Photo via Nature Blog By now, it’s become quite clear that climate change presents a number of threats to life on Earth. So while manipulative politicians and skeptical media outlets continue to voice dissent, institutions like the US military are already in the process of planning, with the aid of climate scientists, how to cope with global war… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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US Navy Vice Admiral: Climate Change is a Threat Multiplier (Video)
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image: Klimacampus Though currently the extent of Arctic sea ice in lower than it was back in 2007, when the current record minimum was set, two different groups of German scientists’ forecasts show continued rapid decline but no new record to be set by this September. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Scientists Predict Continued Rapid Summer Arctic Sea Ice Decline – But No New Record
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Photo via the DCist Yet another poll has rolled in, revealing in clear terms — and by wide margins — that US citizens want comprehensive clean energy reform. Even if they have to pay more in energy costs . The Wall Street Journal/NBC poll , conducted by McCain pollster Bill McInturff (R), along with Peter Hart (D), found that by a stunning 2 to 1 margin, Americans want good, comprehensive energy reform that reduces carbon emissions and stimulates clean energy development. Here’s the breakdown:… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Listen Up Senate: Majority of Americans Want Clean Energy Reform
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Image credit D. Küttel / ETH Zurich; via PhysOrg ETH researchers Daniel Küttel and Michael Breitenstein teamed up with professors Luc Van Gool and Vittorio Ferrari from the Institute of Image Processing to create a new software program that can learn from watching moving objects, analyzing things like street scenes and figuring out patterns and habits of things like moving vehicles. The new technology allows the computer to recognize things like the movements of normal traffic flow and any changes in that “normal” situation. It may have a big use in analyzing traffic a… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Smart Computer That Learns from Videos Can Make Traffic More Efficient
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Team Finland hails from Aalto University, and Alvar Aalto would be proud of this of this stunning little pile of lumber. It’s passively heated and designed for the cold and dark Finnish climate, with solar hot water collectors and photovoltaics on the roof. Given the importance of wood in Finnish design and architecture, they are highlighting it:… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Gorgeous Woodsy Finnish Entry in Solar Decathlon Wins First Prize For Architecture
photo: Business Wire A couple weeks back when writing about whether hydropower really should be considered a clean power source , there were a couple varieties that were left out. Thanks to the remote town of Eagle, Alaska we can highlight one of them. It’s there that Alaska Power & Telephone has installed a new hydroki… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Hydropower Without Dams: Alaskan Village Powered Entirely by New Hydrokinetic River Turbine
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Image via FTC Late last year we reported that the US Federal Trade Commission proposed a new label for compact fluorescent lightbulbs that would show vital statistics like mercury content and the light output in terms of lumens rather than watts, which would make the brightness of CFLs, LEDs and other lighting technology more comparable among consumers. Well word has just hit that the new system has been approved and we’ll soon see … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Light Bulbs To Get Nutrition-Style Labels Next Year
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Photo via Serge Melki Scientists have found that sharks swimming off the Florida Keys and Belize carry a significant amount of drug-resistant bacteria strains that they worry could one day impact humans. In all, bacteria resistant to 13 types of anti-bodies — including penicillin — were found among the sharks sampled, and because the sample populations were somewhat small, the researchers think this could be an underestimate for the number of resistant strains. But it might be humans’ fault the sharks are carrying the strains in the first place. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Sharks Carry Drug-Resistant Bacteria That Could Infect Humans
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A.D.O. herb-infused organic cotton dress with coconut buttons. Credit: A.D.O. The key to curing arthritis, insomnia, or bronchitis could be in your clothes. A.D.O. Clothing follows ayurvastra, a branch of traditional Indian ayurvedic medicine that translates literally to “life or health-clothing.” The New Jersey-based label marries herb-infused organic cotton and rich, naturally-dyed hues with modern designs for fall 2010. Click through for photos and more on ayurvedic treatm… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Beautiful Herb-Infused Organic Clothing for Fall 2010 (Photos)
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The G20 at an earlier meeting The WWF has leaked a document that is called “Preamble, Context and Decisions – June 11, 2010” for the G20 Conference happening this weekend in Fortress Toronto. Key environmental takeaways include that they will do what they say they will do, something Canada in particular has not been good at: We are determined to be accountable for the commitments we have made, and will instruct our Ministers and officials to take all necessary steps to implement them fully within agreed timelines. But it gets better, with some commitments regarding clean energy and climate change: … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Leaked Draft of G20 Decisions Shows Commitment on Climate Change, Clean Energy
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