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Something to think about
November 21st, 2012Eco News #29 – streams are affected by urban development
November 19th, 2012According to the new studies by the USGS, streams are more vulnerable to urban development than it was previously thought. Growing and spreading inhabited areas lead to the indirect contamination of nearby streams. As scientists claim, “streams are not only water – they are communities of aquatic life”. And, because of pollution, important and sensitive aquatic species living in the streams die out.
What do you think about it, dear Greenzoners?
Waterfall picture, taken in Ecuador
November 18th, 2012
Vice’s Fresh Water in U.S. documentary
November 15th, 2012Hi Greenzoners! We recommend you to watch interesting documentary about water supplies and their quality in United States, directed by Vice, the creator of absorbing, witty and easy to watch documentaries. 😉
To watch go here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrUVLpFaUoM&feature=g-u-u
Picture (or rather grafitti) of the day
November 9th, 2012
Picture of the day – Étretat
November 6th, 2012
Étretat, France
By Fabio Nodari
“Étretat is an amazing spot of Normandy for landscape photographers.. I was aware that to capture the essence of this spot i had to wake up early in the morning. I spent the day before studying the composition and i decided that a long exposure would have been the best.. I woke up before the sunrise, and a few minutes after, this was the amazing show that i witnessed…”
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Eco News 24# – declining mountain meadows
November 4th, 2012Hello Greenzoners, I hope you are having good day in which we greet you with new Eco News. 😉
Mountain meadows are slowly declining and being destroyed in the Northern Pacific areas. Once huge tracts of green grass and rare, wild flowers, now they are being dominated by spreading trees and other thick and territorialy invasive plant species. The reason behind this is progressing global warming and rising temperature (more…)
Did you know: phytoplankton
November 2nd, 2012…wondering what is this? 😉
It’s a phytoplankton, a small underwater organism that can absorb the excessive amounts of CO2 in atmosphere.
Because of global warming and rising seas’ temperatures, their population is decreasting.
Did you know…
October 24th, 2012Hi Greenzoners, did you know that:
-every ton of recycled office paper saves almost 400 gallons of oil
– in United States, people use up to 50 milion tons of paper per year – which makes over 850 milion trees
-when you turn your central heating thermostat one grade down, you reduce fuel consumption by 10%
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Eco News #22 – Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch
October 20th, 2012Hello Greenzoners, we’d like to share with you with another Eco News, this one’s concerning really interesting and important issue – Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch.
What is this? It’s an accumulation of garbage, floating on the northern Pacific Ocean. It stretches to hundreds of miles and, if all this garbage would be gathered in one place, it would cover the surface almost as big as France.
It’s made of plastic, which is not biodegradable, so it flows forever. The garbage comes most of the times from beach (left unattended and then swept by waves), fishing boats and cargo ships.
Not only does it pollute the water, but also is dangerous to the underwater animals. Many sea species were found dead entangled in old fishing nets or poisoned by accidental swallowing plastic or steel leftovers. (more…)