Tag: USA Today
The Green Buzz: Tuesday, March 19
Written by Madeline Breen | March 19th, 2013
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In today’s news, we learn of another example of humans influencing evolution. Interesting/scary stuff.
- To avoid being roadkill, bird evolve to have shorter wings. (New Scientist)
- The United States could see a Hurricane Katrina every other year. (USA Today)
- Points for creativity: photographer uses a floating swan disguise to get closer to birds. (TreeHugger)
- Where have all the monarch butterflies gone? (Mother Nature Network)
- Even in a darkened room, a rooster knows when to crow. (National Geographic)
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, June 12
Written by Madeline Breen | June 12th, 2012
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From baby talkin’ gorillas to hip farmers markets, here are 5 great green news stories.
- Rising ocean temperatures? Yeah, it’s definitely our fault, says new study. (Discovery News)
- Gorillas use baby talk when communicating with their young. Aww. (BBC Nature)
- Does President Obama care about the environment? (Washington Post)
- These impressive farmers markets in college towns make us want to go back to college. (Mother Nature Network)
- The US has tripled our production of clean energy, but still lags behind Europe and Indonesia. (Greenhouse)
Cool Green Morning: Thursday, April 19
Written by Madeline Breen | April 19th, 2012
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Today we learn things are not always what they seem…
- Is that a bumble bee or a gecko? (USA Today)
- Pretty in purple! A new purple crab has been discovered. (National Geographic)
- Access to safe water and sanitation could save 2.5 million lives annually. (TreeHugger)
- Earth Day is Saturday — let’s honor it with 8 epic videos of our planet. (Mother Nature Network)
- Is the Gulf oil spill to blame for eyeless fish? (Huffington Post Green)
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, February 15
Written by Nicole Levins | February 15th, 2012
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What’s even better than Valentine’s Day? Discounted Heart Shaped Candy Day!
- See the world’s tiniest chameleon! (Grist)
- A new study uncovered a potential link between air pollution and heart attacks. (Guardian)
- One more reason to hate laundry day: washing synthetic clothes leads to ocean pollution. (Mongabay)
- A decent chunk of Europe is now powered by renewable energy. (Treehugger)
- Which new cars are the least toxic? (Green House)
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, January 10
Written by Madeline Breen | January 10th, 2012
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Green sidewalks? Yep, the rumors are true.
- New sidewalk slabs create energy from your footsteps. (Green Building Elements)
- Banned: uranium mining in the Grand Canyon. (USA Today)
- A hungry flower gobbles up worms… underground. (Mongabay)
- “Extinct” giant tortoise may not be extinct after all. (TIME)
- Lizards advance robot design — one tail at a time. (PCWorld)
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, November 16
Written by Nicole Levins | November 16th, 2011
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King crabs: not just delicious, but also destructive.
- Alaska Airlines now offers cooking-oil-fueled cross-country flights. (EcoGeek)
- A new report reveals an unexpected threat to some marine life: king crabs. (Mongabay)
- Space lasers! Clean energy! (CleanTechnica)
- Here’s another “off-the-grid” dispatch from our scientist Craig Leisher’s family. (Green)
- More recycling=more jobs. (Green House)
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, October 26
Written by Nicole Levins | October 26th, 2011
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Would you trade meat for bugs if it could save the planet?
- Our president and CEO, Mark Tercek, says that we need to change the way we talk about nature. (Huffington Post Green)
- An unlikely source of carbon emissions: rivers and streams. (Green House)
- The Vietnamese rhino is officially extinct. Thanks, poachers. (Mongabay)
- Debris from the Japanese tsunami could reach the U.S.– and damage fragile marine habitat and wildlife. (NBC Nightly News)
- The latest addition to the food truck craze: sustainable insect cuisine. (Treehugger)
Cool Green Morning: Monday, May 9
Written by Brad Parker | May 9th, 2011
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Start your week with off right with 5 cool green news links:
- The South is preparing for Mississippi River flooding. See which communities are threatened. (USA Today)
- Extinction is likely for the world’s rarest bear subspecies. (Extinction Countdown)
- Human activity is causing wildlife to gradually shrink. (Treehugger)
- Fisherman in Europe may get paid to fish for plastic in the seas. (Guardian Eco)
- Spotted bowerbirds mimic alarm calls of other birds when stressed. (BBC Earth News)
Cool Green Morning: Monday, January 24
Written by Nicole Levins | January 24th, 2011
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Monday morning’s coolest and greenest:
- It’s the question that’s plagued humanity for generations: What’s eco-friendlier, pleather or leather? (Mother Jones)
- Couldn’t make it to Alabama this past weekend? Get a firsthand look at our oyster restoration project. (Yahoo News)
- A Russian company is using giant snails to monitor air pollution. (Huffington Post Green)
- Cocaine, which is terrible for a plethora of reasons, is also associated with forest destruction in Colombia. (Mongabay)
- Some states aren’t waiting for Congress to tackle climate change– they’re slashing emissions on their own. (Green House)
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, December 8
Written by Nicole Levins | December 8th, 2010
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Five great green links– go!
- Good news about mountain gorillas! There are more of them. (Mongabay)
- Researchers think earthworms could be the next big thing in toxic soil clean-up. (CleanTechnica)
- A new report says that carbon emissions are cranking up ocean acidity at probably the fastest rate in 65 million years. (Green)
- The future looks grim for America’s bats. (Wired)
- New homes may be more energy-efficient, but they may not offer a whole lot of other green features, according to a new study. (Green House)
