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Yesterday’s House passage of cap-and-trade legislation designed to confront climate change is a landmark achievement, the first tangible step taken by the country that emits more greenhouse gas per capita than anyone in the world.
The bill itself still faces a tough test in the Senate. Passage is far from assured, and ... | <urn:uuid:dbaccb35-1074-476c-9b46-8f3c424bfecd> | http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2009/06/27/passage-of-climate-change-bill-a-landmark-achievement/?cp=all | 0.9717 | fineweb |
GEF and UNEP Launch Global Platform for Efficient Lighting
25 September 2009: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have launched the “Global Market Transformation for Efficient Lighting Platform,” a public-private partnership directed at reducing global energy demand... | <urn:uuid:57eddd85-d7cb-491b-bf06-f4c7e0f03a21> | http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/gef-and-unep-launch-global-platform-for-efficient-lighting/ | 1 | fineweb |
Reversal of fortune
To unlock the vast, untapped potential of the world’s drylands, we must learn from the people who live in them, says Dr Jonathan Davies.
Drylands are a major global biome, home to a great diversity of species and some of our most treasured natural heritage. They are also home to over 2 billion peopl... | <urn:uuid:f420729b-433d-4fa6-8cfe-c81ae093a2da> | http://cms.iucn.org/knowledge/focus/previous_focus_topics/saving_our_drylands/opinion/?8350/Reversal-of-fortune&add_comment | 0.8407 | fineweb |
Creator: Gust, Iris
Description: The brochure promotes urban transportation policy to increase the use of renewable energy to 100%. Seen globally, transport is one of the main sources of greenhouse gas emissions. Yet fossil fuels are becoming scarce, will become increasingly expensive and will eventually stop being via... | <urn:uuid:5579e9d4-6e68-4bcf-87a3-ff20ed6954c4> | http://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/partners/UNT/browse/?fq=str_location_country%3AChina&fq=str_location_country%3ADenmark&fq=str_location_country%3AAustralia | 1 | fineweb |
Fewer rare sea turtles will die on the swordfish industry's longlines in Hawaii under an agreement between environmental groups and the government. The agreement settles a lawsuit challenging the federal government's plans that would have dramatically increase the number of turtles that could be killed. The Turtle Isla... | <urn:uuid:e36683d3-ded6-4e38-af4d-7bc73d1ec7e3> | http://earthjustice.org/news/press/2011/endangered-sea-turtles-saved-from-capture-in-hawaii-swordfish-fishery | 0.7809 | fineweb |
Rodrigues, A.S.L., Andelman, S.J., Bakarr, M.I., Boitani, L., Brooks, T.M., Cowling, R.M., Fishpool, L.D.C., da Fonseca, G.A.B., Gaston, K.J., Hoffmann, M., Long, J.S., Marquet, P.A., Pilgrim, J.D., Pressey, R.L., Schipper, J., Sechrest, W., Stuart, S.N., Underhill, L.G., Waller, R.W., Watts, M.E.J. and Yan, X. (2004) ... | <urn:uuid:dad32c9e-d851-4b8f-98db-dcfb254b028c> | http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/233/ | 0.523 | fineweb |
World’s poorest on front line in climate change fight
24 July 2008 | News story
Climate change is already happening – and it hits poor people most. The effect of more frequent hurricanes, floods and droughts on developing countries is devastating, as this year’s cyclone Nagris proved again in southern Myanmar, leaving ... | <urn:uuid:2091854b-1b3b-428e-9a84-00e3f22edf16> | http://iucn.org/fr/nouvelles_homepage/nouvelles_par_date/2008/juillet_news_2008/?1370/Worlds-poorest-on-front-line-in-climate-change-fight | 1 | fineweb |
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State gets more rain, except in plains
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - Slightly higher averages of rain in New Mexico this summer masked big differences in precipitation levels statewide, the... | <urn:uuid:0057e9c8-4a05-4d1f-9ef8-63a69171c58d> | http://lubbockonline.com/stories/091998/LG3074.shtml | 0.999 | fineweb |
Arctic meltdown not caused by nature
Rapid loss of Arctic sea ice - 80 per cent has disappeared since 1980 - is not caused by natural cycles such as changes in the Earth's orbit around the Sun, says Dr Karl.
