Richard Chasey
Eight Toxics Proposed for Elimination from European Waters
Originally Published by ENS – Fifteen chemicals would be added to a list of priority substances regulated by the EU’s water framework law, under a European Commission proposal issued Tuesday.
Federal Government Opens More Ocean to Wind Projects
Originally Published by NY Times
– The Interior Department says that offshore wind farms pose no significant threat to the environment off the coasts of Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey and Delaware.
Bill would make it easier to kill Ore. wolves
Originally Published by The Deseret News – Frustrated that a judge has blocked a kill order on two wolves, the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association is pushing legislation to boost the state’s authority to okay the slaughter.
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February 3rd, 2012
Biodiversity, Politics
Satellite Study Reveals Critical Habitat and Corridors for World’s Rarest Gorilla
Originally Published by Wildlife Conservation Society
– Protection of forest habitat could support larger population of Cross River gorillas.
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February 3rd, 2012
Biodiversity, Earth Observation
A Battery as Big as the Grid
Originally Published by IEEE Spectrum – 2012 could mark the arrival of utility-scale battery storage.
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February 2nd, 2012
Energy, Technology
Scientists prove plausibility of new pathway to life’s chemical building blocks
Originally Published by ScienceDaily
– Scientists have demonstrated an alternative pathway to life-essential sugars called the glyoxylate scenario.
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February 2nd, 2012
Would You Believe?
Male spiders sacrifice their genitals to fertilise big hungry females
Originally Published by The Guardian – Study suggests breaking off their own sexual organs during sex allows males to fertilise their mate despite being eaten alive.
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February 1st, 2012
Biodiversity, Would You Believe?
Mayan Deforestation and Drought
Originally Published by NASA Earth Observatory
– Climate change brought on by land use decisions may have contributed to the collapse of Mayan society in the ninth century.
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February 1st, 2012
Climate, Earth Observation
Wandering albatross gets boost from rising winds
Originally Published by New Scientist – It is a small comfort, given the dire effects climate change is having on birds worldwide, but industrial emissions may be giving the endangered wandering albatross a turbo boost.
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January 31st, 2012
Biodiversity, Weather
Sun unleashes an X1.8 class flare on Jan. 27, 2012
Originally Published by ScienceDaily: Earth & Climate News
– The sun unleashed an X1.8 class flare that began at 1:12 PM ET on January 27, 2012 and peaked at 1:37.
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January 31st, 2012
Would You Believe?
NASA Daily Image
Panorama of the East Coast
This Jan. 29 panorama of much of the East Coast, photographed by one of the Expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station, provides a look generally northeastward: Philadelphia-New York City-Boston corridor (bottom-center); western Lake Ontario shoreline with Toronto (left edge); Montreal (near center). An optical illusion in the photo makes the atmospheric limb and light activity from Aurora Borealis appear "intertwined." Image Credit: NASA