Tag: melting ice
Cool Green Morning: Friday, November 30
Written by Madeline Breen | November 30th, 2012
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Extra, extra, get your green news here!
- Global sea levels have risen almost half an inch since 1992. (The Wall Street Journal)
- Delhi and Shanghai aim to reduce plastic trash. (Green)
- Botswana bans wildlife hunting — controversy to ensue? (BBC News)
- Age ain’t nothing but a number, right? Debate continues over the age of the Grand Canyon. (Washington Post)
- And finally, we end with poop-related green news: a sewage-powered robot cleans wastewater. (TreeHugger)
Cool Green Morning: Thursday, January 5
Written by Madeline Breen | January 5th, 2012
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They say imitation is the highest form of flattery.
- Meet a fish that mimics an octopus… that mimics fish. (msnbc)
- Parasite flies are turning honeybees into “zom-bees.” (Time)
- Here’s a bright idea: solar-powered ATMs bring money to rural India. (TreeHugger)
- Harp seal pups are on thin ice. (Green)
- Seattle thinks outside the tray and serves students healthier school lunches. (Grist)
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, July 27
Written by Nicole Levins | July 27th, 2011
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Don’t mess with Texas…if something happens to the rest of the world, we could all be living in it.
- Nash Prairie is a “beautiful representation of what Texas really looked like,” says our Texas state director. (Houston Chronicle)
- A new documentary explores how disappearing glaciers devastate communities. (Grist)
- If the entire world lived at New York City’s density level, we could all fit into the state of Texas. Crazy! (Treehugger)
- Warming Arctic temperatures are releasing long-buried, long-frozen toxins, which could eventually reach our food and water supplies. (YaleE360)
- Can you trust your local drinking water? (The Daily Green)
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, August 3
Written by Darci Palmquist | August 3rd, 2010
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As always, your news of the day is cool and green:
- The EPA weighs in on the debate over using dispersants to break up the oil in the Gulf. (Green)
- No climate bill = no nukes. (The Vine)
- Climate change could force Adélie penguins to live in the dark. (Extinction Countdown)
- Researchers create a model showing how deforestation happens in 3 distinct ‘waves.’ (BBC)
- Sigh…it’s official: the BP spill is the world’s largest accidental release of oil into marine waters. (The New York Times)
