Tag: bird flu
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)
Cool Green Morning: Monday, January 23
Written by Madeline Breen | January 23rd, 2012
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Worried about the H5N1 flu? You have 60 days to get a mask.
- Controversial bird flu research put on hold. (Wired Science)
- Climate change may claim another victim: California’s cattle rangelands. (Green)
- Do the feathers in your down comforter come from live or dead birds? (Mother Nature Network)
- An arctic ribbon seal flops up to a Seattle resident’s dock. (Huffington Post Green)
- Washington, DC takes the prize for the most LEED-certified buildings. (CleanTechnica)
Cool Green Morning: Friday, November 18
Written by Brad Parker | November 18th, 2011
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We’ve got something for everyone: from a frog returning from extinction to the planet’s largest mass extinction.
- The Hula painted frog, declared extinct in 1996, has been seen for the first time in 50 years. (Metro)
- The mystery of the vanishing jumbo squid species, which disappeared in 2010, has been solved. (MSNBC)
- A life of monogamy has a hidden benefit for greylag geese. (Wired Science)
- 252 million years ago more than three-quarters of life on Earth was killed off. Was climate change to blame? (Huffington Post Green)
- Recent bird flu research may be kept secret over bioterrorism fears. (NPR)
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, August 30
Written by Brad Parker | August 30th, 2011
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Irene looked a lot nicer from space.
- Cool video: Watch Hurricane Irene’s birth and death from space. (Wired)
- Panda poop may hold the key to major a breakthrough in biofuels. (TreeHugger)
- Did Irene’s floodwaters cause less visible environmental damage? (Green)
- Bird flu fears are on the rise as a mutant strain hits China, Vietnam. (BBC)
- A grizzly is being blamed for the death of a hiker in Yellowstone. (LA Times)