The situation is getting rather messy with regard to the ice melting in the Arctic. Now the volume of the ice va... | <urn:uuid:3a4ac59c-d59d-470b-adad-88e5e1c8a45a> | http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2012/11/27/3640992.htm?topic=latest | 0.9997 | fineweb |
The transportation sector is responsible for an enormous amount of pollution, from fuel extraction and processing to greenhouse gas emissions and smog. Thankfully, old and new technologies alike can help us clean up our footprint as we get from here to there. Here are three options to consider.
1. Cargo Bike
A cool tre... | <urn:uuid:6a0a6961-4806-438a-bb35-91c953bcb2ce> | http://www.care2.com/greenliving/smart-green-transportation-options.html | 0.6367 | fineweb |
NOAA scientists agree the risks are high, but say Hansen overstates what science can really say for sure
Jim Hansen at the University of Colorado’s World Affairs Conference (Photo: Tom Yulsman)
Speaking to a packed auditorium at the University of Colorado’s World Affairs Conference on Thursday, NASA climatologist James... | <urn:uuid:f9441dcc-dc2a-4077-aac8-1b49394182e2> | http://www.cejournal.net/?p=1590 | 0.9998 | fineweb |
Indonesia is known for being prone to natural disasters of all kinds, ranging from climatic (floods, drought) to geologic (earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis, volcanoes, etc.), biological (avian influenza) to man-made (deforestation, mining, conflicts). With an already high level of food insecurity, households' vulnerab... | <urn:uuid:148006ce-2cf9-4b2a-a5c6-7bc1a406a114> | http://www.crs.org/countries/indonesia | 0.9882 | fineweb |
the energy [r]evolution
The climate change imperative demands nothing short of an Energy [R]evolution. The expert consensus is that this fundamental shift must begin immediately and be well underway within the next ten years in order to avert the worst impacts. What is needed is a complete transformation of the way we ... | <urn:uuid:b6cc700a-55c3-47a6-baaf-dbe7c04a4b04> | http://www.energyblueprint.info/1332.0.html?L=0 | 1 | fineweb |
Located above the surface of our planet is a complex mixture of gases and suspended liquid and solid particles known as the atmosphere. Operating within the atmosphere is a variety of processes we call weather. Some measurable variables associated with weather include air temperature, air pressure, humidity, wind, and ... | <urn:uuid:f2e6ad28-ec98-4ea9-bc37-81a91724d073> | http://www.eoearth.org/topics/view/49664/ | 0.9984 | fineweb |
Bali Climate conference has a message for rural community
The world leaders recognised that 20% of the global emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) can be contained by forestation. The programme, Reducing Emissions From Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) aims to compensate the developing countries in the tropical regio... | <urn:uuid:425ca78c-1053-44ec-b60e-8912cf2cb747> | http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Bali-Climate-conference-has-a-message-for-rural-community/251129/0 | 1 | fineweb |
India's rice output expected at 100 mn tons in 2012-13: FAO
The global body on the farm sector had earlier forecast the rice output in India, the world's second largest producer, at 98.5 MT. This was due to late onset of monsoon rains leading to deficit in key northern and southern growing areas.
FAO in its latest 'Foo... | <urn:uuid:de94cbf7-7105-41ea-a519-55d8d8171cb1> | http://www.financialexpress.com/news/indias-rice-output-expected-at-100-mn-tons-in-201213-fao/1031026 | 0.8915 | fineweb |
Australia's “exceptional” heatwave has produced record-breaking temperatures, with at least six of the first seven days of 2013 among the top 20 hottest days in the past century.
The extreme January heat has prompted the Bureau of Meteorology to issue a special climate statement, with further updates planned as the sco... | <urn:uuid:23156681-3a82-4757-a6c9-f172faa662dd> | http://www.hillsnews.com.au/story/1222764/exceptional-heatwave-challenges-records/?cs=2452 | 1 | fineweb |
In fact, the United States apparently just emerged from the hottest spring on record.
