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Soil microbes produce less atmospheric CO2 than expected with climate warming (Sciencedaily.com)

Pollution and Warming - Revue de presse Earth-stream.com — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:06:33 +0000

The physiology of microbes living underground could determine the amount of carbon dioxide emitted from soil on a warmer Earth, according to a new study. …

Navy Commits To Alt Fuels

Scientific American — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 23:35:08 +0000

On April 22nd, Earth Day, the US Navy ran a test flight of an F/A-18 Green Hornet fighter on a 50/50 mixture of petroleum-based jet fuel and biofuel. The biofuel came from the camelina plant, a member of the mustard family. On hand to watch the flight was Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus: “The Navy has always been in the leadership when we’ve changed energy sources. In the 1850s we went from sail to coal. In the early part of the 20th century we went from coal to oil.” [More]

Our Big Challenge on Earth Day: Stop the Nuke Industry from Pretending It Can Prevent Climate Change (Alternet.org)

Pollution and Warming - Revue de presse Earth-stream.com — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 22:14:42 +0000

AlterNet: The Climate Bill is due on Earth Day. By all accounts it will be a nuclear bomb. It will be the ultimate challenge of the global grassroots green movement to transform i …

The deadly toll of the ’safe’ and ‘clean’ coal and oil industries (Feedproxy.google.com)

Pollution and Warming - Revue de presse Earth-stream.com — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:01:03 +0000

The oil rig that exploded off the Louisiana coast on Wednesday is a tragic reminder of why the movement that mobilized forty years ago for Earth Day is still so necessary, notes …

Big Coal Booming on Earth Day (Feeds.nytimes.com)

Pollution and Warming - Revue de presse Earth-stream.com — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 06:03:26 +0000

Global coal sales booming on Earth Day. …

Earth Day is a Time to Take a Stand for the Environment (Treehugger.com)

Pollution and Warming - Revue de presse Earth-stream.com — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:19:06 +0000

This guest post was written by Philip Radford, Executive Director of Greenpeace, in celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day.

In 1971, a group of 13 Quakers, peace activis …

Today’s Climate: April 22, 2010 (Solveclimate.com)

Pollution and Warming - Revue de presse Earth-stream.com — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:10:25 +0000

Green Auction to Mark 40th Anniversary of Earth Day (Reuters)

Artists, conservationists, business leaders and film and music stars from around the globe are marking the 40th Ann …

This Earth Day, go vegan | Poorva Joshipura (Guardian.co.uk)

Pollution and Warming - Revue de presse Earth-stream.com — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:07:54 +0000

Celebrate Earth Day by admitting that meat-eating causes environmental destruction and changing your dietToday marks the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. Approximately 1 billion peop …

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory producing sun science that doubles as eye candy

Scientific American — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:35:00 +0000

A new sun-studying satellite had its coming-out party Wednesday, when scientists involved in the project presented early imagery and videos from the spacecraft’s instruments at a news conference at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. The Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO , launched by NASA in February, gathers a voluminous stream of data about the star nearest Earth, observations that should help heliophysicists better understand the workings of the sun and improve forecasts of solar activity that can cause problems on Earth. [More]

Geologists Drill into Antarctica and Find Troubling Signs for Ice Sheets’ Future

Scientific American — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:00:00 +0000

ERICE, Italy–If you think of Earth’s poles as fraternal twins, the Arctic has been the wild one in recent years, while the Antarctic has been a steady plodder. Withered by summer heat, Arctic sea ice has shrunk to record low coverage several times since 2005, only to rebound to within 95 percent of its long-term average extent this winter. By comparison, Antarctica, with some 90 percent of the world’s glacial reserves, has generally shed ice in more stately fashion. [More]