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Nature Loss 'dwarfs bank crisis'
jerry23w
by jerry23w  Today 7:07 AM   
 Time to wake up! When governments see it in monetary terms they sit up straight for a change..
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NATURE IS ESSENTIAL FOR ECONOMY
klippety
by klippety  10-8-2008   
 Protecting Nature is the BASES for ALL Economics
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Oct 5-14, 2008: Global Partnership on Cities and Biodiversity
egsnyder
by egsnyder  10-8-2008   
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Mass Extinction Event On the Horizon?
kmcolo
by kmcolo  10-7-2008   
 Mass Extinction Event On the Horizon? Nope, were in it now. Any scientist studying some aspect of the environment will tell you that humans are having a massive impact and that the Earth's ecosystem will not tolerate this forever.
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Evolution stops here ?
Silkweaver
by Silkweaver  10-7-2008    3
 This is an interesting read, yet biological evolution is only part of the story of human evolution, perhaps a tiny part at that. Moreover, biodiversity in human populations have new sources that are not considered in this article. Many genomes that would have been selected out of the gene pool in older days are now propagated. Made a clip about that a while ago.
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EXTINCTION IS FOREVER
klippety
by klippety  10-6-2008   
 And forever is very long time
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Everyone All Over the World Should Be Very Worried
constantskeptic
by constantskeptic  9-30-2008    3
 Oh God.... all the marine life is dying off, everybody panic!!!! Wait.... I guess maybe this article isn't that alarmist. Now I am scared.
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Ecocity Images
rachaelkeriwilliams
by rachaelkeriwilliams  9-30-2008   
 We will one day add EcoHood Buffalo to this growing body of living city plans. I hope that day is not too far off.
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Encyclopedia of Life - by the World's Leading Scientists
infopunk
by infopunk  9-23-2008   
 An epic effort to promote biodiversity and document all 1.8 million named species on the planet. When completed, http://www.eol.org will serve as a global biodiversity tool, providing scientists, policymakers, students, and citizens information they need to discover and protect the planet and encourage learning and conservation. The Encyclopedia of Life is a collaborative scientific effort led by the Field Museum of Natural History, Harvard University, Marine Biological Laboratory, Missouri Botanical Garden, Smithsonian Institution, and Biodiversity Heritage Library, a consortium including the core institutions and also the American Museum of Natural History (New York), Natural History Museum (London), New York Botanical Garden, and Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew).
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CREATIVE ANIMAL ADVERTISING
vk2yoc
by vk2yoc  9-22-2008    2
 Pics say it all.
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Is California on the Brink of Environmental Collapse?
papananook
by papananook  9-6-2008    1
 Water, water, water...when will we learn to respect it?
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"Its a horrible thing to say..."
yamdablam
by yamdablam  9-5-2008   
 Eye opening speech from our better. I an astonished to hear our fearless leader boasting that our population is below replacement levels. This shit makes me sick to my stomach!
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Evolutionists Flock to Darwin-Shaped Wall Stain
ColoradoRight
by ColoradoRight  9-5-2008    2
 Since witnesses first reported the unexplained marking—which appears to resemble a 19th-century male figure with a high forehead and large beard—this normally quiet town has become a hotbed of biological zealotry. Thousands of pilgrims from as far away as Berkeley's paleoanthropology department have flocked to the site to lay wreaths of flowers, light devotional candles, read aloud from Darwin's works, and otherwise pay homage to the mysterious blue-green stain.
