Author: Daniela

  • Swinging CO2 Levels Show The Earth Is ‘Breathing’ More Deeply

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    By Richard Harris | NPR Plant life on our planet soaks up a fair amount of the carbon dioxide that pours out of our tailpipes and smokestacks. Plants take it up during the summer and return some of it to the air in the winter. And a new study shows that those “breaths” have gotten…

  • Kalbelia folk songs and dances of Rajasthan

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    Songs and dances are an expression of the Kalbelia community’s traditional way of life. Once professional snake handlers, Kalbelia today evoke their former occupation in music and dance that is evolving in new and creative ways. Today, women in flowing black skirts dance and swirl, replicating the movements of a serpent, while men accompany them…

  • National Sustainability Policy Needed

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    A new report from the National Research Council points out that the “U.S. should establish a National Sustainability Policy and take additional steps to encourage federal agencies to collaborate on sustainability challenges that demand the expertise of many agencies, such as improving disaster resilience and managing ecosystems.” The inherent problem preventing this is the way…

  • Sun’s Magnetic Field to Flip

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    The peak of the sun’s solar cycle, which runs about 11-years long, is about to hit. That means that the sun’s magnetic field is about to flip, completely reversing its field in about three to four months. This solar event only happens once during the 11-year cycle, and it signals what solar physicists call the…

  • A Climate Success Story

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    Originally posted on The Dish: Ben Richmond relays some rare good news about climate change: The Montreal Protocol, already hailed by Kofi Anan as “perhaps the single most successful international agreement to date,” can add another feather to its cap. In addition to slowing the growth of, and then shrinking, the hole in the ozone layer, the…

  • Quote for the Day

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    Nothing is impossible.  The word itself says I’m possible.  – Audrey Hepburn –

  • Sing it Sister

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    Melbourne Mass Gospel Choir sings Bob Dylan’s Gotta Serve Somebody, with Suzannah Espie singing lead vocals and band featuring James Black, Peter Luscombe, Ross Hannaford, Steve Hadley and Damian Smith.

  • Urban Trees Save Lives

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    THE DIRT A recent study by urban forestry guru David Nowak and other researchers at U.S. Forest Service and The Davey Institute found that urban trees save at least one life per year in most cities and up to 8 people per year in large metropolises like New York City. “Trees growing in cities help…

  • Global Shipping Lanes Being Developed in the Arctic

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    Thinning ice in the Arctic is making new shipping lanes possible. Olivier Dessibourg writes about a new breed of ice breaking vessels that can clear wider swathes of ice to boost the development of global shipping lanes in the Arctic. The article appeared in this month’s New Scientist on-line magazine. THE clank of hammers, the…

  • List of Common GMO Products

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    Many of us would like to have a list of GMO foods in order to make better informed choices at the supermarket. Rayshell Clapper at redOrbit.com compiled a list of some of the most common GMO foods to help discerning shoppers: 1. Corn Corn is perhaps the most controversial on the list of GMO foods because…