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Say No to plastic bags

By ShamsMay 27, 2008Environmentmicrobes, petrochemicals, plastic bags, sewage, wildlife

In one-week time China is going to join the countries that banned plastic bags. Currently Chinese carry about 3 billion bags each day. Multiply it with 365. It’s 1095 billion bags (>1 trillion) a year. Reuters news.

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What do you think of them

By ShamsMay 26, 2008Culture, Environmentlion cubs

These three. Ya these three…. They are still cubs. L i o n cubs. That makes them different from other cubs. 🙂

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Whaling or Whale-watching

By ShamsMay 22, 2008EnvironmentSplahsy Pants, whale watching, whaling

Recently Japan has been strongly criticised for whaling (harpooning the whales) in the southern oceans. The actions from Greenpeace got huge success even naming a whale Mr. Splashy Pants.

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Extinction rate is higher, says the German Environment Minister

By ShamsMay 20, 2008Environmentbiodiversity, extinction rate

German Environment Minister, Sigmar Gabriel told a conference in Bonn that extinction rate for plants and animals is hundred to thousand times higher than the natural trend. It’s a U.N. biodiversity conference that plans to work out lines to slow down the extinction by 2010. Target line is too short. But steps to move forward are promising. Reuters news.

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Polar Bears (getting attention)

By ShamsMay 19, 2008Environmentpolar bear, sea ice

It’s old news already. But good to hear again. Polar bear is now in the list of endangered species of U.S government. Polar bears sea ice habitat has melted dramatically in recent decades (a clear sign of global warming). And further receding of polar ice is likely in the coming years (45 years in the count that the PBs will face trouble harder).

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Arsenic in the park and phytoremediation

By ShamsMay 18, 2008EnvironmentAmerican Civil War, arsenic, Chinese brake fern, hyperaccumulator

When the U.S Geological Survey geographer Terry Slonecker was going through aerial photographs, he could easily detect the stress and stunted growth of trees and grass in the park in Washington that led him to conclude its arsenic. He was in fact looking for arsenic in a nearby area used for military activities in World War I. But the park has no history of WWI activities rather it goes back to the American Civil War which occurred between 1861 to 1865. But how it could leave arsenic there?

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Wind energy, the next riding horse of power

By ShamsMay 17, 20081 commentEnvironmentalternative energy sources, fossil fuel, turbine, wind energy

As U.S Department of Energy (DOE) doing a feasibility study to generate 20% of power for Americans from wind energy, turbine industries can be a new lucrative market for investors. The approximate time planned is by 2030. More than 20 years at hand. The turbine market will be advancing tremendously in the coming decades. That’s a certainty.

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Do animals sense natural events?

By ShamsMay 16, 2008Culture, Environmentanimal sense, earthquake, Mianzhu, Sichuan, Wuhan

Were these natural warning of an impending earthquake in the mountainous Sichuan province in China – there is much news coming out now, something that could look like superstitions. As the news emerges, three days before the earthquake thousands of toads appeared on the streets on Mianzhu city or hours before the unusual behaviour of lions, zebras and other animals at the zoo in Wuhan. What the human perception could not catch, animals could!!

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