Category: Green Technology

Cool Green Morning: Friday, February 3

Written by | February 3rd, 2012

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These should get you through the weekend.

  1. States are requiring insurance companies to plan for climate change. (Grist)
  2. Nissan is shipping it’s electric cars on a low-emission, solar-diesel ship. (Clean Technica)
  3. A special powder will soon be able to turn your grass clippings into solar cells. (Future of Technology)
  4. The worst spate of stranded dolphins in a decade on Cape Cod baffle scientists. (Guardian)
  5. After 20 years, Russian drill nears 14-million-year-old Antarctic lake. (Wired)

Cool Green Morning: Friday, January 13

Written by | January 13th, 2012

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Is climate change create a new batch of super animals?

  1. New app will let you monitor home energy use, turn devices off remotely. (TreeHugger)
  2. Birds are flying faster because of climate change, but will it last? (Discovery News)
  3. Climate change may make lizards smarter, if they don’t go extinct. (Mongabay)
  4. A newly discovered lemur climbs out of hiding in Madagascar. (msnbc)
  5. Tourists found a “white,” albino-like penguin in Antarctica. (National Geographic)

Cool Green Morning: Friday, December 23

Written by | December 23rd, 2011

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How many toes does it take to hold up the weight of an elephant?

  1. A new oil spill may have released 40,000 barrels of crude. (Guardian)
  2. VIDEO: Watch the last release of tiny penguins rescued from the New Zealand oil spill. (Huffington Post Green)
  3. Newly developed ‘solar paint’ could provide power for homes. (TG Daily)
  4. Last seen in 1976, new evidence suggests Javan tigers may not be extinct. (TreeHugger)
  5. A 300 year-old mystery about elephants may have finally been solved. (BBC)

Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, December 13

Written by | December 13th, 2011

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Walking fish puts a chink in the evolution chain.

  1. New species of frog sings like a… bird? (Mongabay)
  2. The lungfish suggests walking originated underwater. (Science World)
  3. Scientists are learning how to kill trees — in the name of science, of course. (Green)
  4. 16% of the species in “Finding Nemo” face the threat of extinction. (Washington Post)
  5. Solar energy gives students in developing countries access to technology. (TreeHugger)

Expedition to the Raja Ampat Islands: Gearing Up

Written by | December 1st, 2011

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Find out how the dive team is able to write notes with a pencil while under water and why they aren’t just using toothpaste for brushing their teeth.

Cool Green Morning: Thursday, November 17

Written by | November 17th, 2011

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Can sports teams save the planet?

  1. The Green Sports Alliance encourages teams to clean up their acts. (Grist)
  2. Marines at Camp Smith, Hawaii, cut down on landfill by turning trash into ash. (Popular Science)
  3. How many mobile-phone apps does it take to change a light bulb? (Green)
  4. Time lapse video takes you on a glorious ride around Earth. (Mashable Tech)
  5. Done right, ‘sharrows’ can point the way to the future for a bicyclist. (Grist)

Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, November 16

Written by | November 16th, 2011

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King crabs: not just delicious, but also destructive.

  1. Alaska Airlines now offers cooking-oil-fueled cross-country flights. (EcoGeek)
  2. A new report reveals an unexpected threat to some marine life: king crabs. (Mongabay)
  3. Space lasers! Clean energy! (CleanTechnica)
  4. Here’s another “off-the-grid” dispatch from our scientist Craig Leisher’s family. (Green)
  5. More recycling=more jobs. (Green House)

Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, November 9

Written by | November 9th, 2011

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It’s not easy being green.

  1. When it comes to climate change, do your eco-friendly choices really make a difference? (Grist)
  2. So now maybe marine reserves don’t promote coral recovery, according to a controversial new report. (Mongabay)
  3. For the first time in 75 years, an entire genus of mammal may go extinct. (National Geographic)
  4. As the population gets older, carbon emissions may subside a bit…maybe, says a new study. (Green House)
  5. Facebook’s adding solar panels to its new headquarters. Like! (EcoGeek)

Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, October 11

Written by | October 11th, 2011

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Wake up and climb Mount Everest… in your pajamas!

  1. A new solar-powered webcam on Mount Everest monitors climate change at 18-thousand feet. (TreeHugger)
  2. Popular Mechanics magazine unveils their seventh-annual Breakthrough Award recipients. And the winners are… (Mother Nature Network)
  3. Electric-vehicle drivers unite this Sunday, October 16, for the first National Plug-In Day. (Green Car Reports)
  4. Fact or fiction? Yeti conference reveals with 95 percent certainty that Bigfoot exists. (Mongabay)
  5. Olympic mascots, Wenlock and Mandeville, hope to find their likeness on sustainable merchandise at the London 2012 games. (Guardian)

Cool Green Morning: Monday, September 26

Written by | September 27th, 2011

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Look, up in the sky. It’s the “dark” supermoon!

  1. Fish exposed to the Gulf oil spill have undergone cellular changes, could have lasting damage. (Washington Post)
  2. Be on the lookout tonight for the “dark” supermoon. (National Geographic)
  3. The Cincinnati Zoo is now getting its power for pennies, and you could too. (Clean Technica)
  4. Birds caught in fishing lines are dying by the thousands. (TreeHugger)
  5. Oxford University says the red squirrel could be extinct in the next 20 years. (Guardian)
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