‘Ecological Intelligence’: Do humans have what it takes to survive?
By Daniel Goleman | TheTyee.ca | March 11, 2010
[Editor's note: The following is excerpted from the new book Ecological Intelligence by Daniel Goleman, published by Broadway Business, an imprint of The Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc. Reprinted with permission. Copyright © 2010 [...]
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Smarten Up or Die
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Fears of Undersea Methane Leaks Already Coming True
By Sid Perkins, Science News | Reported in WIRED | March 4, 2010
Prodigious plumes of planet-warming methane are bubbling from sediments across a broad region of Arctic seafloor previously thought to be sealed by permafrost, new analyses indicate. The resulting increase of methane gas in the atmosphere may accelerate climate warming, scientists say.
Read More: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/03/fears-of-undersea-methane-leaks-already-coming-true/
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The O.J. tactic: Climate change skeptics sound like Simpson’s lawyers: If the winter glove won’t fit, you must acquit
By Bill McKibben – Guest Columnist | OregonLive.com | March 02, 2010, 5:00AM
In recent years, every major scientific body in the world has produced reports confirming the peril of climate change. All 15 of the warmest years on record have come in the last two decades. And Earth’s major natural systems are all showing undeniable [...]
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Waiting to Inhale: Deep-Ocean Low-Oxygen Zones Spreading to Shallower Coastal Waters
Oxygen-deprived areas in the world’s oceans usually found in deeper water are moving up to offshore areas and threatening coastal marine ecosystems by spurring the die-off of some species and overpopulation of others
By Michael Tennesen | Scientific American | February 23, 2010
A plague of oxygen-deprived waters from the deep ocean is creeping up over [...]
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The Great Grocery Smackdown
Will Walmart, not Whole Foods, save the small farm and make America healthy?
by Corby Kummer | Atlantic Monthly | March 2010
BUY MY FOOD at Walmart? No thanks. Until recently, I had been to exactly one Walmart in my life, at the insistence of a friend I was visiting in Natchez, Mississippi, about 10 years ago. [...]
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What’s in a name? When the issue is “climate change,” plenty, linguist says
by Robert McClure | Dateline Earth as reported on Investigate WEST | February 22nd, 2010
It’s been apparent for some time that the public is not understanding the potential magnitude of the threat of climate change. The percentage of Americans saying it’s even taking place was recently measured at 57 percent, down 14 points since October [...]
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New wine in old bottles
A European idea is catching on in Washington’s wine country: reusable bottles. It saves money and is kind to the environment.
By Harris Meyer | Crosscut.com | February 18, 2010
Wine drinkers in many Pacific Northwest towns get frustrated that there’s no place to recycle the heavy glass bottles that hold their beloved vino. In Europe, people go [...]
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Slow Trip Across Sea Aids Profit and Environment
By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL | The New York Times | February 16, 2010
It took more than a month for the container ship Ebba Maersk to steam from Germany to Guangdong, China, where it unloaded cargo on a recent Friday — a week longer than it did two years ago.
But for the owner, the Danish shipping giant [...]
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Fog Decline Threatens California’s Towering Redwoods
By Tia Ghose | Wired Science | February 15, 2010
The California coast has seen fewer foggy days in the last century, threatening the health of the region’s majestic redwood trees.
Over the last century, new research suggests the average daily fog has decreased more than three hours, causing the coast redwoods to lose more water [...]
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Slumburbia
By Timothy Egan | The New York Times | February 12, 2010
LATHROP, Calif. — Drive along foreclosure alley, through new planned communities that look like tile-roofed versions of a 21st century ghost town, and you see what happens when people gamble with houses instead of casino chips.
Dirty flags advertise rock-bottom discounts on empty starter mansions. [...]