The period between June 2011 and May of this year was the warmest on record since NOAA record keeping began in 1985. Aside from Washington, every state experienced higher-than-average temperatures during that period, which also featur... | <urn:uuid:628e935a-7678-4d56-8179-04a384233ade> | http://www.ibtimes.com/us-just-had-warmest-year-record-noaa-report-702027 | 0.9999 | fineweb |
The satellite images displayed are infrared (IR) images. Warmest (lowest) clouds are shown in white; coldest (highest) clouds are displayed in shades of yellow, red, and purple. Imagery is obtained from the GOES and METEOSAT geostationary satellites, and the two US Polar Orbiter (POES) satellites. POES satellites orbit... | <urn:uuid:17aa89d7-2e77-436d-8420-15d2c5bd50ff> | http://www.intellicast.com/National/Satellite/Regional.aspx?location=UKXX2049 | 0.9911 | fineweb |
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SOURCE Ford Motor Company
DEARBORN, Mich., March... | <urn:uuid:268706f9-7219-4f86-8f3c-9f7fa5608ffb> | http://www.kcentv.com/story/21763361/ford-cuts-global-water-use-85-percent-per-vehicle-from-2011-to-2012-total-usage-down-62-percent-since-2000 | 0.9345 | fineweb |
The aviation sector is renowned as a carbon intensive business, but an increasing number of airports are looking to change that by integrating the latest green-tech into their daily operations.
Air travel and transport accounts for two percent of all human generated greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Intergover... | <urn:uuid:aa0f19b1-b112-4860-b14c-9875543a1d51> | http://www.ketv.com/news/money/Green-airports-on-carbon-cutting-mission/-/9674314/16815520/-/14tc1sf/-/index.html | 0.9992 | fineweb |
On February 1st, the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (the “Convention”) announced the pledges made by countries under the Copenhagen Accord (the “Accord”). Developed country parties to the Accord pledged greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets to be achieved by 2020. Mo... | <urn:uuid:7a4001a3-a36b-492a-9b85-d3408119e643> | http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=7a718b20-b3df-42cc-a2bf-e2dc617af9ef | 1 | fineweb |
My Beef With Meat
If it has a face, it probably gobbles up global resources along with its grass
By Stett Holbrook
Last month, the federal government released a much-anticipated report on global climate change. It paints a chilling picture of what will happen if global warming continues unabated. "This report is a game... | <urn:uuid:3c0c98ac-e4c9-4bfb-9570-c1be0ef28106> | http://www.metcruz.com/bohemian/07.08.09/eats-0927.html | 1 | fineweb |
Air pollution health alert and advisory issued through Wednesday, March 10
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has issued an air pollution health ALERT for today and tomorrow, March 8 and 9 and an air pollution health ADVISORY for Wednesday, March 10 for the Twin Cities and Rochester area. The Air Quality Ind... | <urn:uuid:5474c268-15f9-4136-9e33-d0cdebb36edd> | http://www.minneapolismn.gov/news/news_20100308airqualityalert | 0.9971 | fineweb |
You're using more water than you think
A water footprint is the total volume of freshwater used to produce the goods and services consumed. Here are some ways to lighten your water footprint.
Fri, Aug 31 2012 at 11:28 AM
Prodded by environmental consciousness — or penny pinching — you installed low-flow showerheads and... | <urn:uuid:cca5126a-d443-4b80-89a5-01bc0108a268> | http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/youre-using-more-water-than-you-think | 0.9998 | fineweb |
If a powerful hurricane slams the Louisiana coast during the Republican National Convention, the resonances with Katrina will be bad enough. But the storm would also showcase the GOP’s position on climate change, which is, increasingly, to deny the scientific consensus that fossil-fuel pollution contributes to a warmin... | <urn:uuid:a343b949-d710-4711-96a9-41e21a9584fe> | http://www.nationaljournal.com/daily/as-isaac-bears-down-little-talk-of-climate-change-20120827 | 1 | fineweb |
Oct. 9, 1998 COLUMBIA, Mo.--Ducks, geese and bald eagles soaring over areas the size of small towns are envisioned when talking about federally protected wetlands, not areas that are maybe as big as a small swimming pool and apparently void of life. University of Missouri-Columbia Professor Ray Semlitsch is trying to c... | <urn:uuid:33275736-ac37-49fe-a13a-d130e6ad29c6> | http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/10/981009081539.htm | 0.7418 | fineweb |
Giant Water Scavenger Beetle
|Geographical Range||North America|
|Scientific Name||Hydrophilus triangularis|
|Conservation Status||Not listed by IUCN|
The name says it all. This large beetle lives in water, where it scavenges vegetation and insect parts. The insect can store a supply of air within its silvery belly, mu... | <urn:uuid:469863a4-9f80-47c2-ad04-ee7f0adecfd5> | http://www.stlzoo.org/animals/abouttheanimals/invertebrates/insects/beetles/giantwaterscavengerbeetle/ | 0.9979 | fineweb |
They are not expecting any angry birds, but bird-watchers are already seeing evidence of what is expected to be a major invasion of hungry birds winging through the region.
