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Entries Tagged as 'Nature'

Pacific Coastal Waters Very Acidic, Study Warns.

May 24th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Environment, Nature

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Every day more people become aware of the incoming effects of global warming. It has far reaching side effects, melting of the polar ice shelves, extinction of sensitive species; as well as, the destruction of whole ecosystems.Their are many [...]

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Have a problem with mosquitoes? Build a bat house.

May 22nd, 2008 · 19 Comments · Environment, Natural, Nature

In my backyard here in South Texas we have a pond which at times means we have a ton of mosquitoes.  We’ve tried fish, but since we have cats who don’t care about water and raccoons live near by once they get bigger they don’t last very long.  So, I went searching the web and [...]

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Quickly disappearing Arctic finally lands polar bears on the threatened list

May 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Environment, Nature

The Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorn announced that polar bears will be listed as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act. The polar bear is one of the most recognized and in my opinion cutest animals around, but it is losing its habitat at a rapid rate. Currently 23,000 - 25,000 polar bears [...]

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Guest Post: Everyday Extinct Species Take Potential Medical Miracles To The Grave

May 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Environment, Nature

Hello EcoIsomniac readers! I have volunteered to relieve Jason of posting responsibilities for a day. He will be able to focus on taking a day off. Everyone needs one at some point.
Normally I am the primary content writer over at Big Ben Patton’s Place. While I do cover some green topics I will forewarn you [...]

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Inspiring video: Paul Stamets on how mushrooms could help save the earth.

May 6th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Environment, Inspiration, Nature

I’ve never knew how powerful mushrooms were until this video by Paul Stamets at TED 2008. I mean I’ve heard they’ve found that some mushrooms or even some bacteria will eat away nuclear waste, but besides that these life forms can actually help reverse some of the damage we’ve done to the planet. [...]

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