Tag: National Geographic
The Green Buzz: Tuesday, May 21
Written by Madeline Breen | May 21st, 2013
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Sea turtles, bees and tigers: it’s an animal-centric green news day!
- Did your most loved animal make the list of the world’s favorite species? (ARKive)
- A Florida man captures the largest (think: 18-feet) Burmese python ever. (Huffington Post)
- They’re back! Leatherback sea turtles are making a comeback in the Caribbean. (Science World Report)
- Honeybees have many hidden talents, including finding unexploded mines in Croatia. (Businessweek)
- Why did penguins stop flying? (National Geographic)
The Green Buzz: Thursday, May 16
Written by Megan Sheehan | May 16th, 2013
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We’ve got some interesting news on the climate change front this morning.
- America has its first climate change refugees. (Grist)
- The Farm Bill has been approved by the House. (Huffington Post)
- What’s blue, provides over 80 percent of U.S. fresh water, and is suffering? The Great Lakes. (MNN)
- They’re supposed to protect the rhinos, but the black market is creating poachers out of park rangers. (NPR)
- Looks like the bond between human and dog may be deeper than we thought. (National Geographic)
The Green Buzz: Wednesday, May 15
Written by Megan Sheehan | May 15th, 2013
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Elephant poachers, take note.
- Elephants may be growing more aggressive to those who pose a threat. (Huffington Post)
- Cuts in volcano monitoring? Thanks, sequester. (MNN)
- The North and South Poles are shifting. Take a wild guess as to why… (Scientific American)
- Awww! A pod of whales has adopted a deformed bottlenose dolphin. (National Geographic)
- Struggling to be leaders in conservation with a circus-y past — what’s the future of zoos? (Conservation Magazine)
The Green Buzz: Wednesday, May 8
Written by Megan Sheehan | May 8th, 2013
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How would you like a tree to light your way at night, rather than a streetlight?
- A small group of bio-tech hobbyists and entrepreneurs are starting a project to develop plants that glow. (The New York Times)
- Could remnants from the Cold War help bats? (BBC News)
- Looks like the new cool thing for corporations is to be innovative and sustainable. (MNN)
- Bee colonies are still collapsing, and crops are suffering, with no definitive culprit to blame. (NPR)
- Amazing and weird: nature’s most transparent animals. (National Geographic)
The Green Buzz: Tuesday, April 30
Written by Madeline Breen | April 30th, 2013
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Never thought I’d say this, but today’s green news has me marveling at cicadas.
- NYC’s urban jungle and the real jungle aren’t so different when it comes to evolution. (TreeHugger)
- Yes, they’re annoying, but learning how a cicada keeps its wings clean is pretty rad. (Science World)
- This just in: plants could offset 1% of global warming worldwide. (Daily Mail)
- When words aren’t an option, fish use sign language to communicate. (National Geographic)
- Save the bees, ban pesticides, says the EU. (BBC Nature)
The Green Buzz: Friday, April 26
Written by Madeline Breen | April 26th, 2013
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Today’s green news may inspire you to hop on your bike this weekend!
- More than 500 cities in 49 countries now have bike-sharing programs. (TreeHugger)
- Pea soup anyone? Algae blooms make for fascinating photos. (National Geographic)
- In Australia, a common place to find koalas is in the hospital. The cause? Chlamydia. (BBC Nature)
- Monkey see, monkey do. Like humans, monkeys and whales both react to peer pressure. (Huffington Post)
- Pay attention, class: college campuses are teaching us how to build a clean energy future. (CleanTechnica)
The Green Buzz: Thursday, April 25
Written by Megan Sheehan | April 25th, 2013
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When you see the word “Amazon,” what comes to mind?
- The giant internet retailer put in a bid for “.amazon” cyberspace, and neither Brazil nor Peru is pleased. (Guardian)
- Why is Hurricane Sandy debris removal in NYC nearly twice the national average? (The New York Times)
- Big agriculture is fighting to keep prying eyes out of slaughterhouses and factory farms. (Grist)
- EPA says tar sands oil pipelines need to be held to higher standards because that stuff is really hard to clean up. (NPR)
- Coyotes on trains? Goats on school buses? Check out these 5 animals caught “commuting.” (National Geographic)
The Green Buzz: Friday, April 12
Written by Madeline Breen | April 12th, 2013
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On our radar today: wine, solar flares and cars that run on methane.
- The secret is out: unknown population of orangutans found in Borneo (Live Science)
- Wine vs. wildlife: climate change may send vineyards into prime wildlife habitat. (National Geographic)
- Grab your sunglasses and see video of this morning’s incredible solar flare. (Space)
- Remember last year’s huge drought? Scientists confirm it was not due to climate change. (Bloomberg)
- Forget hybrids. Russia sees potential in natural gas cars. (NY Times)
The Green Buzz: Wednesday, April 3
Written by Megan Sheehan | April 3rd, 2013
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What goes great with that morning caffeine buzz? The Green Buzz.
- “Unprecedented” dolphin deaths in the Gulf linked to BP oil spill? (Huffington Post)
- Giant ocean garbage patches, meet your match. (And a teen invented it, to boot!) (Treehugger)
- The Exxon crude oil spill in Arkansas is a big mess — and is reinvigorating the Keystone Pipeline debate. (National Geographic)
- Leopards and humans are peaceful neighbors in this area of western India. (MNN)
- Bison aren’t home on the range yet: efforts to restore their populations meet resistance in Montana. (New York Times)
The Green Buzz: Tuesday, April 2
Written by Madeline Breen | April 2nd, 2013
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DJ, drop a beat. Let’s play some tunes while reading today’s green news, shall we?
- Sea lion keeps a beat to music — you’ll be singing “Boogie Wonderland” all day. (Discover Magazine)
- Band-Aids that will work in water? Thank the gecko for inspiration. (National Geographic)
- Reduce, reuse, recycle… and READ. Book industry increases their use of recycled paper. (Mongabay)
- Attack of the Noxious Algae Blooms: it sounds like a movie title, but it’s a reality in Lake Erie. (Huffington Post Green)
- In 2010, outdoor air pollution contributed to 1.2 million premature deaths in China. (NY Times)
