Category: Project Green
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2017, The Third Warmest Year on Earth
2017 was one of three warmest years on record, international report confirms
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Heat Warning issued for Toronto
Based on information from Environment and Climate Change Canada, Dr. Eileen de Villa, Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health, has issued a Heat Warning for Toronto today. The Heat Warning will be in effect until further notice. During a Heat Warning, members of the public are encouraged to visit family, friends and neighbours, especially isolated adults…
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SOLAR POWER STATIONS, IN SPACE?
Is capturing and transmitting solar power from space close to being reality? The idea of capturing solar energy in space where the sun always shines and transmitting it back to our planet seemed not currently feasible and to be the science of Star Trek. The technology might be further along than you think. Early in…
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Returning a Rehabilitated Dolphin
Bottlenose dolphin found with life-threatening shark bite injuries gets a second chance at life
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Kilauea Volcano Opened Up
The Kilauea volcano opened up and streamed across Hawaii’s Leilani Estates neighborhood on May 3, 2018. More than 20 fissures have opened on Kilauea’s Lower Rift Zone. Most of these lava flows were small and short-lived. But for one particular crack in the Earth, Fissure 8, has been steadily generating large fountains of lava…
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Heat Wave at the North Pole
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NASA Satellites Reveal Major Shifts in Global Freshwater
In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists have combined an array of NASA satellite observations of Earth with data on human activities to map locations where freshwater is changing around the globe and to determine why. The study, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, finds that Earth’s wet land areas are getting wetter and dry areas are…
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Strange Holes in the Ice
Some Strange Holes in the Ice Operation IceBridge, a NASA program, has been making yearly flights over the Arctic and over the Antarctic for nearly a decade. Using the most sophisticated imaging techniques possible and flying a P3 Orion aircraft, they are hoping to understand more about the North and South poles. Operation IceBridge is a…
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GLORY ON THE CLOUDS
When you’re traveling by air and when the sun is slightly behind the aircraft you usually notice something that appears on the clouds… Well, normally it’s a shadow of the jet appears out there. Suppose you were to look out the window and notice a glowing saint like halo around the shadow… This is called…
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It’s April 22nd and it’s Earth Day
It’s April 22nd and it’s Earth Day. What is Earth Day? Earth Day is an annual event celebrated on April 22. Worldwide, various events are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was founded by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in first held on April 22, 1970. Denis Hayes, who was the original national coordinator in 1970, took it…