supereco.com - 3/11/2009
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The planet's coral reefs are dying. Those gorgeous, multicolored waving arms of living stone are dying. They say that Australia's Great Barrier Reef will be gone soon so if you're going to see it, go soon. And a fifth of the world's coral has died already , according to a report ...
Old-Growth Forests Dying Off in US West
washingtonpost.com 1/23/2009 — Washington Post: Trees in old-growth forests in the Western United States are dying at twice the rate they were a few decades ago, and experts suspect regional warming is to blame. The report, led by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), found that the ...
Australia: Barrier Reef coral growth 'will stop.'
news.smh.com.au 1/6/2009 — AAP: Scientists fear the already declining growth rate of the Great Barrier Reef's corals will stop completely by 2050, killing off the reef and making way for algae. A new report shows the most robust corals on the reef have slowed in growth by more ...
Dying for a drink
time.com 12/5/2008 — Various: When the planners of Las Vegas peered into the future in 1950, they projected that the desert city's population--then 25,000--would be lucky to break 100,000 by the end of the century. As it turned out, they were off by a factor of 19, and as you leave the sizzling Strip--the iconic ...
Save the dying cars?
supereco.com 4/8/2009 —
It sounds so uncontroversial at first. The "cash for clunkers" program would pay an incentive to consumers who traded in a clunker (a gas-guzzler or other old, inefficient car) for a hybrid or fuel-efficient vehicle. There are two competing bills in the House and the Senate , which ...
Video: Aussies Work To Save Dying Wetlands
universeeverything.blogspot.com 12/30/2008 — Water is scarce in Australia and there are concerns about the impact of the drought.So conservationists have begun assessing 600 wetlands in parts of New South Wales to decide which are most deserving of water.
Come on Aussies, come on
theenergycollective.com 4/20/2009 — From a standing position some distance behind the start line, Australia has made remarkable progress in the “race” to implement a price for CO2 within the economy, driven by emissions trading as the principal policy instrument. Australia may well come in a creditable 2nd, given ...
Coral condemned to extinction by CO2 levels, warns Attenborough
guardian.co.uk 7/9/2009 — Coral is the canary in the cage as damage can be seen most quickly, veteran naturalist tells Royal Society David Attenborough joined scientists yesterday to warn that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is already above the level which condemns coral ...
Australia fires release huge amount of CO2
| Environment
reuters.com 2/27/2009 — By David Fogarty, Climate Change Correspondent, Asia SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Bushfires that have scorched Australia's Victoria state released millions of tons of carbon dioxide and forest fires could become a growing source of carbon pollution as the ...
What's Killing The Coral Reefs?
sciencedaily.com 2/18/2009 — ScienceDaily: The answer to what's killing the world's coral reefs may be found in a tiny chip that fits in the palm of your hand. Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California, Merced are using an innovative DNA ...
Coral-200-Solar Phone Is Industry's First
goodcleantech.com 2/18/2009 — Beating the iPhone at going solar is the Coral-200-Solar phone - a ZTE-manufactured handset to be released by the Digicel Group. Presented at the Mobile World Congress earlier, the phone has an integrated solar cell onto the back panel. Yes, the ...
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