Normally content to hang out in the deep forests of Canada, grosbeaks, pine siskins, finches, redpolls and other seed-eaters are winging their way ... | <urn:uuid:9a6028aa-f264-4fb8-8c7f-9dfe336820d7> | http://www.telegram.com/article/20121208/NEWS/112089902/0/hometeam_magazine | 0.8634 | fineweb |
WAKING the GIANT Bill McGuire
While we transmit more than two million tweets a day and nearly one hundred trillion emails each year, we're also emitting record amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2). Bill McGuire, professor of geophysical and climate hazards at University College London, expects our continued rise in greenhou... | <urn:uuid:46ed79e4-97dd-492f-bf29-99304e01f4ee> | http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Earthly+disruptions.-a0287635319 | 1 | fineweb |
SEA level rises and climate change are linked, say top scientists as they prepare the next major global climate change update.
More than 250 experts from 39 countries are in Hobart this week to review the latest draft of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's report including a new chapter on sea level.
The co... | <urn:uuid:4b0a824e-2759-4652-bb9b-cadd0312b57c> | http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2013/01/16/370451_tasmania-news.html | 1 | fineweb |
At Walmart, we talk a lot about learning from one another and working in partnership to create global change. A recent report, “Smart Moves,” examines some of the best practices by companies working to cut emissions from transportation.
Emissions from freight transportation are no small problem. The report’s author, Ja... | <urn:uuid:095407aa-8504-499b-b006-f52a907f9941> | http://www.walmartgreenroom.com/2012/02/forbes-how-nike-wal-mart-and-ikea-save-money-and-slash-carbon-by-shipping-smarter/ | 1 | fineweb |
What is Rainwater Harvesting?
Rainwater harvesting is an ancient practice of catching and holding rain for later use. In a rainwater harvesting system, rain is gathered from a building rooftop or other source and is held in large containers for future use, such as watering gardens or washing cars. This practice reduces... | <urn:uuid:14a860e9-8430-426b-8c1a-80c7f022fb96> | http://www.waterresourcesgroup.org/ | 0.8696 | fineweb |
by Bruce Boyers,
Our system of factory agriculture is exacting a great toll on our planet: 40 percent of the land and 70 percent of the fresh water on Earth is devoted to the growing of food, which, in the process, creates some 30 percent of greenhouse gases. Compounding these issues is the fact that commercial produce... | <urn:uuid:2451548b-a149-48b0-833a-9e93037b7cb3> | http://www.westerlynaturalmarket.com/promog/featuredarticle.asp?storeID=QWCSN3N89ASR2JS000AKHMCCQAB04FN2&ID=12 | 0.7113 | fineweb |
Eighteen years ago, the eminent conservation biologist Gary Meffe warned of what he considered to be the greatest problem in human history – humanity’s inexorable and exponential increase in numbers.
