javamanjoe/environment

CARBON OUTPUT MUST BE ZERO TO AVOID DANGER. The task of cutting greenhouse gas emissions enough to avert a dangerous rise in global temperatures may be far more difficult than previous research suggested, say scientists who have just published studies indicating that it would require the world to cease carbon emissions altogether within a matter of decades.

OUR PLANET IS RUNNING SHORT OF WATER.

CAL EARTH SUSTAINABLE VILLAGE IN NEPAL VIDEO.Thanks 'rjj'. ["why have a 30 year morgage? look.what you can do too"---jmj].

RESEARCH SHOWS THAT US FAST FOODS ARE ALMOST ENTIRELY MADE OF CORN. American fast food is almost entirely produced from corn according to a chemical analysis of dishes served at McDonald's, Burger King, and Wendy's. The study is published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

MAN TO DONATE 800 PLUS ACRES FOR RUSTIC PARK. CEDAR HILL, Mo. - A long, bumpy road leads through the woods to Don Robinson's unfinished house, where he lives in conditions he calls a step above camping.

DO YOU REALLY NEED 'FIJI WATER' MORE THAN THE FIJIANS DO? Thanks 'paigefiller'. Yes, that's right: as a money-hungry corporation (big surprise) drills into the artesian aquifer in this remote South Pacific island, bottles it up (with plastic bottles imported from China) and sends it across the world to areas where people already have clean water to drink, native Fijians have to make do with dirty, polluted water.

COULD OLD TIMELY PROPELLER PLANES MAKE A COME BACK? Thanks 'danceswithshadows'. Rolls-Royce has tested a new engine based on an old design. The open-rotor propeller plane, usually seen in old movies, could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30% and save a heap of money on fuel.

COOL CORK. DID YA KNOW CORK IS HYPOALLERGENIC-RECYCLABLE-BIODEGRADABLE-INSULATING-AND-WATERPROOF? ME NEITHER. Thanks 'themetrosexiest'. Cork trees that are harvested can live over 200 years.
* Cork oak forests create a unique habitat that is home to many endangered species such as the Iberian lynx and the imperial eagle in Europe and the Golden Takin and Golden Monkey in the Quinling Mountains of Central Asia.
* Cork's cellular structure is what gives it its unique properties as 60% of it is air trapped between fibers.
* It is hypoallergenic, recyclable, biodegradable, insulating and waterproof.