Blog Profile / Planetsave
| URL : | http://planetsave.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Issues & Causes / Environmentalism | |
| Posts on Regator: | 2846 | |
| Posts / Week: | 30.9 | |
| Archived Since: | August 16, 2011 | |
Blog Post Archive
Dance Of The Planets 2013 — Venus, Jupiter, And Mercury Dance May 24 – 30
The Dance of the Planets will be occurring from, roughly, May 24 – May 30. The “dance of the planets” is the name used for the event where Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury, all appear to be right next o each other in the evening sky, and over a period of time appear to rotate and change positions with each other. Show More Summary
Captive Dolphins Banned In India
India has released a statement rejecting captive dolphin shows due to damage dolphins sustain when kept in confined spaces. ‘Confinement in captivity can seriously compromise the welfare and survival of all types of cetaceans by altering their behaviour and causing extreme distress,” said B.S. Show More Summary
Top Five Small Wind Turbines (In Sales)
Small wind turbines are a perennial point of contention. According to wind energy expert Paul Gipe, they often don’t live up to their hype. However, in very high-wind and off-grid situations, they may sometimes be useful. You really just have to do the best you can to evaluate your unique situation. Show More Summary
Tesla Motors Set To Repay Its Government Debt
Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk has said that it would repay the debt induced by the loan they received from the US government to develop electric vehicles early, and it appears this will be possible, with a bit of personal help from Elon. Show More Summary
5 Green Myths Debunked
Going green is a much talked about topic. All kinds of rumors and false ideas are circulating about the environment and the actions we can take to help it. Here are 5 green myths debunked. 1. Going Green is More Expensive Many are under the impression that everything green is expensive. Show More Summary
Microbes Genetically Engineered To Grow In The Dark
A photosynthetic bacteria that can survive without light? What…? A strain of photosynthetic cyanobacteria has been genetically manipulated by researchers at the University of California – Davis and is now able to grow without the presence of light. Show More Summary
Extreme Political Views Caused By The ‘Illusion of Understanding’
Have you ever tried to engage in a balanced discussion or debate over, say, macro-economics or maybe foreign policy — subjects that are complex and contingent upon many factors — and found yourself frustrated in your attempts by an...Show More Summary
World’s Most Beautiful Horse?
In case you haven’t see the photos that are going around the Web, there is one below. The horse reportedly is owned by the president of Turkmenistan Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov. The breed is Akhal Teke and there may be only about 3,500 of them in the world. Show More Summary
Glaciers Contributing Same As Ice Sheet Melt To Sea Level Rise
Research has found that approximately 99% of our planet’s land-locked ice is held up in the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. The remainder, however, is out in the open, located primarily in the glaciers dotted throughout the appropriate latitudes across the planet. Show More Summary
Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets More Stable Than Previously Thought
Scientific understanding is continually shifting as time moves on. For decades now, scientists have assumed that ancient high tide lines referred to higher sea levels. These assumptions have led scientists to believe that if the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets were to completely melt, they would cause such a high sea level again. Show More Summary
Genome Sequencing Diagnostics Have Significant Problems, As New Research Demonstrates
Genome sequencing diagnostics has some serious limitations to it, as researchers at the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute recently discovered when they came across three children who had some of the rare inherited conditions...Show More Summary
NASA’s Mars Rover Opportunity Breaks Record For Off-Planet Driving By A US Made Vehicle
NASA’s relentless solar-powered Mars rover Opportunity has now set a new record — greatest distance traveled by a US made vehicle on another world. The Opportunity rover was originally scheduled only for a three-month mission that began...Show More Summary
Asteroid 1998 QE2 — Asteroid Big Enough To Cause Extinction Event Passes By The Earth On May 31 2013
An asteroid big enough to cause an extinction event if it were to impact the Earth will pass by us at a distance of about 3.6 million miles on May 31, 2013. That’s about the distance that theEarth is from the Moon, times 15. The asteroid...Show More Summary
Medical Breakthrough: ‘Patient-Specific’ Embryonic Stem Cells Achieved By Cloning
A team of reproductive biologists led by Shoukhrat Mitalipov at the Oregon Health and Science University (Beaverton, OR) have successfully created ‘patient-specific’ embryonic stem cells (ESCs) through cloning. The improved cloning technique used by the team is much more efficient than previous approaches. Show More Summary
Dolphin Detected Woman’s Cancer?
A news story about a woman who swam with dolphins and was somehow inspired to visit a doctor who identified a cancer tumor, has speculated a dolphin might have helped. A Panama City Beach, Florida woman went on a dolphin cruise and once in the water with about 15 dolphins something strange happened. Show More Summary
Insecticides Cause Slow Starvation In Aquatic Organisms, Discovery Shows Limits Of Conventional Toxicity Tests
A very commonly used insecticide, imidacloprid (a neonicotinoid), has now been found by new research to be extremely toxic to aquatic organisms, often leading to their death. It’s very important to note that the “slow starvation” caused...Show More Summary
97% Of Research Papers Say Global Warming Is Manmade
A recent study of research papers published from 1991 to 2011 that took a view on human-related climate change found 97% of them were agreement that humans are a factor. The study was published in Environmental Research Letters, Volume 8, Number 2. Show More Summary
Long-Predicted Fractal Energy Pattern Observed For First Time By Physicists
Forty years ago, a mysterious and beautiful “butterfly-shaped” magnetic energy pattern was theorized by famed physicist and Pulitzer Prize winning writer Douglas Hofstadter. But due to previous limitations in the laboratory technology used to generate strong magnetic fields, this pattern had here-to-fore never materialized. Show More Summary
Fish Species Moving North Due To Climate Change
University of British Columbia scientist William Cheung has documented a gradual shifting of some fish species further north than their typical ranges. Some tropical commercial species are being found by fishing boats in waters near New England. Show More Summary
Save Polar Bears By Reducing Driving Speeds
Sea ice has been in a decline recently, and that is very bad news for polar bears. They conduct much of their lives on sea ice, including locating mates and reproducing. ‘Sea ice extent averaged for the month of April 2013 was 14.37 million square kilometers (5.54 million square miles). Show More Summary