mashable The viral Microsoft site designed to guess your age, How Old Do I Look, may have a down side: keeping your photos in the company's product ecosystem. | Some users have noticed that despite the site's front-page message saying, "We don't keep the phot...
Ecological regime change hurting Bellandur lake Deccan Herald Unplanned, rapid urbanisation post-2000 witnessed large-scale conversion of watershed area of the Bellandur lake into residential and commercial layouts and this has altered the hydrological regime and enhanced the silt movement in the catchment. | T...
1 in 6 species in danger of extinction over climate change: Study Press TV A new study shows that climate change can result in the extinction of one in six animal and plant species on the Earth. | In an article published in the journal Science, Mark Urban, an ecologist and biologist at the University of Connecticut, analyze...
Pesticide OK'd for Washington oyster beds amid concerns WPXI For decades, oyster growers in southwest Washington have battled to control native shrimp that burrow in the mudflats and make it hard for oysters to grow. | Now, after getting state approval, a group of shellfish farmers plan to spray a widely-used ...
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EBay is supporting Google against the EU's antitrust probe Business Insider EBay CEO John Donahoe | See Also | (Reuters) - EBay Inc Chief Executive John Donahoe has supported arguments made by Google Inc in its defense in an antitrust case, saying the two ...
U.S. takes helm of Arctic Council, aims to focus of climate change The Los Angeles Times Secretary of State John F. Kerry took the helm of the Arctic Council on Friday on behalf of the United States, vowing to protect the delicate northern environment newly exposed by ...
Putin is betting big on an Argentinian shale boom Business Insider See Also | Russia is making a play for shale gas – in Argentina. | Russian state-owned natural gas giant Gazprom signed a memorandum of cooperation with Argentina’s YPF at a ce...
Pesticide OK'd for Washington oyster beds amid concerns Springfield News-Sun For decades, oyster growers in southwest Washington have battled to control native shrimp that burrow in the mudflats and make it hard for oysters to grow. | Now, after getting state approval, a group of shellfish farmers plan to spray a widely-used ...
Pesticide OK'd for Washington oyster beds amid concerns Austin American Statesman For decades, oyster growers in southwest Washington have battled to control native shrimp that burrow in the mudflats and make it hard for oysters to grow. | Now, after getting state approval, a group of shellfish farmers plan to spray a widely-used ...
Pesticide OK'd for Washington oyster beds amid concerns Dayton Daily News For decades, oyster growers in southwest Washington have battled to control native shrimp that burrow in the mudflats and make it hard for oysters to grow. | Now, after getting state approval, a group of shellfish farmers plan to spray a widely-used ...
Nepal's dilemma: Rescue quake-hit communities or mountaineers? BBC News By Navin Singh Khadka Environment reporter, BBC World Service | 1 May 2015 | From the section Asia | Officials say about 20 helicopters have been deployed in Nepal for rescue and relief operations | Rescuing earthquake-hit communities by helicopters as well as airlifting trapped mountaineers is becoming an increasingly difficult balancing act, acco...
Climate change risk to 'one in six species' BBC News By Helen Briggs BBC Environment Correspondent | 30 April 2015 | From the section Science & Environment | Amphibians face a number of threats to their survival | One in six species on the planet could face extinction if nothing is done to tackle climate change, analysis suggests. | If carbon emissions continue on their current path - and tempera...
