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NASA Taking First Trek to Arctic for Ocean Research

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Photo Credit: U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Patrick Kelley NASA researchers are getting ready for a voyage to the Arctic to study how climate change is impacting the ecosystems and chemistry of icy north. The 5-week long mission, appropriately named Impacts of Climate on Ecosystems and Chemistry of the Arctic Pacific Environment (ICESCAPE) begins June 15th, and by comparing the research team’s observations with NASA’s satellite views of the Arctic Ocean biology and sea ice, the team hopes to come back with answers on how our oceans and ice condi… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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7 Crazy Ways People Made Millions From Trash

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Photo via pneumatic addict Whoever said “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure” might not have been speaking literally — but these seven dumpster divers prove that a little luck, a lot of patience, and a high tolerance for ickiness could mean big financial rewards. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Weekday Vegetarian: Fantastic Fava Bean Puree

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I’ve always stayed away from making anything with fava beans because inevitably the recipe will say how much work they are. The idea of shelling the beans and then having to peel each one of them seemed like a ridiculous amount of effort. On the other hand, people are positively rhapsodic about how delicious they are. Faced with a big bin of fava beans at my organic grocery, I figured, what the heck, give them a try…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Best of Ecouterre: Green These Summer Eco-Fashion Trends

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Photo credit: Doucette Duvall + Find your happily ever after with these prints charming . This sustainable array of eye-popping prints and blistering colors that will banish even the foulest of foul-weather doldrums. + Ahoy, mateys! You don’t need a yacht (or an eye patch) to set sail with this season’s

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250 Endangered Porpoise Remain After Population Drops 56% in 10 Years

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The vaquita’s small size makes it especially vulnerable to gill-net fishing. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons The diminutive vaquita, or Phocoena sinus , is likely the most critically endangered porpoise species in the world. According to a recent survey, only an estimated 250 individuals remain in the vaquita’s tiny habitat in the Gulf of California . Though the number is astonishingly small, research… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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New York Toughens Up on Electronics Manufacturers with New e-Waste Law

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Photo via Mark, Vicki, Ellaura and Mason New York City has had its share of difficulty in regards to setting strict regulations for e-waste recycling. When they set up a regulation requiring manufacturers to provide door-to-door pickup of electronics, manufacturers bit back with a lawsuit . But now, the city has some degree of support from the state of New York, which just implemented a law toughening up manu… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Polar Bears Will Be Extinct in Western Hudson Bay by 2040

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photo: James Seith Photography via flickr Back in 2004 there were only about 936 polar bears in the Western Hudson Bay part of Manitoba. Now researchers say that the increasing length of the ice-free season in the region means that a tipping point will soon be reached, which means the polar bears will decline over the next 30 years to a point where too few remain to sustain a viable breeding population. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Today on Planet 100: Frozen Zoo (Video)

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Overfishing Pushing Argentine Hake Fishery to Collapse

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photo: Procsilas Moscas via flickr Overfishing is a problem not limited by national boundary or species, as an interesting piece in Tierramérica illustrates: The Argentine Hake (known in Latin as Marluccius hubbsi and in Spanish as merluza ) is the preferred fish in an otherwise meat-loving nation, but due to indiscriminate fishing and a growing export market the fishery is on the brink of collapse–meaning that while there will still be hake in the sea, it won’t be commerciall… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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What We Don’t Know About the Ocean Can Kill Us

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Jo aboard the Plastiki; Photos via The Plastiki Guest post by Jo Royle, Skipper on the Plastiki ‘The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides’ – Jules Vern, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea. I think most of us feel an emotional tie to the oceans. Most of us breathe a sigh of relief or relaxation as soon as we set eyes upon the deep blue wilderness, a feeling of coming home. My childhood mem… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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