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Oil Bubbles Point to Eco Disaster in Paradise
merrie
by merrie  9-2-2008   
 Collapse danger "What is frightening is that the Hoyo appears to be leaking from an area where oil was stored," Jeffery told New Scientist. Nor is the Hoyo Maru the only ship to be leaking oil – although for now, it is the only tanker which has been seen to leak. Jeffery and his colleagues are now seeking Japanese historians and shipping experts who could remotely assess the contents of the Hoyo's oil storage tanks. If the ship is found to contain large amounts of diesel, this will need to be pumped out in order to avoid severe damage to the local biodiversity and economy. The situation is likely to repeat itself around the Pacific over coming years. "A lot of these wrecks are in areas where the communities just don't have the resources to deal with oil pollution," warns Jeffery. In 2003, the US government pumped 10 million litres of fuel from the sunken hull of the USS Mississinewa, a US tanker that was destroyed by the Japanese in 1944 in the Western Pacific.
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Utopia for a modern age.
zalisan
by zalisan  8-30-2008   
 Our goals include returning healthy biodiversity to the heart of our cities, agriculture to community gardens and the streets, and convenience and pleasure to walking, bicycling and transit. We work to build thriving city and neighborhood centers while reversing sprawl development; to build whole cities based on human needs and “access by proximity” rather than cities built in the current pattern of automobile driven excess, wasteful consumption and the destruction of the biosphere. We visualize a future in which waterways in neighborhood environments and prosperous downtown centers are opened for curious children and native plants and animals.
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Is Extinction Or Diversity On The Rise? Study Of Islands Reveals Surprising Results
Silkweaver
by Silkweaver  8-27-2008    1
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"The Floating Ecopolis"
cakebelly
by cakebelly  8-24-2008   
 http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/07/10/lilypads/index.html
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Forever Is A Long Time- Extinction Of Too Many
klippety
by klippety  8-23-2008   
 Watch the slide show attached. Great sadness for the losses incurred and those that are coming in your lifetime. We are a destructive force and our role as caretakers of the world around us is not well exercised.
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New Bird Species Found in Gabon
ChiVampir
by ChiVampir  8-19-2008   
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New bird species discovered in Gabon
JACraves
by JACraves  8-17-2008   
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The World According to Monsanto
papananook
by papananook  8-16-2008    2
 Frankenfoods and seed monopolies...
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Experts Say the Planet's Biodiversity Crisis is Accelerating
Silkweaver
by Silkweaver  8-15-2008   
 ...If I disappear anytime soon know who to blame :-)
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Experts Say the Planet's Biodiversity Crisis is Accelerating
papananook
by papananook  8-14-2008    2
 "Sha-la-lalalala..live fro today..." Eat, drink and be merry...for tomorrow we die!
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Does the Milky Way Influence Earth's Biodiversity Cycles? Research Says "Yes"
Silkweaver
by Silkweaver  8-13-2008    3
 The boost in cosmic-ray exposure may have a direct effect on Earth's organisms, according to paleontologist Bruce Lieberman. The radiation would lead to higher rates of genetic mutations in organisms or interfere with their ability to repair DNA damage. In this way, the process could lead to new species while killing off others. If future studies confirm the galaxy-biodiversity link, it would force scientists to broaden their ideas about what can influence life on Earth. "Maybe it's not just the climate and the tectonic events on Earth," Lieberman said. "Maybe we have to start thinking more about the extraterrestrial environment as well."
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Vanishing Arctic Ice May Hurt Japan's Wildlife
lekahe
by lekahe  8-13-2008   
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Biodiversity Declining at 'Unprecedented Rate'
tabsey
by tabsey  8-12-2008    1
 Going, going, ................
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Out-of-This-World Hypothesis: Cosmic Forces Control Life on Earth
tabsey
by tabsey  8-12-2008    1
 Worth a read, if you enjoy info about what is happening in the Space around us.
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Tectonics shown to drive changes in biodiversity
shankargallery
by shankargallery  8-7-2008   
 results of a detailed research work about the evolution of marine diversity all through the last 50 million years.
