photo: Oregon DOT / Creative Commons Next time someone bemoans the fact that even all the renewable energy manufacturing is heading overseas, point this next report out: According to new industry analysis carried out by GTM Research for SEIA , the US is a net exporter of solar power products, to the tune of $723 million in 2009. Here are more of the key points from the
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US Exported $723M More Solar Power Products Than It Imported in 2009: New Trade Balance Report
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Images via Yanko Design File this under “random yet practical.” It is a stretcher for sea turtles. The design, called Tuto and created by 2Y1DEA , is intended to help rescue workers, marine biologists and conservationists work with sea turtles — saving them, tagging them, or monitoring their health — without additional risk to the turtle. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Turtle Stretcher Concept For the Marine Biologist-Turned-EMT
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Images via Yanko Design File this under “random yet practical.” It is a stretcher for sea turtles. The design, called Tuto and created by 2Y1DEA , is intended to help rescue workers, marine biologists and conservationists work with sea turtles — saving them, tagging them, or monitoring their health — without additional risk to the turtle. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Turtle Stretcher Concept For the Marine Biologist-Turned-EMT
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Photo credit: Javier García Even though species are lost at a rate of one every 20 minutes , science still manages to identify new plants and animals every year. This list of 10 of the most strange and wonderful creatures discovered in 2010 includes pale and blind ants, transparent frogs, hairy lobsters, and more.
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From Transparent Frogs to Blind Ants: Incredible New Species Discovered in 2010 (Slideshow)
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Photo by evilthomthai via Flickr Creative Commons Fish living in waters off California’s coasts are changing the timing of their reproductive cycles, new studies show. Eighteen of the area’s most common species are spawning 15 to 62 days earlier than what was common in the 1950s, while eight other species are spawning between 15 and 38 days later. While experts aren’t sure why the trends are occurring, they’re eyeballing changes in water temperature as a culprit. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Fish Spawning Earlier Off California Coasts
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Photo: O Globo For most of his 27 years, Jimmy the chimpanzee has been kept under lock and key, allowed only to dream of the world beyond the confines of his enclosure at a small zoo in Rio de Janeiro. With no companion and little to do to pass the time, Jimmy had become understandably depressed — that is, until he discovered the joy of painting. But despite receiving national acclaim for his artistic ability, and becoming a household name in Brazil, the results of Jimmy’s latest … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Picture Painting Chimp Earns Fame, But Not Freedom
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The Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh has been hit by five shark attacks in two weeks. Photo: Robert Hornung / Creative Commons . A series of recent shark attacks — one of them fatal — on tourists at Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh resort have swimmers scared and authorities scrambling for an explanation. In what is surely the most bizarre theory, the governor of the region has suggested the Israeli intellige… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Humans Behind Deadly Shark Attacks in Egypt
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Paul Nichols Uses Technology and Daring to Catch Animals in His Camera Trap
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Photo: USFWS Endangered Species / CC In the middle of the last century, things weren’t looking good for the majestic Short-tailed Albatross. From a hardy population estimated to be in the millions just decades earlier, the bird’s numbers underwent a dramatic decline from over-hunting — nearly disappearing from th… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Bird Once Thought Extinct Now Found Nesting in U.S.
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Photo: Will Burrard-Lucas In nature, some of the most incredible species come in the tinniest packages. While traveling in Madagascar recently, wildlife photographer Will Burrard-Lucas happened upon this teensy-weensy Brookesia… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Super-Tiny Chameleon Photographed in Madagascar
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