Category: The Earth
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FEW PEOPLE HAVE EVER SEEN THESE ANTI-FLOOD INVENTIONS
TechZone Check out these anti-flood innovations.
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National Park Foundation Recognizes Corporate Partners that Help Protect and Enhance National Parks for Present and Future Generations
As 2021 winds down and we prepare to welcome 2022, the National Park Foundation (NPF) is recognizing the many ways that corporate partners have supported NPF’s mission throughout the year. With more than 400 national parks in the National Park System, NPF depends upon the commitment and generosity of private philanthropy to help keep parks accessible, relevant,…
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Environmental Education
Teach kids how to protect the Earth (Family Features) Teaching kids about the environment from a early age starts lifelong habits and creates awareness about the way humans affect the Earth. Connecting those lessons to school is an easy way to reinforce how the whole family can make everyday changes that make a difference. Lower…
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New NOAA tool pinpoints natural disaster risk down to county level
NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) has released an innovative mapping tool that provides county-level information on natural disaster hazards across the United States. This new feature provides significant enhancements to the state-level data on NOAA’s Billion-Dollar Disasters website. Developed by NCEI with data from NOAA, FEMA and academic institutions, this interactive NOAA mapping…
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Oregon Earthquake Swarm? (video)
The U.S. Geological Survey reported dozens of small-to-moderate earthquakes off the Oregon coast this week, beginning at 5:21 a.m. Pacific Time on December 7, 2021. That initial quake was 4.2 magnitude. Check the article on EarthSky: https://earthsky.org/earth/dozens-of-earthquakes-rumble-off-the-oregon-coast/ http://tnc.network/science/
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Making an Environmental Impact
(Family Features)As part of an effort to positively impact environmental change, many consumers care about the effect their shopping decisions may have on the world around them. As a way to aid in that mission, ALDI, which has never offered single-use plastic shopping bags, is aiming to make 100 percent of its private-label product packaging…
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Global Solar Farm Market Projected To Reach $261.0 Billion By 2027
PALM BEACH, Fla. — FinancialNewsMedia.com News Commentary – Over the last few years, the solar water farm market has been developing at a considerable pace attributable to low cost of PV panels and strong presence of solar water farm producers. Furthermore, awareness toward solar water farming is increasing among consumers, due to implementation of government regulations to promote production…
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It is Time to Fall Back!
Daylight savings time ends Sunday. It is fall and it’s also November. Not only does it mean the start of the Holiday season, but it is the end of Daylight Savings for 2021. [videopack id=”79619″]https://videos.files.wordpress.com/0qg6BsOa/my-promo-video-393-hd.mp4[/videopack] Daylight saving time (DST), also known as daylight savings time or daylight time (United States, Canada, and Australia), and summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and some other countries), is…
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NASA Participates in UN Climate Change Conference
NASA is participating in the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, which began Oct. 31, and runs through Friday, Nov. 12. The COP26 summit brings parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change. NASA’s…
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Addressing Our Worldwide Issues With Mother Nature
Addressing Our Worldwide Issues With Mother Nature By Carolyn Hansen As humans, we have a tendency towards complacency. We get comfortable in our routines and habits and begin ignoring signs and signals that something in our personal lives is off-balance and requires attention. It may be our health, our finances, our social life, our…