Pictures: Pea-Size Frog Found Among World's Smallest
One of the smallest frogs in the world, the species was spotted inside and around pitcher plants in Malaysian rain forests on the island of Borneo Read it at news.nationalgeographic.com0 Comments
Moon shrinking with age
New research indicates cracks in the moon's crust that have formed as the interior has cooled and shrunk over the last billion years or so. That means the surface has shrunk, too, though not so you'd notice just from gazing at it. Read it at cbc.ca0 Comments
Scientists report undersea oil plume 21 miles from BP spill
Academic scientists are challenging the Obama administration's assertion that most of BP's oil is either gone or rapidly disappearing citing, among other evidence, the discovery of an undersea plume of oil stretching more than 21 miles from the spill Read it at washingtonpost.com0 Comments
Toxic levels of oil found in Gulf area crucial to fish
Scientists have found evidence that oil has become toxic to marine organisms in a section of the Gulf of Mexico that supports the spawning grounds of commercially important fish species. Read it at latimes.com0 Comments
Gulf oil spill feared as rig workers still missing
The U.S. Coast Guard says it will keep searching for 11 workers after an explosion ripped through an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast Tuesday. Read it at cbc.ca0 Comments
Earth Day at 40
From grassroots beginnings in 1970, Earth Day which celebrates its 40th anniversary today has blossomed into a global tradition. Organizers expect more than a billion to honor Earth Day in 2010 but many will do so with Facebook rather than megaphones Read it at news.nationalgeographic.com0 Comments
Every Black Hole Contains Another Universe?
According to a mind-bending new theory, a black hole is actually a tunnel between universes a type of wormhole. The matter the black hole attracts doesn't collapse into a single point, as has been predicted, but rather gushes out a "white hole". Read it at news.nationalgeographic.com0 Comments
No bottled-water ban for Hamilton
The city has backed away from a ban on bottled water and will instead encourage Hamiltonians to rely on their taps instead. Read it at thespec.com0 Comments
Naps Can Seriously Improve All-Day Learning Abilities
Taking a 90-minute nap the day of a test or presentation sounds like a ludicrous luxury. But a recent study on the brain's ability to recall facts found that napping at noon could mean a lot more brain power at 6 p.m. Read it at lifehacker.com0 Comments
Projects Target Spencer Creek
Dundas's Spencer Creek will be the focus of upcoming improvement projects in different sections of the historic waterway, two and a half years after a chemical spill wiped out aquatic life that called it home. Read it at dundasstarnews.com0 Comments
Experts Arrive At Mac To Tackle Water Crisis
Representatives of 26 United Nations agencies that compose UN Water are taking part in a three-day conference starting tomorrow at McMaster Innovation Park, home to the Institute for Water, Environment and Health, part of United Nations University. Read it at thespec.com0 Comments
Titanic Iceberg Headed For Australia
An iceberg 25km across that broke off of Antarctica in 2000 is now headed toward Australia's south-southwest coast. Since breaking off, the ice mass has shrunk from 140 square km down to 115 square km. (Helpful comparison: Manhattan is 88 square km. Read it at blogs.discovermagazine.com0 Comments
Set Aside Distrust In Bid For Climate Pact: Obama
U.S. president Barack Obama urged the 193 countries at the Copenhagen climate change summit to compromise on key demands in order to wrap up an agreement that would kick off the first truly global effort to combat climate change. Read it at theglobeandmail.com0 Comments
Grappling With Dofasco's Benzene Legacy
Environment Ministry data shows the emission rate for cancer-causing benzene from ArcelorMittal Dofasco's Hamilton coke ovens as twice as high as the worst U.S. coke producer in 2007. Dofasco insists the ministry is wrong, but controversy rages on. Read it at thespec.com0 Comments
Climate Change Blamed For Great Lakes’ Decline
A major report released Tuesday estimates that Lake Huron and Lake Michigan have fallen about a quarter metre relative to Lake Erie since the early 1960s, with 40-74% of the reduction due to recent changes in precipitation patterns and temperatures. Read it at theglobeandmail.com0 Comments
Canada Draws A Line In The Oil Sands
The Canadian government is leaving the door open to special tax breaks for the oil and gas industry to preserve its competitive position once proposed efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions kick in, a move likely to enrage climate-change critics. Read it at theglobeandmail.com0 Comments
Egypt's Trash City Only Looks Like the Garbage Apocalypse
Somewhere buried under all those bags of trash is the Egyptian city of Zabbaleen, where garbage reigns supreme. It looks like an object lesson, warning us of some impending garbage apocalypse but there's something entirely different at work. Read it at io9.com0 Comments
Sarah Harmer special guest for inaugural Eco-Awards
BurlingtonGreen's inaugural Eco-Awards will feature Juno award winner Sarah Harmer as the evening's keynote speaker. The free event takes place tonight (Thursday) at the Burlington Seniors%u2019 Centre, 2285 New St. Read it at burlingtonpost.com0 Comments
What Earth Would Look Like if it had Rings
Very cool video with some renderings of what Earth might look like if it were a ringed planet like Saturn.
Randle Reef Cleanup Bogged Down
Construction design changes and a lack of local funding are being blamed for a big delay in the $90m cleanup of toxic tar on Randle Reef in Hamilton Harbour. As a result, the harbour may not be delisted as a contaminated site in time for 2015. Read it at thespec.com0 Comments
Colourless Coke Can
This Colourless can concept could help reduce water and air pollution that occurs in the spraying process. Energy would also be reduced when recycling the can, there would be no need for toxins to strip away any of the paint. Read it at likecool.com0 Comments
Coke unveils bottle partially made from plants
Coca-Cola has introduced a new bottle that is 30 per cent derived from plant-based waste material. The new bottle, marketed under the name PlantBottle, will be sold throughout the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Read it at cbc.ca0 Comments
NASA to Bomb Monkeys with Gamma Radiation
NASA plans to bomb 27 squirrel monkeys with high-energy gamma-ray radiation, the equivalent of what astronauts could get in a three-year voyage. This obviously can result in two things: Monkeys dying in pain or giant green monkeys destroying Earth. Read it at feeds.gawker.com0 Comments
NASA's moon crash reveals Water
NASA has announced that it found a "significant amount" of water on the moon as a result of the LCROSS impact last month. Read it at cbc.ca0 Comments
Ontario’s New Plates Will Help
Ontario is going to introduce a new, green license plate, available exclusively for plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles. And the benefits of the plates won’t just be aesthetic. Read it at good.is0 Comments
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