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17 Nations Beat or Equal All-Time Heat Records This Summer

photo: Umair Mohsin via flickr If Russia’s current heatwave being the worst in 1000 years and doubling the daily death rate in Moscow wasn’t enough, check out this sweaty stat: According to Wunder Blog (via Mongabay ), already this summer 17 nations have set or matched their all-time heat records. Not to mention an all-time hottest temperature for Pakistan, and possibly all of Asia…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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BP Spill Still a Really Big Problem

Photo via MSNBC It irks me that I have to write a headline like that, but with so much of the media’s BP spill coverage painting pictures of a harmonious, oil-free Gulf, I can’t underscore enough the fact that this thing is far, far, far from over. Thankfully, CNN ran a report that got this 100% right , and spoke to scientists about the bevy of problems that still have them very concerned fo… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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It’s Time to Consider Our Food’s Nitrogen Footprint Too – Shrinking Ocean Dead Zones Depends On It

photo: Tambako the Jaguar via flickr We’re pretty accustomed at this point, those of us in the green community at least, of talking about the carbon footprint of our food . But what about the nitrogen footprint? Considering that large effect nitrogen pollution has in creating ocean dead zones (and climate change will only make i… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Your Office is In Your Pants: 6 Trends Shaping The Way We Work

In 1985, in the Harvard Business Review Philip Stone and Robert Luchetti foresaw in 1985 at the birth of the wireless phone that the era of the Mad Men style office that you went to and sat at a desk was over; they noted that Your office is where you are. They were off by about 25 years; it takes time for technological innovation to percolate through and cause real change. They also didn’t go far enough, thinking only about the promise of being able to talk on the phone; now the technology is getting so small that your office isn’t just where you are, it’s in your pants. Now Sami Grover is my favourite TreeHugger writer, (… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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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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Albino and Half-Albino Peacocks (Photos)

Photo by Yvonne Ayoub Within the plumage of a peacock lies a complex architecture that’s continually changing color. Or so it seems. Amazingly enough, though the bird revered for its majestic colors it is just as stunning–if not more so–without them. It’s often referred to as an albino peacock, but it is nothing of the sort. It’s technically a white peacock which is a genetic variant of the Indian Blue Peafowl . … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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John Friend- Walking The Walk At Wanderlust

John Friend and Sienna Sherman teaching yoga at Wanderlust (photo taken by Bonnie Hulkower) Last weekend, at the heart of this year’s Wanderlust Festival was Village Anusara, and in the heart of the village was John Friend , gathered with his disciples. John founded Anusara yoga thirteen years ago. He is a charismatic and popular teacher who blends philosophy, biomechanics, and humor. He has an enigmatic duality: he can come across as goofy but serious and brainy but heartfelt. John set aside some time fr… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Hello, I’m an Idiot Who Thought Vitaminwater Was Healthy [Idiots]

Hello, My name is Dumbass McGee. I was reading the Huffington’s Post today and was completely surprised by this article which said Vitaminwater is not healthy, even though the name of the product has “Vitamin” in it! Help? More

25% of BP Oil Still in the Water is World’s Eighth Largest Oil Spill All By Itself

photo: Fibonacci Blue via flickr With the news that BP has cemented the leaking well head , and word that 75% of all the oil which poured into the Gulf of Mexico either collected or somehow dispersed, you’re right for starting to breath a sigh of relief. But it occurred to me, if 25% of the oil is still in the water and in the marshes, and rough… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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