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Is Global Warming Cooking an Acidic Sea Urchin Soup?
It’s no secret that we’re all doomed but now scientists have found that the underwater world isn’t having such a fab time either. Since the sea sequesters carbon dioxide from the Earth’s atmosphere its pH levels are rising. This means sea animals whose shells or skeletons are made of calcium carbonate are literally dissolving due to the increased acidity in the water, and in some cases failing to reproduce.
Continue reading...Scientists Attach Rectal Methane-Collecting Backpacks to Cows
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Imagine for a moment that you have a balloon above your head. In this balloon is the entire volume of air that has passed through your body to become the gaseous odorous ghost of your last two meals. Being a vegetarian with a high fiber intake, I can guarantee that I would be quite embarrassed at the sheer size of such a balloon (or proud, depending on current company).
Continue reading...Scientists Need More Research on Climate Change and Oceanic Life
Monday, June 9, 2008
image via wikipedia Many scientists have claimed that there must be more research focused on the consequences of climate change to marine environments. Specialists note, that they have very little information on what the impacts of climate change are to oceanic life and have no doubt that research [...]
Continue reading...The Map of Earth’s Fire Scars
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Image (c) University of Leicester All of us here at Environmental Graffiti care a lot about the planet. True, we tend to look at details: bizarre environmental news, trends and things that not that many people notice. Despite this, sometimes, just sometimes it’s important to look at the [...]
Continue reading...The Most Incredible CO2 Sensor in the World
Friday, May 9, 2008
Image from lady_lbrty Detecting carbon dioxide emissions has always been a little hit and miss when it comes to larger areas: the sensor technology we currently have isn’t well-suited to large areas, and it’s extremely expensive.
Continue reading...Global Cooling in 1936: The Ice Age Is Coming!
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Image From Modern Mechanix I always read Popular Science as a kid. The gadgets, the tools, the notes on military hardware that was going to help future G.I. Joes lay waste to whoever was destined to replace the godless commie Russians as public enemy number one. It was [...]
Continue reading...The Ozone Hole Is On Ebay?
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Image from Ebay Ebay has had a lot of strange items on it over the years–I’ve seen a man’s soul in a jar, the rights to tattoo an ad on somebody’s forehead, even a creepily nondescript posting labeled “my virginity.” This however, might be both the strangest abstract [...]
Continue reading...Greenwashing To The Max? The Eco-Friendly Private Jet
Friday, May 2, 2008
Image from moaksey It’s a cliché… almost. A celebrity criticizes the way that the rest of us impact the environment by living in 500 square foot apartments and driving a car that we wish somebody would steal, and then flies off to some exotic location in a private [...]
Continue reading...45 Scientists Dump Global Warming Deniers in 24 Hours
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Image from wumai Something phenomenal has happened in the last 24 hours. Our friends over at DeSmogBlog took it upon themselves to see what the scientists who are on the famed list of “500 scientists who don’t believe in global warming” actually think and as it turns [...]
Continue reading...The Bush Administration Has Been Manipulating EPA Data
Monday, April 28, 2008
By Spencer Kimball Image from iips.cz The Bush Administration has been called a lot of names by a lot of people, but competent has never been one of them.
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Monday, August 4, 2008
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