Photo credit: eBay Green Back in October, we dove into the subject of eco-beauty , offering a series of tips and tricks on how to keep you toxin-free and healthy despite your need for nail polish and love of lipstick…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Cloud Cover Could Be Reduced by 10% by 2100 Due to Climate Change, Increasing Temperatures
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photo: Nicholas / Creative Commons While it may sound like a good thing on the face of it, cloud cover being reduced by 10% over the next 90 years due to climate change, that additional amount of blue sky could mean that we’re in for more temperature increases–that’s according to research done at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, published in the Journal of Climate …. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: mauricholas/ Maureen Leong-Kee , Flickr, CC Pollution has long been known to bear various impacts on animals’ reproductive behavior . But rarely is the effect so pronounced as what scientists have observed happening to bird populations that ingest the poisonous metal compound methylmercury. Researchers have found that when even low levels of the compound enter their diets, male birds choose to attempt to mate with other males, and snub females. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …UN Urges Phase Out Of Incandescent Bulbs, Guarantees Their Survival In USA
December 2, 2010 No Comment
Eco Piggy Lamp from Ariel Rojo Design Studio In America, Joe Barton introduced BULB, the Better Use of Light Bulbs Act, to repeal legislation that set minimum efficiency standards and would phase out incandescent bulbs. He’s quoted in the New York Times: The unanticipated consequence of the ’07 act – Washington-mandated layoffs in the middle of a desperate recession – is one of many examples of what happens when politicians and activists think they know better than consumers … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Continue reading …2010 Will Be One Of Top Three Hottest Years on Record – Final Details Next Month
December 2, 2010 No Comment
photo: Ray Tsang / Creative Commons We’ve been writing variations of that headline for the bulk of 2010 and as the year winds down, all the projections that this year would be the hottest on record are proving true. While we won’t know for certain until the early part of 2011, when the final temperature data for December is released, NASA ,
Continue reading …Eight Reasons Distributed Power Generation Is Superior To Central Power Station Expansion
December 2, 2010 No Comment
Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia installed three Capstone C65 ICHP MicroTurbines® – a form of distributed power generation. Image credit: Capstone Turbine Now that I have succeeded in disturbing a number of engineers and environmentalists, while admitting the difficulty of even defining distributed power (see What Is Distributed Power Generation? for details), it is time to lay out what makes distributed power generation (DP) superior to expanding central power ge… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photograph via BOEMRE and NOAA OER Lophelia II expedition While the news coverage has died down, the lingering impacts on wildlife of the Deep Horizon oil spill are still being uncovered. That includes what’s going on far under the surface of the water to deep sea corals. Researchers from Penn State have discovered that seven miles southwest of the disastrous wellhead is a huge bed of dead and damaged corals, and it is suspected that the damage is thanks to the spill. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Retracing Darwin’s Steps, and Managing the Human Impact on the Galapagos Islands
December 2, 2010 No CommentWhen considering history, it’s important not to get too stuck on just looking at what’s already behind you. All photos credit: Collin Dunn The difference between visiting the islands largely untouched by humans and those once habited by people is pretty stark. After seeing the pristine, un-invaded island of Fernadina, we stopped in Egas Port, on the island of Santiago, to retrace a few of Darwin’s steps, and see what can happen when humans have a hand in writing the natural history of the Galapagos. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Alchemist Threadworks Based in Boulder, CO, the folks behind bike apparel company Alchemist Threadworks make no jokes about smart, neat, and green apparel. Their 100% organic cotton and transitional organic cotton t-shirts, bamboo socks , recycled silk hats, and merino wool pullovers are ideal for the “bike addict” on your shopping list this holiday season–and for more great, green gift idea… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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