tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35222492010-04-09T14:55:52.083-07:00Information about our planet that you should know.Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comBlogger299125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522249.post-67606207821568259662010-02-26T15:24:00.001-08:002010-04-09T12:29:29.309-07:00

THIS PAGE IS NOW AN ARCHIVE ONLYAs of March 2010, Google is no longer supporting FTP publishing of it's Blogger blogs. Therefore I will be consolidating all of my blogs into a single front page format that I will be experimenting with and changing from time to time until I find something I like.

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We are all one

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Offshore Drilling: No Difference Between Obama and Bush(Ed Pilkington, The Guardian, 20 October 2009)DON'T PURCHASE ANY PRODUCTS FROM SHELL OIL COMPANYThe Minerals Management Service, part of the federal Interior Department, yesterday gave Shell the green light to begin exploratory wells off the north coast of Alaska in an Arctic area that is home to large numbers of endangered bowhead whales and

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Sears Tower to Be Revamped to Produce Most of Its Own Power(SUSAN SAULNY, The New York Times, June 24, 2009)the tallest office building in the Western Hemisphere, will soon have another unique feature: wind turbines sprouting from its recessed rooftops high in the sky. . . . The building’s owners, leasing agents and architects said Wednesday that they are literally taking environmental

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The beauty of our oceans

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The World's Supply of Fish is Gone!The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation estimates that 70% of the world's fisheries are now fully exploited (ie, fished to the point where they can only just replenish themselves), overexploited or depleted. The majority of fish populations have been reduced by 70-95%, depending on the species, compared to the level they would be at if there were no fishing

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The Blue WhaleIf you want to learn a great deal about the blue whale, things that you can easily remember, just click the link above. This is by far the best interactive whale site I have come across.One day, when I was at sea with the U.S. Navy, we came upon two blue whales who were floating on top of the sea, apparently sunning themselves. We cut our engines and coasted by them not more than 20

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Paul Stamets at TED

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Bangkok is sinking will be submerged by 2030(Patrick Winn, GlobalPost,February 2, 2009)Thailand's top disaster expert once foretold the 2004 tsunami. Now, he says the nation's capital will be submerged by 2030.Flooding is already a fact of life in Samut Prakan, this urban port roughly 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Bangkok proper. While many Thais shrug off the flooding as an inconvenience, the

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Ancient city discovered deep in Amazonian rainforest linked to the legendary white-skinned Cloud People of Peru(Daily Mail Reporter, December 4, 2008)A lost city discovered deep in the Amazon rainforest could unlock the secrets of a legendary tribe. . . . Little is known about the Cloud People of Peru, an ancient, white-skinned civilisation wiped out by disease and war in the 16th century. . . .

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Nature reserve surrendered to rising seasA major nature reserve is to become one of the first casualties of the rising seas around Britain. . . . Part of Titchwell Marsh, a favourite spot for birdwatchers on the north Norfolk coast, is to be sacrificed to the waves to save the rest of the site from destruction. . . . The site, owned by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, has seen its

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Primates 'face extinction crisis'(Mark Kinver, BBC News, 5 August 2008)A global review of the world's primates says 48% of species face extinction, an outlook described as "depressing" by conservationists. . . . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species says the main threat is habitat loss, primarily through the burning and clearing of tropical forests. . . . More than 70% of primates in Asia are

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Largest Ecological Restoration in the Country's History(DAMIEN CAVE and JOHN HOLUSHA, New York Times, June 25, 2008)In a deal that environmental groups said would be the largest ecological restoration in the country's history, a plan for the state to buy the nation's largest producer of cane sugar was announced Tuesday by the governor and officials of U.S. Sugar Corporation. . . . The intention

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Trashy Bags: A brilliant environmental solutionThinking of plastic packaging in a different way can bring many benefits. The problem with packaging is that after its original role has been fulfilled it is considered to be without any value. Creative and innovative solutions can be found however, that can add value to this seemingly valueless material and at the same time prolong its life by

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Giant Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapses(National Geographic, March 25, 2008)New satellite images reveal what scientists call the "runaway" collapse of an enormous ice shelf in Antarctica as the result of global warming. . . . The chunk of coastal ice was some 160 square miles (415 square kilometers) in area—about seven times the size of Manhattan. . . . The shelf's rapid collapse began on February 28

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Antarctic shelf 'hangs by thread'(Helen Briggs, BBC News, 25 March 2008)A chunk of ice the size of the Isle of Man has started to break away from Antarctica in what scientists say is further evidence of a warming climate. . . . Satellite images suggest that part of the ice shelf is disintegrating, and will soon crumble away. . . . The Wilkins Ice Shelf has been stable for most of the last century

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Asteroid to make close approach(BBC News, 29 January 2008)A asteroid some 250m (600ft) across is about to sweep past the Earth. . . . There is no chance of it hitting the planet, but astronomers will train telescopes and radar on the object to learn as much about it as they can. . . . The asteroid - which carries the rather dull designation 2007 TU24 - will pass by at a distance of 538,000km (

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The Fate of the Ocean ... not good(Julia Whitty, Mother Jones, March/April 2006)Our oceans are under attack, and approaching a point of no return. Can we survive if the seas go silent?The 25 years I’ve spent at sea filming nature documentaries have provided a brief yet definitive window into these changes. Oceanic problems once encountered on a local scale have gone pandemic, and these pandemics

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The Future of Food

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I wonder what this is?I have also viewed this apparent object using Google Earth, which it seems to me would be a difficult place to insert a hoax. Check it out for yourself. It is at 70 33' 07.67" N, 40 02' 17.71" W.

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The Spirit of NOW ... Peter Russell's World ClockClick the link above to see (in real time) how fast the forests are being cut down, how many cars, bicycles, and computers were produced today, etc.You can change the view to day, week, and year to see some interesting statistics. For example, in the past 30 days more people have died from suicide than from wars and violence, and during the same

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Ghawar Is Dead!(Matthew S. Miller, ICH, 03/09/07)...It was also announced recently, without the same media feeding frenzy (as Anna Nicole Smith), that another queen of mass-culture is dead too. Few of us even know her name. Rather than being the personification of the contemporary zeitgeist, she is one of the cornerstones of what Marx called global capitalism’s base. She was an integral part of

An Old Curmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00468339733863179942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522249.post-47998147325536823982007-02-26T18:18:00.000-08:002007-02-26T18:25:56.516-08:00

Western states united to bypass Bush on climate(Timothy Gardner, Reuters, February 26, 2007)Five Western U.S. states have formed the latest regional pact to bypass the Bush administration to cut emissions linked to global warming through market mechanisms. . . . The Western Regional Climate Action Initiative requires Oregon, California, Washington, New Mexico and Arizona to develop a regional

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Ten Ways to Prepare for a Post-Oil Society(James Howard Kunstler, Kunstler.com, February 10, 2007)[Click on the link above for detalis about the following steps.]1. Expand your view beyond the question of how we will run all the cars by means other than gasoline. 2. We have to produce food differently.3. We have to inhabit the terrain differently. Virtually every place in our nation organized for

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'Doomsday' seed vault design unveiled(Mark Kinver, BBC News, 9 February 2007)The final design for a "doomsday" vault that will house seeds from all known varieties of food crops has been unveiled by the Norwegian government. . . . The Svalbard International Seed Vault will be built into a mountainside on a remote island near the North Pole. . . . The vault aims to safeguard the world's

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