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Upward Trend In Pollution

A ‘brown cloud’ of pollution over the Indian Ocean resulting from human activities has led to stronger tropical cyclones in the Arabian Sea, according to an international team of scientists. The findings appear in a paper published this month in the journal Nature titled Arabian Sea tropical cyclones intensified by emissions of black carbon and [...]
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Burn Scar

Nearly two months after being ignited by lightning, the Pagami Creek Fire in northern Minnesota was nearly contained when Landsat-5 acquired this image on October 10, 2011. Since August 18, the fire has been burning in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Superior National Forest. As of October 11, the fire had burned 92,682 [...]
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Flooding From Japan’s Earthquake Tsunami

NASA’s Terra satellite’s first view of northeastern Japan in the wake of a devastating earthquake and tsunami reveal extensive flooding along the coast. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) acquired the top image of the Sendai region on March 12, 2011, at 10:30 a.m. The lower image, taken by Terra MODIS on February 26, 2011, [...]
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Increased Ethanol In Gasoline

There are concerns about using ethanol in gasoline. It is possible that ethanol is actually worse for the environment and increasing the rate of global warming; however, the EPA is allowing E15. E15 (a blend of gasoline and ethanol) In response to a request by Growth Energy under section 211(f)(4) of the Clean Air Act, [...]
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Oldest Northern North American Human

Many people believe human life started in Africa; however, is it possible the Garden of Eden was in North America? The National Science Foundation scientists and Alaska Natives collaborate on find of cremated child. Newly excavated remains found at the Xaasaa Na’ archaeological site near the Tanana River in central Alaska may belong to one [...]
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Moving North

The world is moving northward. Even the trees. Sessile Migration
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Forebodings of Doom

How much is a 1%/year decline ? Enough that if i had a hundred of anything, i would have fifty in seventy years. What are these anythings ? Phytoplankton in the ocean, who produce half the oxygen we breathe are declining at 1% a year. They die because the oceans change in a warming world. [...]
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Kudzu and Ozone

We know surface ozone is a problem. We find now that kudzu adds to it. From the first article about the effects of ozone: “Tree growth, measured in biomass, is already 7% less than the late 1800s, and this is set to increase to a 17% reduction by the end of the century.” And from [...]
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China Must Lead

A perceptive article from China, graciously translated by our friends at the European Tribune. The West bears responsibility for the last two hundred years worth of accumulated carbon emissions in the air. But the West can wait, for they will feel less pain from the coming changes, and the developing nations will bear the brunt [...]
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Time to Eat the Dog: The Real Guide to Sustainable Living

A new book entitled “Time to Eat the Dog: The Real Guide to Sustainable Living” by Robert and Brenda Vale makes the case that the carbon footprint of a medium sized dog is twice as much as a sports utility vehicle. The land required to generate food for a “medium” sized dog is about 2.07 [...]
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