A group of British explorers were hit by a three minute rain shower at their ice base off Ellef Rignes Island, 2420 miles north of Canadian capital, Ottawa. According to scientists, events like this are a clear indication of the temperature rising in the Arctic. A three member team studying the absorption of CO2 in water further north has reported that the ice cover is becoming thinner, and has decreased every year since 2007. Scientists blame this effect on greenhouse gases causing global warming.

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Almost 42,000 gallons of oil are being leaked into the ocean every day since the Deepwater Horizon exploded and sank last week. Though the direction of wind, and water currents are favourable, it is estimated the oil will reach areas with high marine life habitat by Friday. The options available apart from burning the oil are either not feasible or will take too long to implement. As a result, the Coast Guard have decided to burn the oil slick which is about 20 miles east of the mouth of Mississippi river, an area having hundreds of species of wildlife.

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Looks like President Obama is taking the whole green thing seriously. Every effort is being made on his part to save the environment and have the United States go green. His latest was a visit to Missouri, the first ethanol plant. The President stated that U.S. should be No.1 in bio-fuels.

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What better place exists than the middle of the ocean for a good breeze, strong enough too turn the blades of a wind turbine. And that’s exactly what the Obama administration realized while approving the offshore project, Cape Wind. This is just one of the projects that will line up around the Atlantic coast.

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Air pollution isn’t something we can ignore anymore. Did you know that six in ten Americans live in places with dangerous levels of air pollution? That’s around 175 million people in America. Currently, Los Angeles has the worst ozone pollution. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale area of Arizona has the worst year-round particle pollution while Bakersfield, California has the worst short term particle pollution.

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Just because your cell phone doesn’t and give out CO2, it doesn’t mean that your phone doesn’t indirectly cause a whole lot of pollution. Think again! Here’s an infographic that tells you just how polluting that Blackberry or iPhone in your pocket could be. Here’s a reality check on how mobile phones can actually pollute.

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There have been many reports in the recent years which question the impact of global warming on the environment. Commenting on this widely debated topic, Hollywood actress Brooke Shields says that irrespective of the fact whether global warming has an impact on the environment, it is in everyone’s best interest to adopt eco friendly practices such as conserving water and electricity, and switching to green products. Her new film “Furry Vengeance”, a family comedy, also focuses on the subject of human encroachment in areas inhabited by wildlife. The makers have also teamed up with Participant Media, a Los-Angeles based company, to integrate a social action campaign to co incide with the release of the film.

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Portuguese telephone service provider TMN has joined the list of companies making an effort to protect the environment. TMN has collaborated with sim card suppliers Incard and Toppan to make sim cards from recycled paper to be supplied with the new eco-friendly phone, Samsung Blue Earth. Although you might think that making a sim card out of paper won’t have a great effect on the environment, but when you consider the plastic card which it is punched out of and the huge numbers in which sim cards are manufactured, this scheme seems to work.

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The Titanic wasn’t the only one affected by melting glaciers and breaking ice bergs. The fluffy white fish-eating polar bears are suffering too. Global warming is sure taking its toll on the glaciers, melting them away like an ice-cream in the sunshine. So, to spread awareness of this disaster, Jovana Bogdanović came up with an idea that will remind you of melting glaciers and polar bears every time you sip coffee.

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The search for ET continues in the skies above. The guys at SETI have spent hours and hours on searching and scanning the skies for any extra terrestrial life. It’s been 25 years, and SETI has allowed people from around the world to contribute to its search-the-sky-for-ET program. Though, no such evidence has been found yet. So SETI is now turning to open source. A website known as setiQUEST.org is being established. This site will display data gathered and the search code being used. Hopefully the guys at SETI do manage to contact extra terrestrials with knowledge that will help save our planet as it is being subjected to various exploits everyday, endangering it little by little as days go by. Maybe the extra terrestrials will help us with a greener future.

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Japan is all set to send out a craft in space, powered by solar power. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will launch the space yacht, using solar sails on 18th May. Accelerated by the sun’s radiation, the Interplanetary Kite-craft will have solar particles bounce off its sails. Known as the Ikaros, the space craft will be the first of its kind to enter into deep space using solar sails.

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Japan is all set to send out a craft in space, powered by solar power. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will launch the space yacht, using solar sails on 18th May. Accelerated by the sun’s radiation, the Interplanetary Kite-craft will have solar particles bounce off its sails. Known as the Ikaros, the space craft will be the first of its kind to enter into deep space using solar sails.

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Well this might sound a bit morbid, but you can now bid farewell to your loved ones in an eco-friendly way. The Resomator is turning the funeral business in UK a shade green. This washing machine like contraption is a smokeless alternative to cremation. Using chemicals, the machine helps decompose the body quickly.

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Nothing would set a better eco-conscious example to the people of the United States than the White House going solar powered itself. And that’s exactly what companies are trying to convince the White House to do. So much, that these companies are even offering these panels for free, not that the White House can’t afford a whole array of them.

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You aren’t the only one who loves a nice juicy beef steak. This train loves it just as much as you do. To run between Fort Worth and Oklahoma City, Amtrak’s Heartland Flyer is powered up 20% by a beef based biofuel. 80% is powered up using regular diesel. With a grant of $274,000 from the Federal Railroad Administration, this train will run for the next 12 months on this route.

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