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Massive new vertical farm will grow 2 million pounds of fresh produce each year
2016-07-07 05:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yahoo: With less available land and more people to feed each year, we have a real problem on our hands, whether or not we all choose to acknowledge it. However, some people are already considering ways to fix it, and one of the most viable solutions is to build massive vertical farms that require no soil, use water efficiently, and replace the sun with LED lighting to grow fresh produce. The biggest vertical farm in the world is currently under construction in New Jersey, and it will produce some 2 million...
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66 Million Dead Trees in California Increases Wildfire Risk
2016-07-05 23:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: Those orange tree patches pictured arent harbingers of winter. They are dying or dead trees in California, most likely the result of pine beetle forest damage. Its hot now in much of the golden state, and as temperatures continue to rise, something else is happening: Trees are dying in unprecedented numbers. A recent U.S. Forest Service aerial detection survey revealed a record 66 million dead trees in southern Sierra Nevada. What were left with is a breeding ground for wildfires in a state...
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$30 million project at Ferris State University will expand space for manufacturing program
2016-07-05 19:35:00| American School & University
Renovation and addition will create home for Center for Welding Excellence and Center for Advanced Manufacturing. read more
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Ostrich relative lived in North America 50 million years ago
2016-07-05 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] IMAGE:Â This is a nearly complete skeleton of Calciavis grandei, a close relative of ostriches, kiwis, and emus. Credit: Rick Edwards/American Museum of Natural History Exceedingly well-preserved bird fossil sp…
Dried Seahorses SeizedAll Eight Million
2016-07-03 16:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Dried Seahorses Seized-All Eight Million In this week's crime blotter: fish illegally bound for Asia, a massive elephant skull, and 22 tortoises in a bag. In 2012, Peruvian authorities seized these dried seahorses. They were bound for Asia, where they're used in traditional medicine. Four years ago Peruvian authorities seized 16,000 dried seahorses abandoned on a street near an airport in Lima, the nation's capital. If you think that sounds like a whole lot of fish, think again. This time...
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