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Partial Lunar Eclipse Today!

Posted on June 26, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via Wikimedia A partial eclipse of the moon will be visible before dawn on Saturday, June 26th. It will be visible to those living in the western half of the United States, Canada or South America. The best view in the U.S. will be the Pacific States. This type of eclipse takes place when a full moon is partly blocked by the Earth’s shadow. The eclipse starts at 10:17 Universal Time (5:17 a.m. Central Time, 4:17 a.m. Mountain Time or 3:17 a.m. Pacific Time). It will last for over 2.5 hours. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Commercial Hunting Just One of Many Problems Facing Whales: Oil Exploration, Pollution, Fishing Nets

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

photo: Minette Layne via flickr The IWC meeting in Morocco may have seen the failure of plans to compromise on commercial whaling , to bring Japan and other international law objectors back into the fold, but there is some more interesting news coming from Agadir: More whales are being killed by pollution, getting caught in nets and other threats than by commercial whaling; … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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China’s Coast Under Siege By Massive Algae Slick

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Soldiers struggle to clean the Qingdao coast during a similar algae bloom in 2008. Image credit: AP Photo/Ng Han Guan Qingdao, China, is famous for its temperate sea air and “Tsingtao” beer but, during the summer, the gentle coast becomes a fertile bed for massive, smelly, algae blooms. The last major bloom occurred in 2008 and threatened the sailing competitions of the Beijing Olympics. This year, another bloom as blossomed—and has grown by 50 percent in less than a week…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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10 Unbelievable, Unlikely Animal Friendships (Slideshow)

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via The Daily Mail Friendship is good for your health — whether you’re human or animal. Take this baby macaque, abandoned by its mother and close to death until it became best friend’s with a pigeon. The macaque is thriving and the pair are inseparable. But they aren’t the only tear-jerking, unbelievable friendships you’ll find in the animal world: From a sheep that brought a baby elephant out of a deep depression to natural enemies that snuggle down together for every nap, these 10 heartwarming interspecies relations… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Sharks Carry Drug-Resistant Bacteria That Could Infect Humans

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

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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Nepal Temporarily Halts All Logging – More Trees Cut in Last Few Months Than From 2000-2005

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Illegal logging is on the increase in the Terai, the lowland areas of Nepal. Photo: Librex via flickr. A quickie on a seriously shocking situation: As Mongabay and BBC News report, Nepal has announced a two month temporary ban on all logging in the country. This comes as forestry officials learned that in the past few months alone more than 250,000 acres of forest have been cleared. That’s more than was cleared between… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Deadly Bat Disease Set to Go Global

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Northeast Region /Flickr No one likes to have their sleep disturbed but for hibernating bats it can actually be deadly. Geomyces destructans is caused by a white fungus that irritates infected bats’ skin, rousing them from their slumber and causing them to expend precious reserves of energy—often leading to starvation. Since first being discovered in Northern New York, the syndrome has spread west. Now, an outbreak in caves in Oklahoma have experts worried it is poised to spread across the hemis… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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RFI Tags Help Track British Bee Brain Damage

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo by cygnus921 The flight patterns of bees in Britain is getting some special attention as scientists study potential causes for colony collapse disorder. Researchers are fitting tiny radio tags to the insects to monitor their flights and determine whether or not pesticides are affecting the brains of bees, leading them to lose abilities like navigate, collect food, or communicate food sources to their hive mates. It is part of a $14.7 million research push to slow or reverse the dizzying decline of pollinating insects that could lead to the collapse of ou… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Scientists Track Sea Turtles’ Mysterious Travels for Better Conservation

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via Live Science Threatened and endangered sea turtles are getting some extra attention as they migrate around Florida. Green, hawksbill and loggerhead turtles are being equipped with cameras to record their movements so that biologists know what they need to do to help protect these species. Dry Tortugas National Park, 70 miles west of Key West, Florida, is a protected area, but it’s just a small fraction of the area the turtles use during their lifetimes. However, scientists don’t know exactly where these turtles’ ranges extend. So,… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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7 Eco Safaris Around the Globe

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via gillespaveau @ Flickr A safari might sound like a nice outdoorsy, environmental kind of vacation, but they often take a toll on wildlife in the areas you visit (even when you only take pictures ). But these seven companies take a social approach to their conservation efforts: By working with local commun… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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