Incredible vertical gardens attached to the OUTSIDE of luxury apartments in Central Park, Sydney
Source: Mail Online UK
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-20 10:02:41 -0700 | green-news
The two dozen green wall panels that cover the building, some as high as 16-storeys, have been filled with over 100,000 plants...In addition, residents on levels 29 to 33 of the complex's east tower have their own cantilevered 'Sky Garden'...
Customs officers find live Asian fighting birds in suitcases after smugglers flew them into Britain
Source: Mail Online UK
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-20 08:55:53 -0700 | green-news
Two separate attempts to smuggle the birds into the UK were discovered at Leeds Bradford airport. They had been placed in individual wooden cages inside the cases. Border Force said the smugglers tried to bring in nine grey francolin birds,...
Rapid climate change led to decline of ice age trees
Source: Zee News
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-20 04:29:27 -0700 | green-news
Short, sharp fluctuations in the Earth's climate throughout the last ice age may have stopped trees from establishing themselves in Europe and northern Asia, a new study has found. Scientists say warm spells were so brief that trees were unable...
Sea level change influenced tropical climate during last ice age
Source: Zee News
Hadley :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-20 04:29:26 -0700 | green-news
A new study looks to the past to learn about the future of tropical climate change, and our ability to simulate it with numerical models. Pedro DiNezio of the University of Hawaii and Jessica Tierney of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution...
Tree health policy to 'stop spread'
Source: BBC
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-20 15:50:58 -0700 | green-news
UK Tree health recommendations aim to 'stop the spread' Environment reporter, BBC News Non-native pests and diseases can affect a woodland's long-term ecology Strengthening biosecurity at UK borders and a plant health risk register would help protect the nation's trees...
‘Quake risk higher than estimated'
Source: Times of Oman
Southampton :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-19 21:14:51 -0700 | green-news
Recent research has revealed that the Makran Subduction Zone (MSZ) is more prone to earthquakes and tsunami hazards than previously thought. The research which can currently be viewed online on the Geophysical Research Letters website, and which will be published...
A Bee in Their Bonnet
Source: Canadian Free Press
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-19 13:40:19 -0700 | green-news
This time they're attacking a widely used and safe new insecticide, but their assertions and real agendas are nothing new. Modern environmentalism rose to ascendancy on opposition to pesticides, specifically DDT. If the environmentalists win on DDT, Environmental Defense Fund...
Joseph Farman, 82, Is Dead; Discovered Ozone Hole
Source: The New York Times
Hyde :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-18 21:02:58 -0700 | green-news
May 18, 2013 Joseph Farman, a British researcher whose single-minded and at times officially derided study of atmospheric changes in the Antarctic established the existence of a hole in the ozone layer over the South Pole approximately the size of...
Black Bear Shot Down From Back Garden Tree
Source: Sky News
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-17 13:09:03 -0700 | green-news
A bear weighing nearly 300lb has been tranquillized and removed from a homeowner's backyard after it was discovered resting up a tree. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials say the male black bear climbed into the tree in a...
Stunning images of natural Britain capture animals in air, sea and on land as part of photography-...
Source: Mail Online UK
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-17 10:44:34 -0700 | green-news
17 May 2013 A red deer stag peers out from behind the trees of a pine forest during a snow blizzard in the Cairngorms; a flock of northern gannets and a pod of killer whales feed in the wake of...
Expert issues UK tree threat warning
Source: BBC
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-17 10:38:30 -0700 | green-news
The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) wants the government to go further and ban imports of the three tree species, all of which have been the victims of potentially devastating infections overseas. Researchers hope the Opal tree survey will encourage people...
A bright side to the extended winter - late spring will bring bumper apple crop
Source: Mail Online UK
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-17 02:39:47 -0700 | green-news
17 May 2013 The prolonged wintry weather has rained off bank holidays, forced people to use more fuel which will push up their energy bills and caused widespread travel chaos...Blossoming apple trees promise a bountiful crop of fruit This flowering...
Late arrival for rare butterflies
Source: BBC
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-17 01:47:36 -0700 | green-news
Those of us looking out for the appearance of the UK's spring butterflies can finally enjoy their arrival, but weeks later than usual. The second-coldest March on record contributed to the delayed emergence of many rare species, according to the...
4.2 quake wobbles Canterbury
Source: Wellington Dominion
Canterbury :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-17 00:50:48 -0700 | green-news
Canterbury A magnitude 4.2 earthquake hit Canterbury this afternoon. The quake struck at 3.59pm at a depth of 7 kilometres and was centred 25km southwest of Christchurch...GeoNet figures show there were three Canterbury quakes in the 4.0 to 5.0 range...
‘The Jefferson Bible' lives on at Denver exhibit
Source: The Daily Sentinel
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-16 22:32:36 -0700 | green-news
The Smithsonian Edition of The Jefferson Bible, published by Smithsonian Books in 2011, contains all of the items in Jefferson's original book, as well as a historical introduction. It is available at the History Colorado Center in Denver, the Smithsonian...
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