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I’Äôd like to know how to create a rooftop garden.
Indeed there are many good reasons to build a rooftop garden, or a so-called ’Äúgreen roof’Äù’Äîwhereby layers of soil and plants on top of homes and buildings provide a host of environmental ’Äúservices’Äù for the living space below as well as for the surrounding ecosystem. Unlike traditional roofs, green roofs thrive on (and filter) precipitation, decreasing the amount of pollution-laden stormwater run-off draining into our waterways. And thanks to the process of photosynthesis, the plantings create oxygen, cleanse the air and absorb carbon dioxide before it gets into the atmosphere and adds to our global warming woes.
Aug 28, 2009
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What’Äôs the story with the Florida Panther these days? Is it still teetering on the brink of extinction, or is it on the rebound?
One of more than 20 subspecies of cougar and native to the southeastern United States, the Florida Panther is most certainly still highly endangered. Biologists estimate that less than 100 of the animals are alive in the wild today, hanging on in the southern tip of Florida below the Caloosahatchee River. Their current range represents less than five percent of where they originally roamed across Florida, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and parts of Tennessee and South Carolina.
Aug 26, 2009
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Big oil spills like the infamous Exxon Valdez. Has the industry cleaned up its act?
In the wake of 1989’Äôs massive Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska’Äôs Prince William Sound, when 11 million gallons of oil befouled some 1,300 miles of formerly pristine and wildlife-rich coastline, much has been done to prevent future spills of such magnitude.
Aug 24, 2009
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I’Äôve heard that cars can be modified to run on water. How is this possible?
There are a number of online marketing offers of kits that will convert your car to ’Äúrun on water,’Äù but these should be viewed skeptically. These kits, which attach to the car’Äôs engine, use electrolysis to split the water (H2O) into its component molecules’Äîhydrogen and oxygen’Äîand then inject the resulting hydrogen into the engine’Äôs combustion process to power the car along with the gasoline. Doing this, they say, makes the gasoline burn cleaner and more completely, thus making the engine more efficient.
Jul 22, 2009
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I’Äôve heard so much about using Borax for green housecleaning. But if this mineral has to be mined, doesn't that negate some of its "green-ness?’Äù
Mining for minerals such as boron (the key ingredient in the ’ÄúBorax’Äù we use for cleaning, pest control and other household tasks) is an activity that typically leaves behind a big environmental footprint. Mining degrades the local landscape and destroys wildlife habitat, while polluting both air and water. It also usually consumes large amounts of water, which can be taxing in already arid regions, such as the Mojave Desert, one of two regions of the world (along with parts of Turkey) with large boron deposits.
Jul 22, 2009
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Has the recent violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo threatened the populations of lowland gorillas? How many are left?
The short answer is yes, dramatically. Not to be confused with Western Lowland Gorillas, which are thriving in significant numbers in neighboring Congo (a recent census counted 125,000), today fewer than 5,000 Eastern Lowland Gorillas are estimated to remain in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), formerly known as Zaire. Some 17,000 inhabited the region as recently as 1994, but today habitat loss, hunting, and war and violence are combining to push them over the edge.
Jun 16, 2009
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Is there any truth to the rumor about high levels of birth control chemicals being found in some cities’Äô drinking water?
It is true that trace amounts of birth control and other medications’Äîas well as household and industrial chemicals of every stripe’Äîare present in many urban and suburban water supplies around the country, but there is considerable debate about whether their levels are high enough to warrant concern.
Jun 14, 2009
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What does "carbon neutral" really mean?
Carbon neutral is a term that has sprouted many definitions, and how to achieve it has spawned numerous interpretations, too. According to the New Oxford American Dictionary, which made carbon neutral its 2006 ’ÄúWord of the Year,’Äù it involves ’Äúcalculating your total climate-damaging carbon emissions, reducing them where possible, and then balancing your remaining emissions, often by purchasing a carbon offset.’Äù
May 11, 2009
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