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Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Farmhouses are disappearing across the Groningen countryside as a peculiar, profound environmental crisis grips the province. Fracking in the Netherlands

Britain faces longest winter in 50 years after earliest ever arrival of Siberian swan

 

 

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Researchers : "the [destructive] changes in bird habitats and behavior between now and 2070 will equal the evolutionary and adaptive shifts that normally occur over tens of thousands of years."

Sunday, May 4, 2014

According to new research, ongoing hydraulic fracking operations will only exacerbate seismic activity. 

Sunday, May 4, 2014

Scientific research has extended Utah's climate record back to 1429 using tree rings. Revealing extreme droughts, including one that lasted 16 years.

Sunday, May 4, 2014

National Science Foundation : Viruses wage war on deep-sea bacteria to essentially feed and propagate

Friday, May 2, 2014

Keystone XL pipeline : A group of 56 senators -- all 45 Republicans plus 11 Democrats –- introduced legislation on Thursday that would bypass the Obama administration and grant approval for the pipeline.

Friday, May 2, 2014

Pipeline Company: Oil Spills Create 'Employment Opportunities' .....REALLY ???

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Plugging an ozone hole : Ozone levels in the Arctic haven’t yet sunk to the extreme lows seen in Antarctica.

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Research shows that Nutrient-rich forests, Arid Regions and Soil play a major role in sequestering CO2

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Preglacial landscape found deep under Greenland ice

Monday, April 21, 2014

Climate change increasing massive wildfires in West

Thursday, April 17, 2014

A single strain of marine bacteria called Alteromonas may consume as much dissolved carbon in the ocean as an entire, diverse bacterial community, according to a new study.

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Oceana Report Exposes Nine of the Dirtiest U.S. Fisheries

Saturday, March 1, 2014

Los Angeles Becomes Largest City to Approve Fracking Moratorium

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Hmmmm Factor : So why has the US government finally given farmers the right to legally grow industrial hemp? Could it be because hemp plants ‘eat’ radiation?

Thursday, February 27, 2014 

Biological Hazard - France, Brittany Region, [Finistere area] : Mass Animal Die Off (Birds)

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

global seed bank in Norway some 20,000 plant species from more than 100 countries and institutions. Brazilian beans and Japanese barley the latest additions. 

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Geoengineering (Weather Modification) side effects could be disastrous and yet International Law encourages it ?

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Fukushima radioactive plume due to reach West Coast this spring. One Model predicts a maximum concentration of 27 becquerels per cubic metre of water on the Canadian coast by mid-2015

Monday, February 24, 2014

Hmmmm Factor : This lobster is half female, half male—split right down the middle was caught by a fisherman off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada

Saturday, February 22, 2014

Wolves are the "Ultimate Eco-Engineers"

Friday, February 21, 2014

Key Turbine Deals Could Make Rhode Island Offshore Wind Farm the Nation’s First

Thursday, February 20, 2014

The Beauty of Nature : The tree is more than just a sink for carbon, it is an agency for chemical weathering that removes carbon from the air and locks it up in carbonate rock.

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Climate Change : As regional temperatures shift with climate change, many plants and animals will need to relocate to make sure they stay in the range of temperatures they're used to. 

Saturday, February 15, 2014

The Deceit and Corruption behind the Keystone XL pipeline

Friday, February 7, 2014

New study shows that fracking boom is happening in places that can least afford to lose precious water supplies

Friday, February 7, 2014

​ Bees exposed to "field-realistic" doses of insecticides gather less than a half the pollen that they normally do, dooming their young to starvation, state UK researches

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Huston-Tillotson University Professor to live in dumpster for year

Thursday, February 6, 2014

A cold-water coral that thrives in deep, dark water has been found growing off the shore of Greenland as a reef for the first time, scientists report.

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Woolly mammoths, rhinos and other ice age beasts may have munched on high-protein wildflowers called forbs, new research suggests 

Thursday, February 6, 2014

the journal Cryosphere finds that Jakobshavn's averaged annual speed in 2012 and 2013 was nearly three times its rate in the 1990s

Friday, January 31, 2014

Spring Outlook: Six More Weeks of Winter to Grip Half of US

Friday, January 31, 2014

Earth's magnetic field, so important to life on the planet, has weakened by 15 per cent over the last 200 years. And this, scientists claim, could be a sign that the Earth’s poles are about to flip.

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Leading Scientist On Fukushima Radiation Hitting West Coast of North America: “No One Is Measuring So Therefore We Should Be Alarmed”

Monday, January 27, 2014

EGU Press Release: Ancient forests stabilised Earth’s CO2 and climate

Sunday, January 26, 2014

New Madrid fault zone could spawn huge quakes in U.S. Midwest, South

Sunday, January 26, 2014

A viral pathogen that typically infects plants has been found in honeybees and could help explain their decline.

Sunday, January 26, 2014

As Arctic ice melts, polar bears switch diets to survive, studies say

Friday, January 24, 2014

Report: Trees Grow Faster, Store More Carbon as They Age

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Mimosa Plants Have Long Term Memory, Can Learn, Biologists Say

Saturday, January 11, 2014

Space weather balloon launched Jan. 8th by the students of Earth to Sky Calculus has been recovered from its landing site in Death Valley National Park

Monday, January 6, 2014

Giant Sunspot 1944/Now X-Flare Capable/Still Growing. 

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Geophysical Studies Reveal Potential Quake Hazard in Spokane Area

Saturday, December 28, 2013

Indonesian volcano may erupt again, keep evacuees from returning home

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Massive Lake Found Under Greenland Ice

Thursday, December 5, 2013

The billboard that produces potable water out of air

Monday, December 2, 2013

Humpback whales steal the show off Calif. coast . A possible connection to a California Quake Watch?

Sunday, December 1, 2013

Google Images Time-Lapsed - Earth's Growth Caught From Above for 30 Years

Sunday, November 24, 2013

The Sun's Magnetic Field is not the only one about to flip........Earth's Pole Shift has started

Monday, November 18, 2013

U.S. seismologists have made a surprising discovery near Mount Sidley in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica – an active volcano smoldering under 1.2 km thick ice.

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Pirate Television: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Obdurodon tharalkooschild: Fossil of Giant, Toothed Platypus Discovered

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

A method of storing harmful greenhouse gases by injecting them below ground has likely triggered a series of earthquakes in Texas

Sunday, November 3, 2013

Water will not be the only resource in short supply, as drylands of the world become even drier

Sunday, November 3, 2013

The colder the winter, the earlier native plants begin to grow again. With warmer winters as the climate changes, typical forest trees might start later and later - giving an advantage to shrubs and invasive trees

Friday, November 1, 2013

New research shows that every degree Fahrenheit of warming in the Salt Lake City region could mean a 1.8 to 6.5 percent drop in the annual flow of streams that provide water to the city.

Friday, November 1, 2013

Humanity's Apathy, Complacency and Insatiable Greed Has Broken the Ocean.

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Researchers for the Wildlife Conservation Society : A species of humpback dolphin previously unknown to science is swimming in the waters off northern Australia

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Toxic Ocean Conditions During Mass Extinction Reveals Insight into Today's Climate

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Yellowstone Park's Massive Underground Volcano is Bigger Than We Thought

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Household Products May Harm Tree Swallows in Minnesota and Wisconsin

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Earthquake Swarm Continues in Central Oklahoma

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Study: Quake-triggered landslides a significant hazard in Seattle

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Mating Fish May Be The Source Of Mysterious Hum Plaguing UK Town

Thursday, October 24, 2013

AGreenRoad - The Global Water Demand And Foot Print Of Humanity