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Rocky Mountain Snow Packs
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15.5.2013 |
Climate Change News - ENN |
Snow pack forms from layers of snow that accumulate in geographic regions and high altitudes where the climate includes cold weather for extended periods during the year. Snow packs are an important water resource that feed streams and rivers as they melt. Warmer spring temperatures since 1980 are causing an estimated 20 percent loss of snow cover across the Rocky Mountains of western North America, according to new research from the U.S. Geological Survey. The new study builds upon a previous USGS snow pack investigation which showed that, until the 1980s, the northern Rocky Mountains experienced large snow packs when the central and southern Rockies experienced meager ones, and vice versa. Yet, since the 1980s, there have been simultaneous snow pack declines along the entire length of the Rocky Mountains, and unusually severe declines in the north. |
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London building power plant that burns waste fat from sewers
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15.5.2013 |
TreeHugger |
The discarded fat that can clog the sewer system will now be used as a renewable energy source. |
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Rocky Mountain Snow Packs
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15.5.2013 |
Environmental News Network |
Snow pack forms from layers of snow that accumulate in geographic regions and high altitudes where the climate includes cold weather for extended periods during the year. Snow packs are an important water resource that feed streams and rivers as they melt. Warmer spring temperatures since 1980 are causing an estimated 20 percent loss of snow cover across the Rocky Mountains of western North America, according to new research from the U.S. Geological Survey. The new study builds upon a previous USGS snow pack investigation which showed that, until the 1980s, the northern Rocky Mountains experienced large snow packs when the central and southern Rockies experienced meager ones, and vice versa. Yet, since the 1980s, there have been simultaneous snow pack declines along the entire length of the Rocky Mountains, and unusually severe declines in the north. |
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NASA satellite shows massive bloom of phytoplankton off coast of France
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14.5.2013 |
TreeHugger |
This photo was taken on May 4, 2013 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite. |
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How a city can be more like a forest
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13.5.2013 |
Business Operations | GreenBiz.com |
| An excerpt from "Nature's Fortune," a new book by Mark Tercek and Jonathan Adams.   |
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Al Gore calls Alberta Tar Sands "an open sewer."
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9.5.2013 |
TreeHugger |
In a speech in Toronto, he also says “There’s no such thing as ethical oil,” he said. “There’s only dirty oil and dirtier oil.” |
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PHOTOS: Firefighters Make Unusual Rescue
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7.5.2013 |
Green on HuffingtonPost.com |
| Five stranded baby ducks have several members of the Mishawaka Fire Department to thank after the firefighters rescued the ducklings from a storm drain in... |
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Warning: This Story Might Make You Cry
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4.5.2013 |
Green on HuffingtonPost.com |
| A baby fox rescued from a storm drain in Edgewood by a group of Harford County firefighters on Tuesday night has since been euthanized so... |
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New grass 'flood reduction hope'
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27.4.2013 |
BBC News - Science & Environment |
| A hybrid farmland grass, developed by a team of UK researchers, could help reduce flooding by cutting the volume of run-off reaching rivers, a study suggests. |
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Source of Organics and Water Quality
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24.4.2013 |
Environmental News Network |
It is not unusual that when it rains, it will dissolve surface materials or carny it off as suspended materials into steams and such. Each time it rains, runoff carries an earthy tea steeped from leaf litter, crop residue, soil, and other organic materials into the storm drains and streams that feed Chesapeake Bay or many other bodies of water. Apparently some sources of organics are worse than others. A new study led by researchers at William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science reveals that land use in the watersheds from which this dissolved organic matter originates has important implications for Bay water quality, with the organic carbon in runoff from urbanized or heavily farmed landscapes more likely to persist as it is carried downstream, thus contributing energy to fuel low-oxygen dead zones in coastal waters. |
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Sanford, Colbert Busch Primed For Battle
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5.4.2013 |
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com |
| By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, S.C., April 4 (Reuters) - Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch kicked off her general election campaign for South Carolina's open congressional seat... |
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Riki Ott: The Exxon Pipeline Spill: Questions That Should Be Frequently Asked
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5.4.2013 |
Green on HuffingtonPost.com |
| It is essential for the media to search for deeper explanations and more accurate information during incidents that threaten human health, wildlife, and the environment -- and future energy choices. |
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Major Disappointment
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3.4.2013 |
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com |
| WASHINGTON -- President Obama doesn't plan to weigh in on the Los Angeles mayoral race because it pits two Democrats against each other, his spokesman... |
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Why Is Lake Erie Under Attack?
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2.4.2013 |
Green on HuffingtonPost.com |
| From Douglas Main, OurAmazingPlanet Staff Writer: Lake Erie is under attack from noxious algae blooms, and the problem only looks likely to get worse if... |
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Wenonah Hauter: Murky Waters in Allentown
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30.3.2013 |
Green on HuffingtonPost.com |
| Open government and transparency are essential pillars of a functioning democracy. But when governments privatize public services and infrastructure, we too often lose access to information and the tools to hold officials accountable. |
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GOP Challenger Hits Mark Sanford In Debate
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29.3.2013 |
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com |
| CHARLESTON, S.C. -- The man running against former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford in a GOP runoff for an open congressional seat says Sanford is... |
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Much ado about mud
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26.3.2013 |
High Country News Most Recent |
Supreme Court vindicates timber industry in logging-road runoff case |
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Urban Greening May Reduce Crime Rates in Cities
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26.3.2013 |
Environmental News Network |
Urban planning is not only important to the strategic design behind a city’s infrastructure, but now one study finds that the landscaping itself which emphasizes urban greening and the introduction of well-maintained vegetation, can lower the rates of certain types of crime such as aggravated assault, robbery and burglary, in cities. According to a Temple University study, "Does vegetation encourage or suppress urban crime? Evidence from Philadelphia, PA," researchers found that the presence of grass, trees and shrubs is associated with lower crime rates in Philadelphia. |
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Mutiny At The Greuel Campaign?
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24.3.2013 |
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com |
| City Controller and mayor hopeful Wendy Greuel is relieving her current campaign manager of her day to day duties, and turning to a veteran Mayor... |
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Mark Sanford Inches Forward On Road To Redemption
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20.3.2013 |
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com |
| CHARLESTON, S.C. — Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford advanced Tuesday to a runoff in the Republican contest for an open congressional seat, taking a... |
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