Image credit: suneko /Flickr Conservationists knew that Columbia’s cotton-top tamarin—with its distinctive “punk rock” inspired hairdo —was threatened by habitat loss. A new survey, however, has indicated that the situation may be far more dire then anyone had imagined…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Crazy-Haired Tamarin One of the 25 Most Endangered Primates
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LEGO CNC milling machine & open source robotic arm. Image credit: Marta Malé-Alemany. Meet George Jetson: (FAB)BOTS are robots or machines that fabricate structures and spatial formations for architecture. Designed by students, the robot prototypes shown here are inspired by insects, use recycled plastic bags to create structures, fabricate floating houses for the future and even use the sun to laser cut. Intended to meet on-site deployment strategies using locally available materials, these robotic proposals could serve as alternative construction me… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Cheap, Energy-Efficient Robots that Build Houses (Slideshow)
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The redback salamander is a natural host for Janthinobacterium lividum , a bacterium that could save frogs from a deadly epidemic. Image credit: WallTea /Flickr Around the world, frogs are in trouble . Habitat loss is a major threat—as it is for many species—while pesticides and other chemicals … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Amphibian Bacteria Could Be Key to Saving Frogs from Extinction
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photo via flickr General Electric, along with four venture capital firms, is putting up some serious cash for innovators that can help with the development of a smart grid–a networked energy system that increases efficiency and allows for more renewable energy to come into the power grid. The competition, known as the Ecomagnination Challenge , has $200 million and will be judged by GE, RockPort Capital, K.P.C.B., Foundation Capital and Emerald Technology. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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GE Puts Up Serious Cash For Smart Grid Ideas
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Image via Kid K Adam Dillon was a contractor for BP, and worked to help coordinate the spill cleanup of effort. His first appearance on television found him chasing reporters of a spill-impacted sight in the middle of a news segment for WDSU in New Orleans. Now, the tides have turned, and Dillon is willfully going to the press himself. After seeing firsthand how BP is orchestrating its cleanup effort, and bearing witness to some of its more secretive policies — and getting fired for photographing sensitive sites — he’s decided to go public with the story. Video is after the jump. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Contractor Vents About BP’s Shady Spill Response (Video)
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photo: Rameez Sadikot via flickr An new study led by scientists from the University of Colorado at Boulder shows that rising sea levels in parts of the Indian Ocean appear to be, at least in part, amplified by rising levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. That is, they’re creating more sea level rise there than the global average…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Rising Greenhouse Gases Amplify Sea Level Rise in Indian Ocean
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Photo via the Guardian 2,090 frozen pangolins headed for trade on the black market were just intercepted by the Chinese authorities, in what may be evidence of a burgeoning effort to scale back such activity. The pangolin is an endangered species of anteater that’s considered a delicacy in China, and its scales are believed in Chinese folklore to aid breastfeeding mothers. In all, 8,000 tons of dead pangolin were seized from poachers, the gruesome event reflecting both the severity of the illegal animal trade and the authorities increa… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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8,000 Tons of Dead Endangered Anteater Seized from Poachers
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The latest report from the UN-supported The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity project has been released, this time examining how businesses need to start addressing biodiversity loss and better appreciate the value of ecosystem services –those natural planetary functions, such as pollinating insects, that would other… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Businesses & Consumers Just Beginning to Recognize Economic Cost of Biodiversity Loss
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Photos by Yannis Drakoulidis Real estate developers often trick purchasers by filling model suites with special 7/8 full size furniture to make rooms look bigger. Now Point Supreme Architects are tricking art gallery patrons by building a room at exactly 1/2 full size, and putting it inside the full size room. We love showing small spaces, but usually one can stand up in them. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Architects Build A Half-Scale Room Inside A Full-Scale Room: "It’s Like Alice In Wonderland."
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Bio Bomber Jacket, grown from a vat of green tea. Image courtesy of Suzanna Lee. Is it possible to “grow a frock from a vat of liquid” using cellulose-spinning bacteria? This is exactly what fashion designer Suzanna Lee asked before she began BioCouture , a research project based at Central Saint Martin’s College in London. From a vat of sugary green tea, she grew a textile biomaterial, resulting in seamless clothing that has the look and feel of vegetable leather (we read it first on Seed and Sew ). Click through for more gross (but cool) … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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From a Vat of Green Tea, Grows Gross (but Cool) Green Fashion called BioCouture (Photos)
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