Posts tagged environment.

climateadaptation:

Trouble in paradise. The Maldives islands are among the most beautiful places on earth. The islands are considered by some to be ground zero for the impacts of sea level rise, and the country’s president has been a strong advocate for climate adaptation measures.

However, the islands have a dirty secret - it’s been dumping its trash and toxic chemicals into the ocean. The BBC cracks the case wide open in this sickening video report, “Apocalyptic island of waste in the Maldives.”

my friend invited me to the Maldives next winter. 

#maldives  #indian ocean  #travel  #maldives island  #climate change  #environment  #sustainability  #climate adaptation  #queue  
∞  June 02, 2012 at 02:59am
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mohandasgandhi: theeconomist: Overfishing, global warming and pollution threaten to transform the ocean—and perhaps life as we know it This is important.

mohandasgandhi:

theeconomist:

Overfishing, global warming and pollution threaten to transform the ocean—and perhaps life as we know it

This is important.

#overfishing  #fishing  #global warming  #climate change  #environment  #resources  #pollution  #fish  #animals  #endangered species  #ocean  #ocean acidification  #science  #queue  
∞  May 29, 2012 at 07:01pm
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climateadaptation:

Solid, mind blowing photo essay on Alberta oil tar sands.

#tar sands  #alberta  #environment  #canada  #resources  #waste  #fracking  #queue  
∞  May 29, 2012 at 06:48am
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therecipe: saveplanetearth: The Canadian Tar Sand Mines Refused Us Access, So We Rented This Plane To See What They Were Up To @ Business Insider Photo Gallery (73 pics) I encourage everyone to look at the 73 photos.

therecipe:

saveplanetearth:

The Canadian Tar Sand Mines Refused Us Access, So We Rented This Plane To See What They Were Up To @ Business Insider Photo Gallery (73 pics)

I encourage everyone to look at the 73 photos.

#tar sands  #environment  #canada  #alberta  #resources  #fracking  #queue  #energy  #waste  
∞  May 29, 2012 at 01:52am
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fotojournalismus: A village boy leads his goat past a parched pond on the outskirts of the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar, India, on May 17. Huge swathes of rural farmland has turned dry as farmers await the annual monsoon rains which, according to the India Meteorological Department, are expected to reach on time this year. [Credit : Biswaranjan Rout / AP]

fotojournalismus:

A village boy leads his goat past a parched pond on the outskirts of the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar, India, on May 17. Huge swathes of rural farmland has turned dry as farmers await the annual monsoon rains which, according to the India Meteorological Department, are expected to reach on time this year.

[Credit : Biswaranjan Rout / AP]

#india  #desert  #climate change  #environment  #drought  #queue  
∞  May 28, 2012 at 10:00pm
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Wildfires sweep across south-west US amid historic drought conditions ›

climateadaptation:

“Fuelled by historic drought conditions, the wildfire season opened early this year in the rugged mountains of Arizona. By Friday morning, crews were fighting more than a dozen blazes in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, California and Utah. A few small towns were under evacuation order, and at least 170 square miles of brush and forest had been consumed by flames.

In New Mexico’s Gila national forest, fires started by lightening strikes tripled in size over the last 48 hours, with high winds forcing firefighters to the sidelines. More than a dozen summer cabins in the town of Willow Creek were destroyed as the fire burned across 110 miles of steep forested canyons.

“The fire had been around about 10 days, lurking and creeping and then kaboom, it exploded,” said Tabitha Sims, secretary of the Willow Creek landowners association, told local reporters. “They made a heroic effort at trying to build a break, but I think it was unfortunate that this wind event happened to come right at the worst time.”

Much of the state was covered in a haze, with local television stations reporting poor air quality in Albuquerque, some 170 miles away. High winds, with gusts of 60mph were expected until Sunday, blocking fire crews from cutting a containment line ahead of the fire.

In Arizona, meanwhile, more than 1,100 fighters, backed up by aircraft, were slowly containing the most dangerous fire,the Gladiator fire, which had forced the evacuation of the old mining ton of Crown King and consumed 27 square miles of pine and brush north of Phoenix.”

The Guardian

#wildfire  #southwest  #usa  #drought  #environment  #fire  #natural disaster  
∞  May 26, 2012 at 11:24pm
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stfuconservatives: think-progress: Plastic bags in L.A.: 2012 (2.7 billion), 2014 (ZERO) Source Personally, I’m thrilled. I bring my reusable bags almost everywhere, and I’d be even more diligent about it if I knew there weren’t going to be any plastic ones. Hopefully this will encourage scientists to develop an alternative that is as efficient and also biodegradable. (And lighter than paper bags — that’s the reason most stores don’t use them; they’re more expensive to ship. Also the glue that holds the handles on attracts cockroaches. I worked at a grocery store in high school.) THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE EVERYWHERE!

stfuconservatives:

think-progress:

Plastic bags in L.A.: 2012 (2.7 billion), 2014 (ZERO)

Source

Personally, I’m thrilled. I bring my reusable bags almost everywhere, and I’d be even more diligent about it if I knew there weren’t going to be any plastic ones.

Hopefully this will encourage scientists to develop an alternative that is as efficient and also biodegradable.

(And lighter than paper bags — that’s the reason most stores don’t use them; they’re more expensive to ship. Also the glue that holds the handles on attracts cockroaches. I worked at a grocery store in high school.)

THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE EVERYWHERE!

#environment  #plastic  #plastic bags  #waste  #resources  #sustainability  #bags  #la  #los angeles  
∞  May 24, 2012 at 07:43pm
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climateadaptation: Poachers Steal Ancient, 800 year-old Cedar from BC Park. Reward Offered seriously?  come on guys. 

climateadaptation:

Poachers Steal Ancient, 800 year-old Cedar from BC Park. Reward Offered

seriously? 

come on guys. 

#poaching  #tree  #cedar  #bc  #wood  #poachers  #environment  #resources  
∞  May 23, 2012 at 12:29pm
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fotojournalismus: Garbage collectors look for recyclable waste at a dump site in Tikrit, 150 km (93 miles) north of Baghdad, February 16, 2012. The collectors search and sell metals, plastics, cardboard and papers, and earn about $2 per day. [Credit : Stringer/Reuters]

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Garbage collectors look for recyclable waste at a dump site in Tikrit, 150 km (93 miles) north of Baghdad, February 16, 2012. The collectors search and sell metals, plastics, cardboard and papers, and earn about $2 per day.

[Credit : Stringer/Reuters]

#garbage  #baghdad  #iraq  #environment  #sheep  #waste  #sustainability  #queue  
∞  May 20, 2012 at 10:52am
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anoceanactivist:

Underwater trash photos look like scenes from an alien world.

The subjects of Mandy Barker’s photographs look like creatures from another world, but they’re actually quite mundane: discarded fishing nets, plastic bottles, and toothpaste tubes. They’re what sits beneath the surface of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Barker photographed the “soup,” the plastic debris suspended in water from the Garbage Patch, to create strange alien scenes. But even though the objects in these photos aren’t alive, they’re still dangerous, killing ocean life wherever the patch travels.

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#garbage  #waste  #environment  #ocean  #queue  
∞  May 16, 2012 at 03:52am
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