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• You’re doing it wrong: learn how to perfect your pushup with this informative video ( HuffPost Healthy Living ) • Against Me! singer Tom Gabel has come out as transgender, which is possibly the most courageous/punk rock thing of all time, and we congratulate her ( The Stir ) • Need some inspiration? Watch this paralyzed woman complete a freaking marathon ( CNN ) • Holy wow: behold the power of Photoshop ! ( Healthy is the New Skinny ) • Ugh: there’s 100 times...Plastic Pollution in th...
Fish, turtles, and birds are well known, now, as species impacted by plastic pollution in the oceans but the swirling concentration of bags, caps, and bits is increasingly becoming a problem for whales as well. View original here: Plastic Pollution in the Oceans is Causing Problems for Whales,...
How Washing Machines Ar...
Environmental Science and Technology /via Turns out that the plastic pollution problem in the world’s oceans is not just a result of improper or irresponsible disposal of our waste : Some of the plastic collecting in the oceans is coming directly from our washing machines. A story in Environmental Science and Techn… Read the full story on TreeHugger See more here: How Washing Machines Are Adding to the Plastic Pollution Problem in Our...
MIT’s ‘Clea...
Photo credit: langalex via Flickr/CC BY Much of the world is impatiently waiting for clean energy to get more affordable and more efficient. Renewable power advocates eagerly await the day when technologies like solar and wind reach ‘grid parity’ in mainstream markets. This is already happening: The cost of manufacturing solar photovoltaics, for instance, is plummeting, and efficiency is consistently improving. Even so, the folks at MIT are hoping to speed up the process...
Mysterious Disease Spre...
Photo: ADialla / cc Beginning last July, officials from Alaska’s Department of Wildlife Management began receiving reports of ringed seals showing signs of a mysterious, lesion-causing disease that has so far killed dozens of animals and inflicted possibly hundreds more — and the illness shows no signs of slowing. Biologists are approaching the situation with particular concern considering the vital role the seals play in an arctic food-chain, one that’s already...
Bull Sharks Invade Aust...
Images via SkyNews video screengrab I thought it was only in cartoons that a place would have a shark-infested lake in a random place like a golf course, but apparently it is reality in Australia. After a flood several years ago, a handful of bull sharks found themselves stranded in a lake on a golf course. Bull sharks are able to survive in fresh water and rather than this lake posing an issue for survival, the six sharks have thrived — and even started breeding. … Read...
Killer Whale Swims Up t...
Images via YouTube Video It’s technically not a good thing to anthropomorphize animals, but it’s really hard not to when you see this killer whale doing its darndest to sound like a boat’s motor. An orca whale approached a motor boat and precisely imitated the noise of the engine — to communicate? To mock? To say, “Keep it down”? To play? We aren’t sure why, but it’s amazing to watch. … Read the full story on TreeHugger Read the...
Nitrate Pollution is Ri...
Photo: NASA, Public domain Nitrate pollution around the costs of Japan and Korea could change the makeup of local marine life, both for plants and animals, according to scientists in both the U.S. and Korea. “This is the first evidence of increases in nitrate in ocean waters not in an enclosed estuary like the Chesapeake Bay,” said Raymond G. Najjar, professor of oceanography, Penn State. “These are large, very deep bodies of water and it is surprising to see...
Infographic: The Unbeli...
Infographic section via Project AWARE What is the impact of our plastic use on the ocean’s animal life? A new infographic from Project AWARE sheds a bit of light on the sheer scale of the problem, and the incredible number of animals affected by our plastic problem. … Read the full story on TreeHugger Read the original post: Infographic: The Unbelievable Scale of Marine...