Category: Climate Change
Nature Brains: Doing Conservation in the Face of Climate Change
Written by Darci Palmquist | May 14th, 2012
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Conservation has been working for decades to protect specific species, habitats and places. But will climate change ruin all that work? How do you account for global warming in conservation planning?
Cool Green Morning: Friday, May 4
Written by Madeline Breen | May 4th, 2012
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Who’s ready for a supermoon?!
- Saturday’s full moon will be the biggest of 2012. (Space)
- Greenpeace releases new seafood retailer scorecard. (Huffington Post Green)
- Just how far can a polar bear swim? (Mongabay)
- Sea level rise may be less severe than feared. (TG Daily)
- Chicago turns empty store fronts into gardens. (TreeHugger)
Cool Green Morning: Thursday, May 3
Written by Madeline Breen | May 3rd, 2012
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We’ve got a great mix of green news headline for you today.
- The best rainforest destinations you haven’t visited — yet. (Mother Nature Network)
- Controversial study shows how dangerous forms of avian influenza could evolve in the wild. (Nature)
- Climate change is causing plants to flower faster than scientists predicted. (Christian Science Monitor)
- New species discovery: “rebel” coelacanth stalked ancient seas. (National Geographic)
- Find your green momma a gift in TreeHugger’s Mother’s Day gift guide. (TreeHugger)
Building a Model Future in Melanesia
Written by Jake Cohen | April 20th, 2012
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Learn how building a 3D model is helping an island community in Papua New Guinea to plan for the impacts of climate change and ensure its survival.
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, April 17
Written by Madeline Breen | April 17th, 2012
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Extra, extra, get your green news here!
- Meet the 6 environmental heroes who have won the Green Nobel Prize. (Mongabay)
- Are electric vehicles worth it? (Christian Science Monitor)
- Mexico is thisclose to passing a new climate change law. (Ecopreneurist)
- The latest generation of landscape architects is reinventing the urban park. (Grist)
- High school for girls = population control = sustainable growth. (Green)
Cool Green Morning: Monday, April 16
Written by Madeline Breen | April 16th, 2012
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Start your week off with a cup of green coffee and a side of green news.
- Himalayan glaciers rebel and buck the global trend of continued ice loss. (The Guardian)
- How to sell the greenest coffee: deliver it by bicycle in returnable mason jars. (TreeHugger)
- The population of emperor penguins in Antarctica just doubled. (Mongabay)
- Is it too late to save the critically endangered Amur leopard? (BBC Nature)
- Eat less meat, save the Earth. (Live Science)
Cool Green Morning: Friday, April 6
Written by Brad Parker | April 6th, 2012
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Now this is serious: Climate change vs. the Easter Bunny
- The 2012 hurricane forecast is out. How many major storms should we expect? (Discovery)
- Bad news: Climate change is taking its toll on the Easter bunny. (Greenspace)
- Good news: Stopping climate change would be much cheaper than you think. (Grist)
- A U.S. Forest Service employee is under fire for photographing, then killing, a gray wolf. (Washington Post)
- 18 of the world’s rarest ducklings have hatched. (BBC)
Cool Green Morning: Thursday, April 5
Written by Brad Parker | April 5th, 2012
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Will a new version of the lava lamp save the world?:
- Did a rise in CO2 levels drive the end of the last ice age? (BBC)
- Pollution may play a major role in sea temperatures, weather. (NPR)
- Tuna fishing ban in the Pacific is being partially lifted. (Guardian)
- Weed killer can alter the shape of amphibians. (Yale e360 via Matter Network)
- Video: Micro-algae lamp absorbs 150-200 times as much CO2 as a tree! (TreeHugger)
Cool Green Morning: Friday, March 30
Written by Brad Parker | March 30th, 2012
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I’m pretty sure that if you make it 63 years, you win the game of hide and seek.
- A long-fingered frog, last seen in 1949, has come out of hiding. (Huffington Post)
- New tool predicts Amazon deforestation a year before it happens. (Mongabay)
- A controversial pesticide has been linked to global bee decline. (Wired)
- Live, interactive wind energy map looks like a living van Gogh painting. (Clean Technica)
- New data from an historic sea level rise may help predict effects of climate change. (Scientific American)
Cool Green Morning: Thursday, March 29
Written by Madeline Breen | March 29th, 2012
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Maybe we should hire Peter the elephant to help with Cool Green Morning?
- Discovery of a new hammerhead shark causes confusion. (Discovery News)
- Cuteness overload: Peter the elephant uses a tablet computer. (CBC News)
- Does science have a clue what is going with our weird weather? (NY Times)
- Coastal California’s fog may be toxic. (Green)
- Denver zoo uses animal waste to fuel a tuk-tuk. (CleanTechnica)
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