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Gallery: Arctic Climate Change
The Arctic is warming faster than any region on Earth.
See how climate change is dramatically transforming this polar landscape
and the animals and plants that depend on it.
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How well can you create
an eco-friendly town? As the mayor of Greenville, the future of your
hometown is in your hands.
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See the good in storm
season with awe-inspiring pictures of lightning touching down.
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Test yourself with 12 questions about pollution.
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How much do you know about freak storms and other
surprising weather events?
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Engineer your own turbine to harness the power of the
breeze, and find out for yourself whether or not the answer to our clean
energy problem is blowin' in the wind.
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Environmental News
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Tired of being hassled by the Man? Start your own country (and
government), says the Seasteading Institute, whose
design-contest winners put a glossy sheen on life atop a
glorified oil rig. |
May 24,2009 |
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Let's hope global warming doesn't go to 11 like a Spinal Tap
amp. But if it does, earthquake stations may be the first to
hear about it. |
May 21, 2009
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In and around Australia's Great Barrier Reef,
researchers with the Census of Marine Life have discovered
hundreds of new species. Video. |
May 21, 2009
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Scientists have discovered the first evidence of preindustrial
mercury pollution from mining that took place in Peru more than
3,000 years ago. |
May 18, 2009
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Breathing in small bits of dust and soot may wreak havoc on our
DNA, possibly causing increased rates of lung cancer and other
diseases, a new study of steelworkers shows. |
May 17, 2009
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Balsa trees threaten, watermelons beckon, and fish dry in the
sun in these glimpses of life from around the globe.
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May 11, 2009
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Faster-than-expected warming is
speeding glacial melt at Montana's signature park, endangering
the region's plants and animals. |
March 2, 2009
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Steven Chu spoke with
National Geographic magazine about his goals for the next
four years, which include quick improvements and long-term
developments. |
March 2, 2009
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A new network of U.S. monitoring
stations could do for environmental science what the Hubble
Space Telescope has done for astronomy, researchers say. |
February 26, 2009
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Microchip-implanted penguins in
Argentina are helping scientists by just doing what comes
naturally on the birds' favorite "highway" to the sea. |
February 27, 2009
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Like the title robot from the
Oscar-nominated WALL-E, new droids are tackling the
world's environmental jobs. Such machines are reducing
greenhouse gas emissions, patrolling the Amazon, and mopping up
radioactive waste. |
February 20, 2009
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Part of Alaska's coast is
drifting into the sea at twice the rate it has in the past,
reshaping the Arctic shoreline, a new study says. |
February 20, 2009
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Alarmed by the animals' cries,
local residents rescued three dolphins that had been trapped by
encroaching sea ice for nearly five days in Newfoundland,
Canada. |
February 20, 2009
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Underwater archaeologists in
Florida have discovered secrets from a time when wooly mammoths,
giant sloths, and huge tortoises roamed a landscape quite
different from today's sunshine state. |
February 18, 2009
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Sparing big cats can save human
lives by keeping some animal-borne diseases in check, says a
conservation group that has partnered with a hospital to train
"doctor conservationists." |
February 16, 2009
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Help Pass a
Strong Global Warming Bill
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Target: U.S. House of
Representatives
Sponsored by:
Environmental Defense Fund
Representatives
Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Ed Markey (D-MA) have
introduced draft global warming legislation that
would cap America's global warming pollution,
liberate us from imported oil, and put millions of
Americans to work unleashing our clean energy
future.
It will become the legislative vehicle in the House
for climate action this year. This is the
opportunity we've long been waiting for. Scientists
warn that there is no time to waste -- that if we
don't act now, we risk catastrophic threats from
run-away global warming.
We must seize this opportunity to pass the strongest
possible bill. Please send an email to your
Representative to support global warming action in
2009.
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deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 25,000
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Protect Polar Bears From
Global Warming
Target:
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar
Sponsored by:
Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
In a disappointing
move, the Obama administration has left polar bears poorly
protected from one of the gravest threats to this endangered
species – global warming.
Pandering to
Big Oil, the outgoing Bush/Cheney administration limited vital
protections for polar bears from global warming and oil and gas
development, essentially denying polar bears the help they need
to survive some of the greatest threats to their existence.
Yet
global warming is at the very heart of the threat to the polar
bear. Scientists say that global
warming and habitat loss could drive America's polar bears to
extinction by the end of the century.
Unfortunately, Interior Secretary Salazar decided to back the
status quo, rather than bring meaningful change to how this
endangered species is treated.
Tell Secretary Salazar how disappointed you are in his decision
to support the Bush-era rule – and urge him to review the
science and protect endangered polar bears from global warming.
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deadline:
Ongoing...
goal: 10,000
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Help keep our earth
clean, no more animals dieing JUST from POLLUTION!
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America's largest
consumer of energy is the Department of Defense. Call on Obama to
green the military!
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 Educate
Yourself: Pledge to Watch "Earth: The Sequel"
Early last year, a book called "Earth: The Sequel" was
released that turned the pessimism of the global..
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 Prevent
the Worst of Global Warming: Pass a Strong Climate Bill Now
The science is clear and urgent: to prevent the worst
effects of global warming, we must break our dependence on oil.
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 Court
Ruling Threatens Appalachia's Ecosystem!
Mountaintop removal mining destroys entire forests and
threatens nearby communities with floods and...
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Join
the Fight to End Mountaintop Removal
A panel of federal judges has ruled in favor of the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers in a controversial...
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 Stop
Arctic Drilling Plan
Put a halt to a government plan to open the Arctic Ocean to
new oil and gas leases.
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DID YOU VOTE? NOW YOU
CAN SEE THE VALUE EARTH HOUR HAD ON OUR PLANET BY GOING TO THE LINK
BELOW. It will be left here for a while so you can see the results
of all our votes. |
ON MARCH 28, THE WORLD VOTED.
4088 towns and cities
worldwide Voted Earth by switching off their lights for Earth Hour.
The votes are being
presented to world leaders at the Global Climate Change Conference
in Copenhagen, December 2009. Here, people of all nationalities,
ages and race will make their voice heard in shaping government
policies to take action against global warming. But there is still a
lot we can do to VOTE EARTH in the lead up to Copenhagen.
HOW CAN I SHOW MY SUPPORT?
HOW CAN I SPREAD THE WORD?
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