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Atmosphere: The Science Museum Opens Amazing Interactive Gallery to Explain Climate Change (Photos)

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Atmosphere: The Science Museum Opens Amazing Interactive Gallery to Explain Climate Change (Photos)

Image by Leonora Oppenheim We first heard about the The Science Museum’s new climate change gallery back in March this year when we read an exasperating report in The Times saying the museum was “revising the contents of its new climate science gallery to reflect the wave of scepticism that has engulfed the issue in recent months.” It seems like a shaky and uncertain start, so we’ve been waiting to see what the fuss was all about ever since. Now we’re pleased to say that the gallery is open in London and TreeHugger was … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Researchers Discover Caterpillar Whistles to Ward Off Birds

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Researchers Discover Caterpillar Whistles to Ward Off Birds

Image via Live Science video The walnut sphinx caterpillar has a trick up its sleeve — er, side — to keep birds from chomping on it. The clever bug can make an odd whistling sound, which startles birds enough that they usually just leave it alone. Researchers didn’t know how it managed to make this sound, so they set up cameras and began experimenting. The results are rather strange. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Bizarre Insects Inspire Unintentionally Surreal Art

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Bizarre Insects Inspire Unintentionally Surreal Art

Photo: MFN Berlin In the first half of the last century, a German blacksmith named Alfred Keller began crafting some of the most surrealistic, alien-seeming sculptures the world had ever seen — delicate works which took months to complete. These incredible creations, meticulous in detail, rivaled even the most imaginative pieces from contemporary artists — but they weren’t inspired by some absinth-induced vision or fit of madness. Indeed, Keller’s mu… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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‘Extinct’ Spider Rediscovered in England

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on ‘Extinct’ Spider Rediscovered in England

A search conducted by arachnid enthusiasts led to the rediscovery of Clubiona rosserae . Photo credit: woodleywonderworks / Creative Commons Originally discovered in the 1950s, the Rosser’s sac spider was elusive—evading even a photograph—until 10 years ago when sightings stopped completely. With its wetland habitat shrinking, researchers and enthusiasts feared that the spider may have gone extinct . Now, a new sighting of the spide… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Arctic Sea Ice At Lower Levels Than At Any Point in Past 100,000+ Years

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The Arctic Ocean one year ago to this date. Photo: US Geological Survey via flickr Perhaps you don’t need more convincing that whether a given year sets a new record or not Arctic sea ice is on the decline, but maybe you do: Climate Progress highlights a study in

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NASA Satellites Reveal Connection Between Mountain Pine Beetle Infestation and Wild Fires (Video)

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via Eggs&Beer Mountain pine beetles have been a problem for many years , especially the last decade. Warming temperatures have helped the destructive insect move into new territories. Their booming numbers and rapid spread have meant death for large patches of forests. Now NASA satellites have been able to detest these masses of forests killed off by the beetles and researchers have looked at how the damage done by the beetles is linked to forest fires — or as N… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Could Perennial Fodder Crops Mean More Sustainable Livestock?

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: Permaculture Research Institute TreeHugger has featured an awesome tour of a permaculture allotment , permaculture-inspired disaster relief in Haiti , and even greening the desert in Jordan . Yet while permaculture—which very simply put is the art of designing gardens and farms that mimic natural ecosystems—… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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10 Creepy Endangered Bugs You Shouldn’t Squish

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via Virgin Media Before your survival instinct kicks in and you grab a shoe to smack these spiders, beetles, snails, and other insects, keep in mind: They might be creepy, but that doesn’t make them less important to the ecosystem. All the bugs shown here are endangered, so the chances of coming across one in your basement are pretty slim — but if you do have a confrontation, it’s best to remember you might be looking at one of the few examples of an extremely rare species.

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Insect Eggs Look Amazing Up Close (Pics)

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image via National Geographic Insect eggs are neat, but we had no idea they looked this neat. Gizmodo points us to a phenomenal slideshow of insect eggs photographed from and ant-eye view, making the less-than-2-millimeter eggs look other-worldly. Using a scanning electron microscope, National Geographic and Prüftechnik Uri and School of Applied Sciences, FHNW, show us what the beginnings of life look like for bugs. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Global Warming-Loving Beetle Threatens World’s Coffee Supply

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via Plinkk This year’s coffee prices area already at a 12-year high due to low crop yields in South America, but it looks like prices could tighten again in the future if a particular beetle continues to bask in warming weather. Arabica coffee, a climate-sensitive plant, is grown in Ethiopia and Latin America. However, Ethiopia and other regions have seen a slow but steady rise in average temperatures, more variable rain fall, and what could be mos… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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