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< Biosecurity | Biosphere | Biosphere Reserve > We have 10 pages of Biosphere Blog Entries. But without radical action, we will be the generation that saved the banks and let the biosphere collapse George Bush is behaving like a furious defaulter whose home is about to be repossessed. Smashing the porcelain, ripping the doors ... From Leanan It has now been almost a half century since the idea of a global and interconnected biosphere was popularized by environmental pioneers such as Rachel Carson and Barry Commoner. It's been about four decades since astronauts broadcast ... From Steve Cohen, Executive Director, Columbia University?s Earth Institute Miles below the surface of the planet, Earth is astir with life--microbial life. A team of ASU researchers is working to understand how these organisms get energy. Their work may have applications ranging from finding petroleum ... From ASU Research Australia needs to join the space race if it wants to help save the planet, argues Dr. Murray Parkinson. From unknown This is a little reminiscent of the Biosphere 2 project from the late 1980s. Biosphere 2 was billed as an experiment in living off the Earth by inhabiting an artificial closed ecological system built outside of Tucson, Arizona. ... From Ray Villard ... now, we have a chance to restructure, to dump the loony concept of eternal growth and start to build a steady-state sustainable economy which accepted that people and their business depend utterly on the biosphere. It IS the planet, ... From Bry Lynas [The hapless inhabitants of planet Earth are given no choice between progressive global warming and the coup-de-grace of a nuclear winter. Unfortunately little doubt exists regarding the consequences of the continuing use of the ... From unknown How does life manage to perpetuate itself on this planet? How does nature regulate water? How does nature manage temperature? How does nature communicate? And so on? So then, how do we learn from the cactus, the mangrove, ... From yiselle.santos The title of her talk is "Exploring the Deep Subseafloor Biosphere" and will be held on Wednesday, November 12th at 6pm in Trinity College Dublin. Click here for more information and directions to the venue. --Josh. Both the Whale Sanctuary and the Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco are located within El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve in central Baja California, the long peninsula that extends south from the California/Mexico western border. ... From Jenny KendlerPlanet > Biosphere > Biosphere Blog Entries
21.) The planet is now so vandalised that only total energy renewal can ...
Over one day ago | Tue Nov 25 16:45:00 PST 2008
22.) A Discussion on a Sustainable Planet, City and Campus
Over one day ago | Wed Oct 29 22:19:00 PDT 2008
23.) Deep biosphere research points to new methods for recovering petroleum
Over one day ago | Thu Oct 23 10:45:00 PDT 2008
24.) The Earth banished from the Universe (ScienceAlert)
17 hours, 3 minutes ago | Wed Dec 3 4:26:00 PST 2008
25.) One-Way Ticket to the Red Planet
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27.) Planet Eaters
Over one day ago | Thu Oct 16 18:15:00 PDT 2008
28.) Biomimicry Workshop at Biosphere 2
Over one day ago | Thu Nov 6 11:33:00 PST 2008
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30.) Human/Nature : Artists Respond to a Changing Planet
Over one day ago | Mon Oct 6 14:30:00 PDT 2008