April 14, 2008
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These days it’s amazing to ear about finding plants that are thought to be extinct since most of the news just report cases of disappearing species.
This time at Cape York, far northern Australia, two thought to be extinct plants were found. The Rhaphidospora cavernarum which is a one and a half meters high [...]
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April 7, 2008
This device which is expected generate energy from the tides of the sea on a commercial scale belongs to Marine Current Turbines and was built and assembled at the Harland and Wolff dockyard at Bellfast.
This first project which consists of a huge 1,000 tonne pole with two turbines is being installed at Strangford Lough, Nothern [...]
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April 5, 2008
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Has you might imagine there are several sizes of black holes and this one besides being the smallest ever found still digests everything around him because of the huge gravitational force that even draws light into it.
The previous record holder would weight 6.3 Suns which isn’t much when we know black holes weighting [...]
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March 29, 2008
The average rate of temperature rise in the west of the U.S. is the double of what the rest of the world is experiencing. The global average increase in temperatures from 2003-07 was of 1.0 degrees Fahrenheit (0.55 degrees Celsius) while in the western regions of the U.S. it was of 1.7 degrees Fahrenheit (0.94 [...]
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March 27, 2008
United Nations have published a report that says that parts of Asia are losing more than 28,000 square kilometers (10,800 square miles) of forest every year. Twenty percent of the greenhouse gases come from deforestation because the trees keep the carbon dioxide inside them and then release it when they rot or are burnt.
The high [...]
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March 26, 2008
The global environment group (greenpeace) after a study said the rapidly warming Shout Asia should in the future displace around 125 million people because of the rising seas and water shortages. This climate change should also trigger erratic monsoons and break down agricultural productions in the vast and densely populated Gangetic delta. Because South Asia [...]
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March 23, 2008
When salt water mixes with fresh water at the river mouths it increases the water temperature by 0.1 degree Celsius (0.2 Fahrenheit). To harvest this energy scientists have developed a special membrane which is extremely expensive. The process only problem is the cost of the production of this membrane which is quite expensive but that [...]
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March 22, 2008
The electronic industry still use a lot of harmful chemicals to the environment but the situation is getting better has some companies make an effort to produce “greener” products. By greener products I mean products whit less harmful chemicals and easily recyclable.
In the recyclable field we have to consider as well the structures made to [...]
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March 21, 2008
The explanation to the dinosaurs and other species extinctions still troubles today’s researchers.
There are two theories that explain the dinosaurs extinction. One is the theory that evolves a meteorite impact that happens 65 million years ago making the atmosphere not so suitable for life. Other is the one that comes from gigantic volcano eruptions that [...]
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March 9, 2008
Greenpeace has made a map with the infractions made to the environment accounted by civilians.
The Greenpeace organization at Spain launched a site were people share photos about infractions made to the environment.
In this site you will find photos strategically positioned over the map of Spain with info about the infractions and authors.
The idea is to [...]
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