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Oceana Launches Expedition to Learn Long-Term Effects of Gulf Oil Spill

Photo via Southerntabitha As BP pushes hard to shift attention away from the spill itself and on to clean-up and wrap-up efforts , Oceana has launched an expedition that will study the long-term effects of the disaster on the Gulf’s flora and fauna. Hopping aboard the 170-foot Oceana Latitude and using remotely operated vehicles, specialized divers and satellite tags, the team will investigate how the spill is impacting coral, fish, shark and other wi… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Round Homes Catching On, But Are They Green?

Buckminster Fuller made his Dymaxion houses round because they were aerodynamic and because a circular house encloses more floor area for a given amount of perimeter material. According to the Ottawa Citizen , people are still doing it, for much the same reasons. But instead of aluminum, Laurie Murray and George Kerr built theirs out of cordwood, a very old fashioned form of construction where one takes foot thick slabs of wood laid on their sides…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Round Homes Catching On, But Are They Green?