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Original Technorati articles tagged “ecology”

• in Film
  Bag It (2010) Explores Our Brief Yet Everlasting Relationships with Plastic
  Paper or plastic? Or do you take your own bags to the grocery store?
  by missbobetier / on Mar 11, 2012
• in Film
  Take a Fresh (2009) Look at How to Improve Our Food Supply
  New thinking about what we’re eating.
  by missbobetier / on Mar 11, 2012
• in Entertainment
  Buffing Up Your Brain: This Will Make You Smarter by John Brockman
  Are you willing to take a chance on a book titled THIS WILL MAKE YOU SMARTER?
  by missbobetier / on Mar 7, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “ecology”

 

• Ecological Gardening: Beautiful And Good For Biodiversity

  
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  You may not think of private gardens as wildlife refugia, but an increasing body of scientific evidence suggests that these habitats can host a variety of species and act as stepping stones across landscapes that are otherwise dominated by human structures. To increase the effectiveness of gardens as havens for ...
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• Observatory: Oyster Shells Are an Antacid to the Oceans

  
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  Decomposing oyster shells, made of calcium carbonate, act like an antacid pill and help generate alkalinity in the increasingly acidic oceans, a study finds.        
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• ScienceShot: Why Most Snails Coil to the Right

  
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  Researchers uncover evolutionary explanation for lack of "lefties"
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• Why Penguins Dont Fly

  
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  Study of penguin look-alike reveals advantages to being a ground-based bird
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• Welcome to the Anthropocene

  
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  ‘On Average, Humanity Has Built One Large Dam Every Day for the Last 130 Years.’
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• Pesticide Makers Seek Answers as Bee Losses Sting Agriculture

  
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  By Carey Gillam (Reuters) - Monsanto Co is hosting a "Bee Summit." Bayer AG is breaking ground on a "Bee Care Center." And Sygenta AG is funding grants for research into the accelerating demise of honeybees in the United States, where the insects pollinate fruits and vegetables that make up roughly a quarter of the ...
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• Ms.

  
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  I couldn’t stop her. Hair flew in her face, manure stung her nose. Between tractors and trailer parks, she stormed through The Midwest. A high-speed rail to nowhere. “How terribly dull.” Ms. That was all she was to me. Just Ms. Our car halted right there. Right on Carson’s farm. She could only look over ...
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• A Chair of Tofu

  
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  There are many vegetarians who will sing the praises of tofu all day long. The soft soy-bean curd has inspired plenty of creative recipes and cooking ideas but, it would be fair to say, not many designs for furniture. However, that is exactly what designer Leonardo Talarico has come up with the tofu chair. ...
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• Tit-for-Tat: A Bacterial Counterattack System

  
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  by Spencer Scott & John De Friel Schematic diagram of a type VI secretion system by Y. M. Cully, C. Cambillau, and E. Cascales. The lower bilayer membrane is the attacker’s, the upper one the host’s. Notice the complex structure of the Type VI secretory apparatus. Source . Microbial ecology may ...
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• For strawberry poison dart frogs, nearest is dearest

  
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    Female strawberry poison dart frogs can be non-choosy when it comes to finding a mate concludes research published in Frontiers in Zoology today. In a population with a strongly biased sex ratio and low trait variance between males, females receive no benefit from expending energy and   effort   ...
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• LAND SENSITIVITY TO DESERTIFICATION IN ITALY (Google / Wiley)

  
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  Read at : Google Alerts – desertification http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ldr.2226/abstract FIFTY YEARS ON: LONG-TERM PATTERNS OF LAND SENSITIVITY TO DESERTIFICATION IN ITALY Luca Salvati1,*, Marco Zitti2, L. Perini3 ABSTRACT The Mediterranean region has been regarded as a critical hotspot for ...
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• Rhinos Could Be Extinct Within 20 Years

  
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  The rhinoceros is one of nature’s most unique and beautiful beasts. It forms part of the so called ‘Big 5′ animals that are usually the main attraction in many Sub-Saharan Africa game reserves. The beauty of the rhino is also its curse, the horn it carries is synonymous to a death sentence for the beasts. The ...
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• The Value Of Volunteering – For Everyone Involved

  
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  Volunteering transcends assisting your community. It enriches the fabric of your life and others. The experiences you gain through volunteering could end up as skills on a resume or make you aware of current issues being faced by your city. Through volunteering, on your own or as part of a team, you learn different ...
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• Glass Bugs

  
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  “Students of American glass must always keep in mind that the creations they collect are truly examples of our American culture… and thus have historical significance.” – James Lafferty Signed Prints – 16″h x 20″W for $45 Original: 36″h x 48″w ink on Acrylic Skin: $865. Contact the artist for any ...
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• Hostile invader: Ladybug species carries spores that kill competitors

  
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  The Open University Invasive species have become a problem on nearly every continent, where native species that may have had millions of years to adapt to their environment are somehow trivially displaced by a species that originated somewhere else. How is it that the invaders can be so phenomenally ...
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• Bummer: AGW May Have No Impact On Tropical Lizards

  
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  The same lizards that survived through previous cool and warm (much warmer than today) periods, as well as the last glacial period. It’s almost like they adapt to survive climatic changes or something ( Science ) A new Dartmouth College study finds human-caused climate change may have little impact on many species ...
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• What Is It? Mystery Spots

  
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  Mystery spots: In southwestern Africas Namib Desert, the lack of rainfall keeps vegetation sparse. Yet in some areas, mysterious rings of grass with bare centers appear and thrive. Now scientists have discovered these so-called fairy circles are indeed created by wee little creatures--termites. [More]
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• Cute Green Living Walls Idea - Creative Clematis Planting

  
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• Off to Africa - #dimensionsZA

  
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  I leave from Bradley International for Capetown a little after 4:00pm this afternoon. My student, Nora , will be traveling with me, and we will meet Jane , my former post-doc, 1 in Heathrow some time on Monday. 2 Well spend a few days in Capetown checking on things in the garden, meeting with collaborators, and ...
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• 18 Best Garden Recycling Ideas - Hand Picked

  
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  It is never too much of garden recycling ideas, so I have prepared selection of great ideas and would like to share it with you. I hope you also like it.Under each photo there is a link to more photos, if you like to see or learn more.   Photo by Treasure AgainPhoto by  Gardening in a Minute Photo by Diane ...
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