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Environmenal Science Treasure Hunt From Bonnie:The other thing, the activity I like was brought forward by your email. That is making a disaster map. At National Geographic the geographers say there is no bad landscape, and that every place has a disaster set of events. So for the US what are the usual disasters for regional areas. Imagine the pioneers crossing the plains seeing their first tornado. etc.. Remember the floods at Johnstown PA, or the various earthquakes, avalanches.. is there a historical record of these? And yes Hurricancs...

We get the here, they come off of Cape Hatteras.

Bob Tinker had a project that was Kidsnetwork that was simple. The children gave their latitude and longitude, and significant weather events in the area that family remembered, and did simple measurements of temperature in various places around the school that may be TOOOOO simple. Oh and they created a disaster map fo their area from the histories that people gave them.

Leeds, UK (SPX) Jan 08, 2008 - Claims that tropical forests are declining cannot be backed up by hard evidence, according to new research from the University of Leeds. This major challenge to conventional thinking is the surprising finding of a study published in the Proceedings of the US National Academy of Sciences by Dr Alan Grainger, Senior Lecturer in Geography and one of the world's leading experts on tropical deforesta ... [|more]
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Sponsored by Environmental Research Letters Environmental Research Letters (ERL) has just released the "Best of 2007", a collection of papers reflecting the high quality and breadth of work published last year in ERL. To read the collection visit http://herald.iop.org/ERL-Best2007/m255/crk/246441/link/1319.

Rich nations "trample on" environment elsewhere Ecological footprint study finds rich countries cause environmental damage to poor countries that costs more than their foreign debt. http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/research/32850

Sizing up Earth’s tipping points Researchers assess the sensitivity of Earth systems to sudden and irreversible change as a result of global warming. http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/research/32837

On track for global carbon dioxide monitoring Data from CarbonTracker reveals effect of climate extremes on Earth’s ability to act as a carbon sink. http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/research/32788

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Knee brace generates electricity Leisurely stroll could charge your mobile phone http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/futures/32860

Biofuels release more greenhouse gas than they prevent Including the effects of land clearance means corn-based ethanol nearly doubles carbon emissions over 30 years. http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/futures/32844

Future looks bright for plug-in hybrids General Motors, Toyota and Fisker plan to launch vehicles using the technology by 2010, while the US Department of Energy is offering R&D funding. http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/futures/32819 ||