A barely-explored underwater coral reef has revealed what scientists are calling a ???species factory,??? due to dozens of new exotic species of fish and corals being discovered there in two recent expeditions. Though it lies in an area one tenth the size of the Great Barrier Reef, the Bird???s Head Seascape ??? just off the Indonesian province of Papua ??? contains roughly 50 percent more reef-building coral species than its more famous counterpart. It was studied in the 1880s by Victorian....
We often write in TreeHugger about the importance of cities and of neighborhoods, about new urbanist designs that work like cities used to; Mark Oppenheimer writes in the New ... Discussion
Artists have been sent to Greenland to respond to climate change and now they are going to 8 different UNESCO World Heritage sites around the globe to record their responses. ... Discussion
Japan's Imperial Household is the institution that takes care of the Emperor and his responsibilities as head of state; they also run seven organic farms around Japan. Young J ... Discussion
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A (dismal) chapter of American history most of us would gladly like to put behind us -- Hurricane Katrina and the government's pathetic response ... Discussion
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The University of Colorado, home of the Big 12 team the Buffaloes, has launched the Green Stampedean initiative designed to limit the environm ... Discussion
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Perf Go Green, a new biodegradable plastic company based in New York, has developed a line of products that may significantly aid in elimina ... Discussion
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Good news for anyone restricted to the difficult-to-navigate waters of the gluten-free diet: there's an all-natural food company, Glutenfreed ... Discussion
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The widespread environmental devastation caused by Hurricane Ike has been pretty well documentedthe oil spills (about a half a million gallons worth) ... Discussion
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We're addicted to suds. That was one of my conclusions over the last few months after trying to move to more natural forms of shampoo, body wa ... Discussion
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Honda Corporation has released their fourth annual environmental report, so we thought it was rather appropriate to grade them on their progress an ... Discussion
