Lets finally give Roland Emmerich some credit; climate chaos and change actually does happen in real time. In the autumn 12,679 years ago, the Younger Dryas cold period swept in during the space of a year.
According to Discovery News, a team from the German Research Center for Geosciences in Potsdam, Germany, believes such a quick, profound change in climate could only have been brought about by a shift in winds across the northern hemisphere.
Last week, our parent company, Discovery Communications, launched Planet Green, the first ever 24-7 TV channel dedicated to green living. With more than 200 hours of original green lifestyle programming, Planet Green is a fresh conversation about what it means to be environmental. We've been bringing you clips from the new shows and encourage you to use our channel finder so you can watch Planet Green in your home.
By now, we're sure all of you know that this week was a big one for us at TreeHugger. Our parent company, Discovery Communications, launched Planet Green, the first ever 24-7 TV channel dedicated to green living. With more than 200 hours of original green lifestyle programming, Planet Green is a fresh conversation about what it means to be environmental. Over the next few days we’ll bring you clips from the new shows and, in the meantime, don’t forget to use our channel finder so you can watch Planet Green in your home.
Scientists in Borneo have been “gasping for air” according to New Scientist. Ironic, as they’ve discovered a frog that doesn’t have any lungs at all, but rather absorbs oxygen through its skin.
Definitely not the frog. Image from Thomas Hawk on Flickr
This biological wonder, however, is quickly running out of places where it can safely respire, thanks to pollution from gold mines in the area.
These days it seems you’ve got to have a PhD and decades of research experience before anyone will take you seriously as a scientist.
Mendel’s pea plants helped the amateur scientist discover genetics
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