German beer-makers are concerned about the impact of fracking on beer quality
German brewers have sent a letter to various officials in Berlin to voice their concern that shale gas exploitation via fracking could endanger the water supply on which they depend.
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Now's the Time to Act on Climate, Writes MIT's Technology Review in Open Letter to Obama
Let's hope that president Obama will listen, and tackle our climate problems with more vigor and urgency.
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Shocking! Thousands of Mutilated Shark Fins Drying on Hong Kong Rooftops
Tens of millions of sharks are mutilated and left to die slowly each year so that some affluent people in Asia can each soup. This has to stop.
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Biomimicry Solves Age-old Industrial Air Pollution Problem
This clever trick mimics how Earth's atmosphere cleans itself, resulting in a low-energy, effective solution to age-old air pollution problems.
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Extreme Weather During 2012 Second Only to 2005 in Ferocity (Video)
Paul Douglas, the Chief Meteorologist of WeatherNation, did an excellent review of the past year’s extreme weather events.
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Surprise Discovery of Deep-Sea Corals In Great Barrier Reef
Scientists used an underwater robot to explore extremely murkey waters, and were surprised to find deep sea corals they never knew existed!
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UPDATE: Rare River Otter Found Living in San Francisco's Sutro Bath Ruins (Photos)
This visitor is the first river otter known to come as far south as San Francisco, and shows how well recovery efforts are working for the species.
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Nature Blows My Mind! The Extreme Abilities of Elephant Seals
You'll be surprised to learn just what these odd looking animals are capable of.
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Shell Oil Rig Runs Aground in Alaska with 139,000 Gallons of Fuel on Board
The Kulluk oil platform, owned by Royal Dutch Shell, ran aground in the Gulf of Alaska with 139,000 gallons of diesel fuel and 12,000 gallons of lubricating oil and hydraulic fluid.
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Rebecca Tarbotton of Rainforest Action Network, 1973-2012
Activist and environmentalist dies in tragic swimming accident
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Secrets of the Porcupine Quill Could Help Us Make Better Medical Supplies
We have alot to learn from nature. After all, evolution has been solving various problems long before we came around, and so by looking at the solutions it came up with (aka biomimicry), we can save a lot of R&D.
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Wild Dolphins Observed Bringing Gifts to Humans
While it's already well-known that dolphins rank among the most intelligent creatures on the planet, new research is suggesting that they just might be one of the most magnanimous too.
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Potentially Dangerous Asteroid Now Confirmed to Miss Earth in 2040, Says NASA
While ridiculous ancient prophecies don't pose much of a threat to our planet, there are real risks out there.
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Lisa Jackson to Step Down as EPA Director
Did years of criticism from everyone from Big Coal to the environmental movement take its toll?
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Nature Blows My Mind! Frost Flowers Grow over Land and Sea
A winter pheonomenon creates beauty on a small scale. Welcome to the world of frost flowers.
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15 Amazing Animal Photos from 2012
Our favorite animal photos from 2012 all in one place.
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Tween Boys Help Save a 500-million-year-old Species
These 'living fossils' have survived mass extinctions over the course of their eons of existence, but it just might be two youngsters that save them from the human threats they face today.
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15 Best Photos of the Day in 2012
Our favorite images from our Photo of the Day colum, from amazing locations to cool animals to world events.
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Photo of the Day: A Winter Wonderland
Snow covered trees never cease to feel like a magical place.
