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Posted on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 2:50 PM
For many people, ignorance is bliss when it comes to vexing issues like climate change, according to a new study.
Published last month in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, the report shows that people who know very little about an issue -- say the economic downturn, changes in the climate or dwindling fossil fuel reserves -- tend to avoid learning more about it. This insulates them in their ignorance -- a pattern described by researchers as "motivated avoidance."
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Posted on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 1:42 PM
The 2011-2012 ultra-light led migration of whooping cranes in the eastern population is currently on hold in Alabama.
The
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s partner managing this portion of the
effort, Operation Migration, is cooperating with the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) to resolve regulatory issues about the flight. The
group has applied for a waiver to exempt them from the FAA regulation
that prohibits compensating pilots of this category of aircraft. This
waiver, if approved, would allow the flight to continue. |
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Posted on Friday, December 16, 2011 11:51 AM
Interactive Online Map Shows Potential Long-Term Climate Impact in Every State; Prompts Calls for Action
In 2011, there were at least 2,941 monthly
weather records broken in communities throughout the US., as detailed in
a new interactive extreme weather mapping tool and year-end review
released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council. The powerful
web-based tool allows Americans to draw the connections between climate
change ( http://www.nrdc.org/globalwarming/climatebasics.asp) and extreme weather in the cities and towns in which they live. |
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Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2011 6:14 PM
When autumn's cooler weather approaches, we bundle up to protect
ourselves against the changing weather. We begin to winterize our homes
by adding insulation to drafty windows and doorways. As the days get
shorter, our number of chores about the house seem to increase. However,
maintenance to the home is just the beginning of preparations for
colder weather to come. Our trees need care to prepare for colder months
as well.
"While your trees seem to be
in a state of hibernation in the winter, exposure to the tough
conditions can cause them major stress," says Jim Skiera, Executive
Director of the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA). |
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Posted on Friday, October 21, 2011 9:43 PM
Guests at Four-Diamond Oceanfront Resort to See Largest
Nightly Congregation of Gulls on Florida’s East Coast The
Shores Resort & Spais offering a new “Gulls Night Out” rate centered
on one of greatest wildlife spectacles on the East Coast. From December to March,
as many as 50,000 gulls gather each evening along several miles of beach in
Daytona Beach Shores. The annual event is considered one of the largest
concentrations of gulls on any beach in the United States, and draws flocks of bird
watchers all over the globe. |
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Posted on Saturday, October 15, 2011 5:21 PM
Iconic Rio Tinto
Center Inspired
by Utah
Landscape Set in the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains  The Natural
History Museum of Utah, located at the University of Utah,
will reopen to the public on November 18, 2011 in a stunning
new building situated in the foothills of the Rocky
Mountains, overlooking Salt Lake City and inspired by the
diverse landscape of Utah. The $103 million Rio Tinto
Center, funded by a public and private partnership, is deeply
rooted in place and infused with multiple features that
embrace both traditional and new media techniques – a new Museum that sets a new standard
for a Natural History Museum of the 21st Century. |
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