Human Interest

10% of UK wildlife ‘endangered’

22 Mayo, 2013 - 06:01
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Earthzine
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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Earthzine/~3/TvfXLoMS_KY/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.

How Michael Pollan Romanticizes Dinner

21 Mayo, 2013 - 06:01
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Earthzine
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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Earthzine/~3/Tr8hdF0qieI/michael-pollan-cooking-g...

Originally Published by Mother Jones

– Rosy memories of mom in the kitchen might not be as common as Pollan assumes.

May #MENSTRAVAGANZA – WASH United’s menstrual hygiene campaign

13 Mayo, 2013 - 18:06
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Sanitation updates
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http://sanitationupdates.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/may-menstravaganza-wash-united...

“If women can have moustaches we can all talk about menstruation”. With this message WASH United kicked off May MENSTRAVAGANZA, a 28-day campaign to raise awareness and break the silence around menstruation and menstrual hygiene.

For sand tiger sharks, a deadly, cannibalistic battle inside the womb is part of evolution

2 Mayo, 2013 - 06:01
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/for-sand-tiger-sharks-a-de...

Originally Published by The Washington Post

– It’s a tough world from the moment of conception for a sand tiger shark. When a female gets pregnant, it’s usually with multiple offspring of several different male sharks. As soon as the fetuses are old enough, they begin a cannibalistic battle for primacy in utero, with only one surviving.

Photos from friends: Favorite images of Earth

23 Abril, 2013 - 06:02
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Earthzine
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http://earthsky.org/earth/gallery-best-images-of-earth

Crepuscular rays, sometimes called sunrays, via Rick Trommater. Originally Published by EarthSky - In celebration of Earth Day 2013, EarthSky has brought together the best images of Earth received from our friends over the past year. Thank you all!

Clouds off the California Coast

21 Abril, 2013 - 06:01
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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=80930&src=eorss-iotd

Originally Published by NASA Earth Observatory

– Acquired April 14, 2013, this image shows a wake stretching more than 1,000 kilometers over the Pacific Ocean.

Scientists look to ancient past to better predict how species may respond climate change

17 Abril, 2013 - 06:01
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Earthzine
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http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-04/uomc-slt041513.php

Originally Published by EurekAlert!

– Researchers have received an award from the National Science Foundation to study how plants and animals responded to changes in climate during the ice age to better predict what we can expect in the near future.

Earth from Space

12 Abril, 2013 - 06:01
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Earthzine
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http://spaceinvideos.esa.int/esalive

Originally Published by ESA Observing the Earth

– Join us Friday, 12 April, at 10:00 CEST for an 800 km-high tour with spectacular images from Earth-observing satellites.

Thin Ice — the movie

9 Abril, 2013 - 06:01
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Earthzine
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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Earthzine/~3/C1634hsyyu0/

Originally Published by RealClimate

– Some of my friends have made a film, Thin Ice, which tells the story of CO2 and climate from the standpoint of the climate scientists who are out there in the trenches trying to figure out what is going on. I have a small role in the film myself, and I am sure RealClimate readers will recognize many more familiar faces.

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