Mirror and Cache index - Science: Environment
228 votes | submitted 2010-03-13 23:00:06 by ImALiar | 20 comments
A landslide triggered by torrential rains in northern Pakistan has created a massive artificial lake
in the Hunza valley, inundating several villages.Thousands of people are stranded in the highly
mountainous region and forced to use boats to get around on icy waters.
299 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 11:59:26 by entrepreneur75 | 19 comments
After the recent earthquakes in Chile and Haiti, it is not surprising to see countries are updating
their disaster contingency plans. As part of these plans, a range of different ideas and
technologies are being considered to reduce the destruction caused by earthquakes.
225 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 17:33:30 by rvignesh9008 | 55 comments
Changes in the global climate are imposing additional stress on hundreds of species of migratory
birds in the United States that are already threatened by other environmental factors, according to
a new Interior Department report.
143 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 20:28:38 by DireWolf11 | 14 comments
One of the Environmental Protection Agency’s early projects was Documerica, an effort "to
photograph America’s environmental problems" from 1971 to 1977. Now they’re releasing the 15,000
photos from the vault at the National Archives and posting them on Flickr.
220 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 18:56:28 by Frankzulla | 37 comments
Europe is set to release its first non-native "biological control" species to curb the spread of
Japanese knotweed.
254 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 12:09:22 by lfc4eva99 | 90 comments
MIT analysis suggests generating electricity from large-scale wind farms could influence climate —
and not necessarily in the desired way.
958 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 15:41:50 by PhiRi17 | 314 comments
For those who have misguidedly failed to develop an Armageddon plan, it's not too late. Here are the
6 phases you would probably go through if you were the only human left on Earth.
247 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 14:17:33 by zelig | 229 comments
48% of Americans now believe that the seriousness of global warming is generally exaggerated, up
from 41% in 2009 and 31% in 1997, when Gallup first asked the question.
531 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 04:34:13 by jerryjamesstone | 27 comments
Spread among the billions of trees around the globe are a few special ones, especially worthy of
attention. Here are seven of the world's most amazing trees.
452 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 02:29:43 by gorgeoussand | 30 comments
Two years after Richard Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency, the new institution sent
out 100 photographers to document the nationâs environment writ large.Now, those photos have made
it out of the root cellar of the National Archive and onto Flickr Commons, where they are getting a
wider viewing than they hâve ever received.
1233 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 03:28:59 by MilsMoore | 292 comments
An extremely rare sight in Antarctica makes one bird appear underdressed.
382 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 05:04:44 by SlumDogMillions | 62 comments
A global seed vault dug out of an arctic mountainside has just reached its half-million mark of seed
varieties.
242 votes | submitted 2010-03-10 16:15:55 by Jimmysh | 41 comments
Scientists are fighting back over climate change. Get the data behind the latest battle - and see
how we visualized it.
332 votes | submitted 2010-03-10 17:36:26 by gvoakes | 24 comments
Few people consider that these small gadgets in our pockets could be causing a lot of damage to the
environment. The negative impact of cellphones on the environment can be reduced in some ways, but
some of the serious environmental damage cellphones may be causing will be more difficult to fix.
754 votes | submitted 2010-03-10 18:36:52 by jerryjamesstone | 60 comments
They've been plugging away for awhile now on ways to get directions for cyclists that avoids hills,
excessive traffic, and points you in the best directions for pedaling to your destination. Now it's
live!
224 votes | submitted 2010-03-09 15:18:17 by IvanB | 15 comments
"South Korean researchers Tuesday launched an environmentally friendly public transport system using
a 'recharging road' -- with a vehicle sucking power magnetically from buried electric strips."
445 votes | submitted 2010-03-10 02:44:19 by gorgeoussand | 39 comments
Wind power has made incredible inroads into the U.S. energy system thanks to big, efficient machines
standing hundreds of feet tall. But the future of wind power may be underground.