Meffe’s paper, entitled ‘Human Population Control: The Missing Agenda’ published in the journal Conservation Biology, ou... | <urn:uuid:64dc3877-7576-45b7-ba6f-426f5ac11fa2> | http://www2.imperial.ac.uk/blog/studentblogs/christopher-n/2011/12/01/the-human-flood-perceptions-of-the-threats-posed-by-population-growth/ | 0.9364 | fineweb |
Australian Bureau of Statistics
1301.0 - Year Book Australia, 2009–10
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FEATURE ARTICLE: HOUSEHOLDS AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Householders have increased their use of energy saving measures in their homes. In 2008, ... | <urn:uuid:211b6c3f-1e09-477b-999f-d04f198cf5e3> | http://abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Previousproducts/35B5CD10E6AADA1FCA25773700169C30?opendocument | 0.6667 | fineweb |
Report Highlights Declining Health of Caribbean Corals
7 September 2012: A new International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) report highlights that average live coral cover on Caribbean reefs has declined to just 8% of the reef today, compared with more than 50% in the 1970s. The report stems from a workshop he... | <urn:uuid:263ac1bf-33fa-4b18-8d48-715c94ebc9dd> | http://biodiversity-l.iisd.org/news/report-highlights-declining-health-of-caribbean-corals/ | 0.8915 | fineweb |
The well-being of people all over the world depends on the various goods and services provided by ecosystems, including food, fuel, construction materials, clean water and air, and protection from natural hazards. Ecosystems, however, are under increasing pressure from unsustainable use and other threats including outr... | <urn:uuid:1f6b9831-1ffd-4a9a-96e8-9d9b2d8b2c4b> | http://iucn.org/about/work/programmes/ecosystem_management/ | 1 | fineweb |
News tagged with renewable energy
Related topics: energy , wind turbines , electricity , solar panels , fossil fuels
Renewable energy is energy generated from natural resources—such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat—which are renewable (naturally replenished). In 2006, about 18% of global final energy... | <urn:uuid:1408e655-896d-4edf-80ab-9e169370da2f> | http://medicalxpress.com/tags/renewable+energy/sort/date/all/ | 0.9994 | fineweb |
Like the Sound of Music‘s Von Trapp family hiding in the Alps, plants may find refuge from a warming climate in the mountains.
Research in the Swiss Alps suggests diverse mountain habitats could act as stepping stones to allow plants to escape into more hospitable hideaways as their usual homes heat up.
A large, flat s... | <urn:uuid:e12fbfc8-76ea-4109-8fcc-20b3e9f9c58f> | http://news.discovery.com/earth/plants/mountains-may-be-climate-change-refuges.htm | 0.9773 | fineweb |
Washington, Aug 9 (IANS) The formation in the air of sulphuric acid, which smells like rotten eggs, is significantly impacting our climate and health, says a study.
The study led by Roy Lee Mauldin III, research associate at the University of Colorado-Boulder's atmospheric and oceanic sciences department, charts a prev... | <urn:uuid:597b3d2d-8580-4486-a845-d0f996cf51af> | http://news.smashits.com/833362/Sulphuric-acid-formation-affects-climate-health.htm | 0.8326 | fineweb |
DUBAI, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- With new oil and gas nations coming up and renewable energy usage gaining global momentum, the fossil fuels-rich Gulf states might run into rough waters in the upcoming decades.
The Gulf states like Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are today synonyms for oil, but that could change soon.
According to t... | <urn:uuid:f95463bb-cac0-4d2f-9ef3-f4608252a4f2> | http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-01/21/c_132115427.htm | 0.6362 | fineweb |
Warmer temperatures, variable monsoons, and other signs of climate change are a hot topic of conversation among many Himalayan villagers, according to scientific sampling of climate change perception among local peoples.
“This area is cold and it’s often raining. Even during the non-monsoon times there is mist and fog ... | <urn:uuid:666a34c3-a3b0-48d9-822b-04ba99c0d218> | http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2011/09/09/changing-climate-a-hot-topic-among-himalayan-villagers-study-finds/ | 1 | fineweb |
I’ve seen several articles debating when oil production will peak. For those of you who have missed them, oil prices rise due to scarcity (real or not) or increased production costs, and the latter become important sometime around when oil production peaks. Also, the time for us to go through the second half of the wor... | <urn:uuid:1f33fe76-fd4e-4211-8d6f-f209603fa1a6> | http://pathsoflight.us/musing/2005/03/peak-oil/ | 0.9948 | fineweb |
With the worlds energy needs growing rapidly, can zero-carbon energy options be scaled up enough to make a significant difference? How much of a dent can these alternatives make in the worlds total energy usage over the next half-century? As the MIT Energy Initiative approaches its fifth anniversary next month, this fi... | <urn:uuid:e056fb34-f179-4408-9978-c5312487a2df> | http://phys.org/news/2011-10-power-global-carbon-emissions-electricity.html | 0.9532 | fineweb |
According to news reports, the recent heat wave in California resulted in about 150 deaths. The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts that global warming will exacerbate the problem dramatically, doubling or tripling the number of heat-related fatalities in North American cities in the next... | <urn:uuid:7cc090fe-4c5a-497d-85d8-8ab810906aec> | http://spectator.org/archives/2006/08/23/urban-heat-urban-legends | 0.9998 | fineweb |
Coral reefs aren't just pretty, they're also vital to marine species and island communities. But they're also facing threats from warming seas. NBC's Anne Thompson reports.
