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Glacier Loses Nearly 3 Miles of Ice...Overnight
Scientists monitoring satellite images of Jakobshavn Isbrae glacier in west Greenland saw that it lost a 2.7-square-mile chunk of ice in a 24 hour window. Here's an aerial view of the back-to-back images, courtesy of NASA.
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Banning Bottled Water: Can It Work?
At the time the movement was passed in Bundy, 350 people showed up to the meeting, and 348 voted for the ban. Two of them voted against it, and one of those was part of the bottled water industry.
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Intel Supercomputer Predicts Gulf Spill Atlantic Bound
BP may not know where oil from the Gulf gusher will go next, but Intel does. The Xeon-powered Encanto supercomputer, located at Intel's Rio Rancho campus, is one of the fastest supercomputers in the world. And all of its 3,500 quad-core processors are devoted to tracking the potential paths of the BP disaster.
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Ships Could Contain Gulf Leak by Monday
The federal official leading the Gulf oil spill cleanup says a new containment cap and an additional ship collecting oil could effectively contain the spill as early as Monday.
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APOD: 2010 July 7 - Concept Plane: Supersonic Green Machine view!
NASA Design Contest: Future aircraft aim to have relatively little impact on our environment, including green limits on ...
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Life Box: Brilliant Seed-Sprouting Cardboard Box
The Life Box can be made to virtually any dimension, does not increase the cost of shipping, and the tree seed mix has been approved by the Department of Agriculture for planting in every state in the continental United States (not Hawaii), and Canada. It’s so smart that Al Gore decided to ship his new book ‘Our Choice‘ in them.
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Five Myths of the Green Consumer
When you think of people who consider themselves to be “green consumers” you probably have certain stereotypes than come to mind. Never-the-less, a recent national study involving consumers who thought of themselves as “green” displayed some rather surprising results. The study discovered 5 myths about these green consumers...
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Thanks To BP, This Is A Whale [pic] view!
A sperm whale found 70 miles from the Gulf Coast oil spill. Beware, the truth is graphic.
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Florida Under Shark Attacks
Shark attacks are incredibly high along a particular 47-mile long stretch of the Florida coast. Researchers found out why.
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Arctic Sea-Ice Recovery?
New research suggests that the decrease in sea-ice seen in recent years in the Arctic may not be as bad as some have suggested. Some models suggest that Arctic ice is in long-term decline leading to sea-ice free summers. Whilst such speculations have been amplified by the media there are many climate scientists who regard this as unlikely...
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