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Scientists Protest Proposed Ivory Auction
Scientists Protest Proposed Ivory Auction
Image credit: marfis75 /Flickr Tanzania and Zambia, conservationists fear, may receive special permission from the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) to auction off a combined total of 112 tonnes of stockpiled ivory . Though such auctions are strictly monitored by international...
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Lithium-Sulfur Breakthrough Could Mean Safer and More Energy-Dense Batteries
Lithium-Sulfur Breakthrough Could Mean Safer and More Energy-Dense Batteries
Image: ACS, Yang et al. Theoretical Energy Density: 1550 Wh/KG ! A few months ago I wrote about a battery breakthrough related to silicon nanowire anodes . The researchers said that it showed great promise, but that one of the main challenges to its commercialization was finding a cathode that could...
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Posted by in Environment on 03 11th, 2010 | No Comments
Study Finds Large Animals in India are Facing Extinction Even in Protected Areas
Study Finds Large Animals in India are Facing Extinction Even in Protected Areas
The Satkosia Gorge Sanctuary in India. Image credit: Raveesh Vyas India has had a system of wildlife sanctuaries since 1928. Now, there are more than 500 in the country ranging from dedicated tiger and bird reserves to more general areas intend to protect habitats rich in biological diversity. Unfortunately,...
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Dubai Skyscraper Is One Giant Wind and Solar Generator
Dubai Skyscraper Is One Giant Wind and Solar Generator
Images: Studied Impact It’s hard to fathom much of the news from Dubai, especially when it comes to architecture. Then again, this city of excess has delivered some astonishing structures, including, of course, the world’s tallest building . So it with a mixture of cynicism and excitement...
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Posted by in Environment, Green on 03 11th, 2010 | No Comments
Don’t Expect a Grand Solar Minimum to Save Us From Global Warming
Don’t Expect a Grand Solar Minimum to Save Us From Global Warming
photo: chantrybee via flickr. Even if the sun entered a Grand Solar Minimum –like the one experienced in the late 17th century known as the Maunder Minimum, which brought about the Little Ice Age–it would still only offset less than a tenth of the warming caused by human release of greenhouse...
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Posted by in Earth, Environment on 03 10th, 2010 | No Comments
Endangered and Threatened Species That are Apparently Delicious (Please Don’t Eat Them)
Endangered and Threatened Species That are Apparently Delicious (Please Don’t Eat Them)
Credit: Giant Salamander Protection International It’s polite to ask before eating the last cookie, or the last piece of cheese, or the last animal of its kind on Earth. Actually, you can’t have permission for that last one: you can’t eat endangered species. You’re just asking...
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Posted by in Environment on 03 8th, 2010 | No Comments
Tiger Cubs Found Dead in Indian National Park
Tiger Cubs Found Dead in Indian National Park
Image credit: tibchris /Flickr Two tiger cubs were found dead in the Ranthambhore national park in India this weekend. Though an investigation is still under way, officials reported that early evidence suggests the cubs were poisoned…. Read the full story on TreeHugger Originally posted here: Tiger...
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Should Animals Have Their Own Legal Public Defenders?
Should Animals Have Their Own Legal Public Defenders?
photo: Guyon Morée via flickr. Let’s take the idea of animal rights in a legal direction. Over the weekend voters in Switzerland rejected a proposal to start public funding for lawyers to defend animals in court . Which to many people in the United States may seem like a no-brainer. Public funding...
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Should Animals Have Their Own Legal Public Defenders?
Should Animals Have Their Own Legal Public Defenders?
photo: Guyon Morée via flickr. Let’s take the idea of animal rights in a legal direction. Over the weekend voters in Switzerland rejected a proposal to start public funding for lawyers to defend animals in court . Which to many people in the United States may seem like a no-brainer. Public funding...
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Posted by in Environment on 03 8th, 2010 | No Comments
Should Animals Have Their Own Legal Public Defenders?
Should Animals Have Their Own Legal Public Defenders?
photo: Guyon Morée via flickr. Let’s take the idea of animal rights in a legal direction. Over the weekend voters in Switzerland rejected a proposal to start public funding for lawyers to defend animals in court . Which to many people in the United States may seem like a no-brainer. Public funding...
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