A program in Philadelphia has enabled hundreds of troubled borrowers to retain their homes.
A team of researchers at Louisiana Tech University has found that a naturally occurring microorganism acts as a natural herbicide against giant salvinia.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Hunger a growing problem in America, USDA reports - washingtonpost.com
The nation's economic crisis has catapulted the number of Americans who lack enough food to the highest level since the government has been keeping track, according to a new federal report, which shows that nearly 50 million people -- including almost one child in four -- struggled last year to g...
New Power Line De-icing System Developed
Engineers have invented a way to cheaply and effectively keep ice off power lines. The new proprietary technology is called a variable resistance cable (VRC) de-icing system. With only minor cable modifications plus some off-the-shelf electronics, the system switches the electrical resistance of a standard power line from low to high. The high resistance automatically creates heat to melt ice build-up or keep it from forming in the first place.
A Material Based on Sharkskin Stops Bacterial Breakouts | Popular Science
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Every day we're exposed to thousands of man-made chemicals, some of which seep into our bodies and remain there for decades. What that means for our health, we don't fully understand--but I subjected myself to a battery of new tests in
Carbozyme - State-of-the-art carbon dioxide separation and capture system for reducing greenhouse gases and preventing global warming
Gunmen Kill Union Leader in Mexico - NYTimes.com
Gunmen ambushed a peasant union leader and his family in northern Mexico, killing him and 14 others in an attack that bore the hallmarks of a hit by drug cartels.
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In Philadelphia, a Chance to Stave Off Foreclosure - NYTimes.com
A program in Philadelphia has enabled hundreds of troubled borrowers to retain their homes.
Pettah Journal - Labor Shortage Threatens Coconut Industry in Kerala, India - NYTimes.com
A scarcity of people willing to do the risky work of coconut plucking threatens India’s coconut industry and illustrates the loosening of caste bonds.
One word: bioplastics
(PhysOrg.com) -- Every year, more than 250 billion pounds of plastic are produced worldwide. Much of it ends up in the world's oceans, a fact that troubles MIT biology professor Anthony Sinskey.
Swiss Government and 'Suicide Tourism': Battle Looming - TIME
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Penguins Evolving Faster Than Thought | Wired Science | Wired.com
The evolutionary march of the penguins happened in double time, according to new genetic calculations. A study of DNA from ancient and modern Adélie
Money Trickles North as Mexicans Help Relatives - NYTimes.com [vai claudio]
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Can A Farm-in-a-Backpack Feed Sub-Saharan Africa? : TreeHugger
Photo via Rachel Zedeck at Changents Rachel Zedeck moved to Kenya with the intent to help Kenyans feed themselves through eco-friendly farming. Her solution - put everything you need into one backpack. Everything needed to get going on sustainable
Seas Grow Less Effective at Absorbing Emissions - NYTimes.com
The Earth’s oceans have recently grown less efficient at sopping up carbon dioxide from fuel emissions, new research suggests.
New research helps explain why bird flu has not caused a pandemic
(PhysOrg.com) -- Bird flu viruses would have to make at least two simultaneous genetic mutations before they could be transmitted readily from human to human, according to research published today in PLoS ONE.
Microorganism may provide key to combating giant salvinia throughout Louisiana
A team of researchers at Louisiana Tech University has found that a naturally occurring microorganism acts as a natural herbicide against giant salvinia.
Nov. 19, 1996: Canadian Bridge Crosses 8 Miles of Icy Ocean | This Day In Tech | Wired.com
1996: The structure of the Confederation Bridge is finished. It connects Prince Edward Island to New Brunswick on the mainland. At a length of 8 miles, it
The Man Who Designed America - Photo Gallery, 22 Pictures - LIFE
Arguably the most influential industrial designer of the 20th century, French-born Raymond Loewy (1893 - 1986) fashioned or utterly re-imagined a dizzying array of products and brands during a career spanning seven decades. Writer, illustrator, and co-founder of the Web's best blog, <A HREF="http://boingboing.net/" TARGET="_blank">BoingBoing</A>, Mark Frauenfelder has been fascinated by Loewy's work for years. In this gallery, Mark celebrates his favorite Loewy projects, and muses on the man's enduring appeal. Pictured: Loewy fine-tunes a model of a Studebaker sedan he designed.
Farmer Ants Fertilize Their Gardens With Bacteria | Wired Science | Wired.com
Thanks to their vast underground fungus farms, leafcutter ants are one of Earth's most successful species — and one secret of their agricultural success
A program in Philadelphia has enabled hundreds of troubled borrowers to retain their homes.
A team of researchers at Louisiana Tech University has found that a naturally occurring microorganism acts as a natural herbicide against giant salvinia.
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Gittes,
ReplyDeleteThis afternoon I will try to help prepare my adult student for his "RCMP test" next month. While waiting for him to arrive I have made a preliminary examination of your blog links.
A smile passed over my face as I saw link after link tied to pressing global environmental issues.
claudio
Gittes,
ReplyDeleteThermo I assignments have kept me busier than usual of late.
However, I am between clients at this moment.
The blog linked article I returned to for a reread was, of course,
“Seas Grow Less Effective at Absorbing Emissions”
Which contains the following quotes,
“The research suggests that the seas cannot indefinitely be considered a reliable “carbon sink” as humans generate heat-trapping gases linked to global warming.”
“The slowdown in the rise of the absorption rate resulted from a gradual change in the oceans’ chemistry, the study found. “The more carbon dioxide the ocean absorbs, the more acidic it becomes and the less carbon dioxide it can absorb,” said the study’s lead author, Samar Khatiwala, a research scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University and a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology. “
“Even as human-generated emissions of carbon dioxide increase, the oceans’ uptake rate growth appears to have dropped by 10 percent from 2000 to 2007, Dr. Khatiwala said.“
“Yet much work remains to be done to confirm the results and to expand upon them, Dr. Khatiwala said.“
“confirm the results and to expand upon them” – post-mortem examination anyone?
claudio
P.S. Post-mortem examination, an examination of a corpse in order to determine cause of death