Logging of a Ghanaian forest submerged 40 years ago by a hydroelectric dam could point to an underwater timber bonanza worth billions of dollars in tropical countries, a senior Ghanaian official said on Monday.Exploiting submerged rot-resistant hardwoods such as ebony, wawa or odum trees in Lake Volta, the largest man-made lake in Africa, can also […]
Here in a 13,700-year-old peat bog, ecologist Ed Berg reaches into the moss and pulls out more evidence of the drastic changes afoot due to the Earth’s warming climate.Rooting through a handful of mossy duff, Berg, an ecologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, shows remains of shrubs and other plants taking hold over […]
The three main components of Obama’s plan are:
— Get 1 million 150 mile-per-gallon plug-in hybrids on U.S. roads within six years.
— Require that 10 percent of U.S. energy comes from renewable sources by the end of his first term – more than double the current level.
—Reduce U.S. demand for electricity 15 percent by […]
Is there any correlation factor for assessment of odor and other gases from waste water treatement plant in correlation with some parameter of the waste water, for instance such as COD, BOD5 etc. The main gases from WWTP are CH4, N2O, CO, CO2, NH3. I also need distribution in air assesment for these […]
He was an economist back in the early 19th century who warned of problems of finite resources vs. population growth.
For example,he warned of increasing food supply,but even more increasing population. Do U believe he was right in believing the world is headed for disaster during to the said above,especially with petroleum being the […]
Lack of human contact. Personal or otherwise.
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the only disadvantage belongs to the Conscience decision made by people to remain ignorant on important subjects simply because the information is right there. its like because they could learn at any second about anything they have decided not to. I know a guy who didn’t know […]
Glass bottles instead of plastic,
organic and petro free baby lotion, soap, etc
organic clothing and bedding,
wood floors in nursery,
cloth diapers…….WHAT ELSE?
Go as natural, pesticide and chemical free as possible. A couple good websites for purchasing items are www.gdiapers.com, they have compostable diapers and www.biggreenpurse.com they can help you locate vendors.
Going green is easy, there […]
hey i was wondering if the weather is 18 degrees CELCIUS and its 100% humidity, how hot would it actually feel?
(example: like, 24?)
20 C and 100% yields a heat index of 15
You can put in any number you want and calculate it yourself at http://www.crh.noaa.gov/jkl/?n=heat_inde…
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20 deg Celsius at 100% humidity = HOT???
its 30 […]
What are the current and possible future effects of global warming?
The current effects are a 0.6 degree increase in global surface temperatures. The International Panel on Climate Change predicts that tempreatures will rise a further 1.4-5.8 degrees by 2100. Implications could include:
-A global sea level rise of up to 50cm caused by thermal expansion of […]