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The Billion Tree Campaign bas become a practical expression of private and public concern over globa
dianakee
by dianakee  8-5-2008   
 Tree planting remains one of the most cost-effective ways to address climate change. Trees and forests play a vital role in regulating the climate since they absorb carbon dioxide – containing an estimated 50% more carbon than the atmosphere. Deforestation, in turn accounts for over 20% of the carbon dioxide humans generate, rivaling the emissions from other sources. Trees also play a crucial role in providing a range of products and services to rural and urban population, including food, timber, fiber, medicines and energy as well as soil fertility, water and biodiversity conservation. "The Billion Tree Campaign has not only helped to mobilize millions of people to respond to the challenges of climate change, it has also opened the door, especially for the rural poor, to benefit from the valuable products and services the trees provide", said Dennis Garrity, Director-General of the Nairobi-based World Agroforestry Centre.
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Saving the High Seas
lisaann2007
by lisaann2007  8-4-2008   
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Gordon Moore's Next Act
wildcat
by wildcat  8-4-2008   
 The man behind Moore's Law is tackling biodiversity, the future of engineering education, and the secrets of the galaxies
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Hopping marine hotspots linked to geology
pokkets
by pokkets  8-1-2008   
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More Galapagos Than The Galapagos
Elisabeth Eaves
by Elisabeth Eaves  7-31-2008   
 Yemen's Socotra island is a Dr. Seuss land of plants and critters you won't find anywhere else. Now' it's been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Natural Site. I visited in 2004 and can confirm that it's wacky and wonderful...Iwrote about it on Forbes.com in a story about the most isolated places in the world (http://www.forbes.com/2007/05/01/escape-travel-communication-life_cx_ee_07networks_0501grid_slide_3.html?thisSpeed=15000)
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tony Juniper
Stuart S-W
by Stuart S-W  7-30-2008   
 A useful quote on the need for new environmentalism.
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Warming world 'drying wetlands'
JICWyllie
by JICWyllie  7-29-2008   
 Combine this clip with http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/21CE9FEA-934E-421B-808D-A1CB1F01AA2E/ also today.
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Rising Energy, Food Prices Major Threats To Wetlands As Farmers Eye New Areas For Crops
JICWyllie
by JICWyllie  7-29-2008   
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Is India's "Green Revolution" deadly?
Lexica
by Lexica  7-28-2008   
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ECOCITY Builders
zalisan
by zalisan  7-27-2008   
 An ecocity is a human settlement that enables its residents to live a good quality of life while using minimal natural resources. Its buildings make best use of sun, wind and rainfall to help supply the energy and water needs of occupants. Generally multistory to maximize the land available for greenspace. It is threaded with natural habitat corridors, to foster biodiversity and to give residents access to nature for recreation. Its food and other goods are sourced from within its borders or from nearby, in order to cut down on transport costs. The majority of its residents live within walking or cycling distance of their workplace, to minimise the need for motorised transport. Frequent public transport connects local centres for people who need to travel further. Local car sharing allows people to use a car only when needed. Ecocity Builders PO Box 697 Oakland, CA 94604 Phone/Fax 510-444-4508
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Dinosaurs Diversified Over Time, not Suddenly
abailart
by abailart  7-23-2008   
 During this epoch of riotous biodiversity, flowering plants, social insects, butterflies, modern groups of lizards, mammals, and possibly birds, too, all emerged. Some experts have suggested that dinosaurs were also part of the show, as so many weird fossils, such as duckbilled hadrosaurs, horned ceratopsians, pachycephalosaurs and other wonders, date from this time. But a new study, published on Wednesday in a British journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, says that dinosaurs were less than a sideshow in the DNA spectacular. Researchers led by Graeme Lloyd of the University of Bristol, western England, devised a "supertree" of dinosaur evolution, patiently analyzing how more than 450 species -- about 70 percent of the known finds -- developed.
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Dino diversity earlier than first thought
pokkets
by pokkets  7-23-2008   
 Maybe there is the idea that species including the dinosaurs were trying to deal with conditions brought about by the meteor, so many adaptations arose, but nature loves nothing more than competition, even when times are good.
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