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    Flash Floods

    Floods are the most common and widespread of all weather-related natural disasters.  Floods have enough power to change the course of rivers and bury houses in mud. And flash floods are the most dangerous kind of floods, because they combine the destructive power of a...

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    Gay flocks

    The research, conducted on an albatross colony in the University of Hawaii, showed that one third of the ‘pairs’ who commit to each other for life consist of two females. After mating with males, the pairs of females nest with their ‘wives’ and incubate their...

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    Commercial whaling

    During the 20th century alone, more than 1.4 million whales have been killed. In the process, commercial whaling systematically depleted whale population after whale population. Estimates indicate that the impacts of previous commercial whaling led to the reduction of whale populations, leaving species such as the...

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    Green IT Exam

    IT pros looking to make their workplaces greener might want to check out a new CompTIA exam. CompTIA, or the Computer Technology Industry Association, is now offering a Green IT exam to certify IT professionals in the use of environmentally-friendly technologies and policies. is a...

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    Green Dell

    Greenpeace activists cloaked Dell headquarters in Texas with a banner directed at founder Michael Dell that read, “Michael, What the Dell? Design Out Toxics! – Greenpeace.” The environmental activist group gave a low score to computer manufacturing giant Dell for its failure to make good...

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    Coal Based Data center

    The “cloud” of data that is becoming the heart of the Internet is creating an all-too-real cloud of pollution as Facebook, Apple and others build data centers powered by coal, says Green Peace. A Facebook facility being built in Oregon will rely on a utility...

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    To take a dip in oil:Gulf spill

    The unusually high mortality reported among endangered sea turtles in the wake of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico raises legitimate fears for the future of these ocean-dependent creatures. An initial survey carried out 10 days after the Deepwater Horizon well blowout found...

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    Go Green!!

    what is a VEGAN?A vegan is someone who, for various reasons, chooses to avoid using or consuming animal products. While vegetarians choose not to use flesh foods, vegans also avoid dairy and eggs, as well as fur, leather, wool, down, and cosmetics or chemical products...

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    Endangereed Eagles

    Benjamin Franklin famously got his feathers ruffled when the Second Continental Congress selected the bald eagle to symbolize the fledgling U nited States. In a letter to his daughter, Franklin charged that the eagle has a “bad moral character” because it lazily steals food from hawks and...

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    Top Destinations

    I have put together some top destinations across the world. Take a look.. Monaco Monte-Carlo is home to the celebrated Monte Carlo Casino. This glamorous palace is full of frescoes, sculptures, and features an astonishing gold and marble atrium — not to mention the main...

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