Dear Inga Oceans. They cover 70% of the Earth’s surface and without healthy oceans life on earth can not exist. Yet our oceans are under increasing threat from overfishing, mining and climate change and with less than 2% covered by marine protected areas the time to defend our oceans is now! That’s why this World Continue Reading →
comments Comments 6 Jun 2013 6:13 AM Share on pocketShare on redditShare on stumbleuponShare on emailShare on print This is what an ice-free Antarctica looks like By Adam Mann Check out the most detailed map of a continent never truly seen by human eyes: the de-iced surface of Antarctica. By virtually peeling back the frozen Continue Reading →
Dear NEVILLE, Right now, while you’re reading this email on your phone or computer, you may have a product of slavery in your hand. The reality is that almost every electronic device we use in our everyday lives could include conflict minerals mined by slaves in the Congo. This week, we brought together some of the world’s leading experts to discuss slavery in electronics – and Continue Reading →
Monbiot.com Agricultural Hegemony Posted: 06 Jun 2013 01:19 AM PDT Why do farmers’ groups indulge in such ridiculous scaremongering about the restoration of the natural world? By George Monbiot, published on the Guardian’s website 6th June 2013 The dam is beginning to crack, faster than I would have believed possible. Britain, one of the Continue Reading →
Intermittency could be solved by storing excess solar as methane June 06, 2013 | Written by Amanda H. Miller | Hits: 353 digg inShare0 1 Audi is the first company to develop a commercial scale plant converting excess renewable energy generation into methane gas for storage. Herman Pengg, head of renewable fuels for Audi, joined Continue Reading →
Warming Alaska, Canada glaciers send 100 gigatons of ice into ocean each year Molly Rettig June 6, 2013 Share on emailEmail Print Text Size –A +A The total loss of mass from melting glaciers is so giant it changes the earth’s gravity field and alters ocean currents around Alaska. In fact, parts of the earth Continue Reading →