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temporal relativity, a viable alternative?

i've just completed my 'mini-lecture series' on physics "phy w/ sam" on YouTube. i don't have access to video-editing software so please forgive the 'presentation errors' and others evident.. it was fun and i have a good feeling about it.. Today, i attempted to write some...

Victory! Obama Ends Bush-era 'No More Wilderness' Edict

" In a big victory for conservation advocates across the country, the Obama administration on Thursday announced it would finally end President George W. Bush's damaging "No More Wilderness" order. Since 2003, the...

Nine-year-old fights for killer whale's freedom

SEATTLE, WA -- He may not be old enough to understand the dynamics of retirement, but 9-year-old Trevor Beavers knows that it is high time for Lolita, the killer whale, to start enjoying some freedom during the...

Whither Tiger Conservation?

 A mobile phone service provider in India launched a massive “Save the Tiger” campaign on television recently.  It pooled in celebrities to endorse its campaign.  And, it placed these...

Ivory Trade on Rise

According to the Traffic International, a total of more than 14,000 products made from the tusks and other body parts of elephants were seized across Asia in 2009 which shows an increase of more than 17% on their...

Southern Sudan: Oil Exploitation vs Wildlife Protection

To the surprise of researchers, wildlife remains plentiful in southern Sudan's Boma National Park, despite a long civil war, which ended in 2005. Here, a herd of elephants move through a grassland in the park. (Miguel Juarez for NPR) [Montréal, Québec, Canada -2°C] Before...

125 Pilot Whales Die on New Zealand Beaches

New delhi: It is another example of Global Warming that Some 125 pilot whales died in New Zealand after stranding on the beach over the weekend -- but vacationers and conservation workers Sunday managed to coax 43...

Japan does now jail polluters.

By, Uwe Paschen.  Japan is serious, when it comes to the environment. New legislation right in time for Earth day was passed and has been made law. Those laws are effective has of now with harsh Fines and even...

A bluefin tuna marked for auction.

NGO lambasts Japan’s role in bluefin tuna delay “Japan silenced the data to prevent the Commission from being pressured to protect the tuna,” Tudela added. Between 6 and 16 November in Brazil, ICCAT...

Lemurs butchered in Madagascar

" Shocking pictures of slaughtered lemurs killed for bush meat have been released by Conservation International. A breakdown in law and order due to the recent coup in Madagascar has resulted in poachers killing...

Water shortage

Local water shortages are multiplying. California, South Korea, China, Australia all suffered long-lasting drought. Brazil and South Africa, which depend on hydroelectric power, have experienced frequent...

Tasmanian Devil upgraded to the endangered species list

Australia's Tasmanian Devil has been upgraded from vulnerable to endangered, now that the population has declined by 70 percent in only 13 years due to a deadly facial tumor that spreads from animal to animal. "...

Volunteer Abroad Tanzania Dar Es Salaam Arusha Children Orphans

http://www.abroaderview.org Our programs allow you to take part in meaningful community service work, while discovering the people, sights, smells and tastes of Tanzania. Volunteering in Tanzania is a way to...

Lighter wine bottles use less glass which helps the environment

Lighter wine bottles using 27 percent less glass than ordinary wine bottles, will go on sale for the first time ever in Australia this July.Banrock Station at Constellation Wines is starting the project, in the hope of reducing the impact on the environment and also...

Elephants migrate out of Zimbabwe to save themselves

About 400 hundred elephants have migrated across the Zambezi River from troubled Zimbabwe to Zambia to get away from increasing poaching and loss of habitat due to human development and conflict. The Zimbabwe Task...

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