Tag: News
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10 Ways Humans Impact the Planet
April 22 is called Earth Day, but we ought to spend more time looking in the mirror today. It could help us understand what we have done and are doing to the planet. Elsevier Connect, a digital publisher of science, health and technology journals and data, helps us with that process by releasing an infographic entitled,…
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Years of Living Dangerously, Years of Opportunity
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Above, watch the trailer for Years of Living Dangerously and the panel discussion with Thomas Friedman during the 2014 Spring Meetings. Below, watch the premiere episode. Fueled by warmer temperatures and added moisture in the air, a storm system coils like a snake ready to strike. Rising seas stand poised…
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Earth Day: Can We Save the Planet From Climate Change?
With the arrival of Earth Day and our celebration of Madre Tierra (Mother Earth), most of us can’t help but be concerned about her health and the impacts that climate change is having on her and our own lives. The Earth is being ravaged by climate change and the evidence is overwhelming. The American Association for the…
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Don’t Forget the Ocean on Earth Day
As you celebrate Earth Day, don’t forget that over 70 percent of the Earth’s surface is under the ocean—it makes up 99 percent of the living space on our planet, and is home to half of all species on Earth! More than 2.6 billion people depend on the ocean as their primary source for protein.…
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Earth Day in the Shawnee: Taking a Stand Against Corporate Greed
Few people understand the historical impact of coal mining like acclaimed poet Barney Bush in Shawnee hills of southern Illinois. The French, in fact, stumbled on coal outcroppings near the Shawnee in Illinois in the 17th century, launching the first coal industry on the American continent. By the early 19th Century, Thomas Jefferson helped to engineer the…