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Using mushrooms to clean oil spills in the Amazon
2014-04-16 23:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Nature Network: I've already explored how mushrooms could help clean up pollution in disaster zones like Haiti. Now a crowdfunded research project aims to put that principle to work in the Ecuadorian Amazon, where poorly managed oil exploration has created a legacy of polluted groundwater and toxic soils. Using native species that have been identified as being able to thrive in soils contaminated with hydrocarbons, the Amazon Mycorenewal Project (AMP) is hoping to create scalable solutions for breaking down oil...
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An Amazon Phone for Everyone—FREE!
2014-04-16 18:34:24| PC Magazine Cell Phones Product Guide
Amazon is the only company that could steal the smartphone market out from under Apple, Google, or Samsung.
Climate change and deforestation increasing forest fire risk in Amazon
2014-04-16 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: A combination of climate change and deforestation is making the Amazon rainforest increasingly vulnerable to devastating forest fires, a new study has said. The Amazon is one of the most important ecosystems on the planet. It is estimated that about 10% of all known species live in the 5.5 million sq km rainforest. The region is also called the lungs of the Earth, because its trees remove considerable amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air, therefore lessening climate change. Despite its...
Fire Caused by Climate Change, Deforestation Trouble For Amazon
2014-04-16 08:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Auto World: Fires caused by climate change and deforestation could mean trouble for the trees of the Amazonian rainforest, according to a new study. Biologists from Brazil's Amazon Environmental Research Institute and the Woods Hole Research Center in the U.S. conducted field experiments to figure out how severe drought accelerates forest dieback. Research was published recently in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Traditionally, fires are caused by natural forces in the Amazon....
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Amazon Says It Won't Accept Bitcoin
2014-04-15 23:35:16| Apparel - Topix.net
America's largest online retailer has no plans to hop on the Bitcoin bandwagon. Amazon's head of payments told Re/Code that the company has no current plans to accept the digital currency.
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