More than half of 82 species of coral being evaluated for inclusion under the Endangered Species Act "more likely than not" would go extinct by 210... | <urn:uuid:341895fc-0dbb-4ebb-a24c-bce9caf290b6> | http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/04/15/11209607-us-56-coral-species-face-extinction-danger-from-warming-acidic-seas?pc=25&sp=50 | 0.944 | fineweb |
“Eau Canada” brings together 28 of Canada’s top water experts to debate Canada’s most critical water issues, and to map out solutions.The diverse range of contributors – geographers, environmental lawyers, former government officials, aquatic scientists, economists, and political scientists – reflects the broad range o... | <urn:uuid:fee2d1f8-4fc8-465c-bbe4-b36beb3bb9bc> | http://watergovernance.ca/projects/water-in-canada/eau-canada/ | 0.997 | fineweb |
- Date: January 25, 2011
- In This Story:
Asian tiger reserves can support more than 10,000 wild tigers—three times the current estimate—if they are managed as large-scale landscapes that protect core breeding sites and benefit local communities, according to the world’s leading conservation scientists in a new study p... | <urn:uuid:0f63be90-a486-431d-b2d2-80abce277e86> | http://worldwildlife.org/stories/a-future-for-tigers | 0.9902 | fineweb |
The Americas IBA Directory
The conservation of rare birdlife has been the focus of Birdlife International for many years. In 1995 they began a project by the name of IBA, or Important Bird Area Program, to pinpoint areas across the globe that are home to endangered species, identifying the various species and protectin... | <urn:uuid:952beb80-6af2-4d67-a30b-a71f85aae699> | http://www.birds.com/blog/the-americas-iba-directory/ | 0.9674 | fineweb |
Drive by a local wetland on an early spring evening, and if you're lucky you'll hear a harbinger of the changing season - the clear chirping chorus of tiny frogs known as spring peepers, classified by biologists as Pseudacris crucifer.
Few themes in literature are more alluring than the lost world. Places such as Atlan... | <urn:uuid:572d7f03-130f-473f-a0f8-8e2b0e2ca193> | http://www.caryinstitute.org/newsroom?page=14%2525252C3%25252C1%252C3&field_news_cat_tid=All&field_rel_issues_nid=All | 0.9945 | fineweb |
Michael Specter has an interesting article in The New Yorker about global warming and how "dazzlingly complex" it all is once you start to take all of the factors into account.
the calculations required to assess the full environmental impact of how we live can be dazzlingly complex. To sum them up on a label will not ... | <urn:uuid:160c2282-eac8-4b62-9c89-4ff7d3b014ff> | http://www.design21sdn.com/organizations/197/posts/1466?page=1 | 0.9983 | fineweb |
Food systems are often described as comprising four sets of activities: those involved in food production, processing and packaging, distribution and retail, and consumption. All encompass social, economic, political, and environmental processes and dimensions. To analyze the interactions between global environmental c... | <urn:uuid:407d1f99-5473-423f-ae4c-f7bac085d37e> | http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol13/iss2/art14/appendix1.html | 0.8979 | fineweb |
Satellites are tracing Europe's forest fire scars
Burning with a core heat approaching 800°C and spreading at up to 100 metres per minute, woodland blazes bring swift, destructive change to landscapes: the resulting devastation can be seen from space. An ESA-backed service to monitor European forest fire damage will he... | <urn:uuid:fd153b67-1ade-4ef6-a92e-d45919430591> | http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Satellites_are_tracing_Europe_s_forest_fire_scars | 0.9693 | fineweb |
|"money doesn't grow on trees" = don't waste money because it isn't always easy to come by|
"Watch how much you spend because money doesn't grow on trees."
"have a green thumb" = special ability at making plants grow well
"She has a real green thumb for growing beautiful decorative trees."
More of Randall's Favorite Le... | <urn:uuid:c52aa678-b504-46e9-b27a-9cb8da04003f> | http://www.esl-lab.com/trees/treerd1.htm | 0.8649 | fineweb |
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