Nature

10% of UK wildlife ‘endangered’

22 May, 2013 - 06:01
Source: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/22609000

Originally Published by BBC News<

– A “stocktake” of UK nature suggests 60% of animal and plant species have declined in the past 50 years – and one in 10 could end up disappearing.

Transforming women’s lives: WaterAid video for International Women’s Day

7 March, 2013 - 19:35
Source: 
Sanitation updates
URL: 
http://sanitationupdates.wordpress.com/2013/03/07/transforming-womens-lives-wate...

“Men never come to collect water as it is a woman’s responsibility to provide water and prepare food”. Shanti Devi (35), Gopalpur Mushari, India

CLIMATE CHANGE: Eye on the oceans

29 June, 2012 - 11:45
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=95245
JOHANNESBURG 05 April 2012 (IRIN) - The tide seems to be finally turning for the oceans. After years of neglect, there is a growing focus on the health of the oceans, which helps sustain life on earth, particularly in light of the impact of rising levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) and higher temperatures.

Dump Fire in Utah

26 June, 2012 - 06:02
Source: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=78364&src=eorss-nh

NASA Earth Observatory<Originally Published by NASA Earth Observatory - Sparks from a shooting range likely started a wildfire near Saratoga Springs on June 21, 2012.

Water is Life - The Water Retention Landscape of Tamera

13 June, 2012 - 16:36
Source: 
The Water Channel
URL: 
http://www.thewaterchannel.tv/index.php?option=com_hwdvideoshare&task=viewvideo&...

Sepp Holzer and Bernd Mueller explain the construction, the effect and the basic ideas for the construction of a water retention landscape: a local and natural solution to the global problem of disturbed water balance.

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