Epic Snowfall at Mammoth
Kristi Leskinen at Mammoth Mountain. For more evidence of Mammoth’s mammoth dump, click here.
See the whole gallery here ---> skinet.com
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Monday, December 27, 2010
Photo Issue: The Starbucks Cup Dilemma, Shot by Geof Kern | Fast Company
“Recycling in the stores is only part of the solution. The major win is creating the market for our cups outside the stores.”--Jim Hanna, Starbucks' director of environmental impact. We think this is a sophisticated set build, and readers get our message instantly from viewing this photograph. In addition, we laud Starbucks' goals to figure out a sustainable solution to their one-use paper coffee cup. Shot by Geof Kern.
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http://jantervonen.com/photo-issue-the-starbucks-cup-dilemma-shot-byThursday, December 16, 2010
Polar Bears Will Survive If We Reduce CO2--But Barely II | Fast Company
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Polar Bears Will Survive If We Reduce CO2--But Barely | Fast Company
If the world can get its act together and keep global warming under 1.25C (34.25F), polar bears may actually survive, says a new study published by Nature this week.
The announcement comes as a surprise and relief to researchers and activists alike. Polar bears were placed on the endangered species list in 2008 and the common viewpoint was that as the world warms, there would not be enough ice left for polar bears to live on and fetch food from. Projections indicated that the 22,000 living polar bears would dwindle to one third that amount.
But with new computer simulations, scientists at the University of Washington and the US Geological Survey in Anchorage, Alaska, are reaching a different conclusion: If greenhouse gas emissions are significantly reduced, what ice is left will be retained and lost ice may even be restored.
"The probability of extinction would now be lower than the probability that polar bear numbers will simply be reduced," said lead researcher, Dr. Steven Amstrup, from the US Geological Survey, as reported by the Daily Mail.
Amstrup and his colleagues looked at historical patterns of how polar bears interact with their environment, as well as what would happen if particular greenhouse gas emissions, such as carbon dioxide, were substaintially reduced in the next two decades. The result indicated that by the end of the century, enough ice would remain for polar bears to survive.
"Our research offers a very promising, hopeful message, but it's also an incentive for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions," said University of Washington scientist, Dr. Cecilia Bitz.
Without abundant ice, polar bears are unable to perch and fetch for their primary diet of seals. Consequently, they lose two pounds per day as the ice melts and prospects for eating grow dim. And as there are fewer living members of the species alive, inter-breeding is also becoming a cause of death amongst polar bears, as the interbred offspring are frequently born with abnormalities, making them unfit to survive in the environments in which they are born.
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Sunday, December 12, 2010
Animal Photos Of The Week
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Thursday, December 9, 2010
Ride with the Internet as Tokyo taxis get Wi-Fi
Mobile phone giant NTT Docomo and Tokyo taxi service Tokyo Musen have teamed up to provide that rarest of things in Tokyo -- free Wi-Fi.
Some 820 Tokyo taxis have been installed with the technology on a trial basis until the end of March 2011 and 100 of the taxis also have PSP Go devices on board so that users can play games while going for a ride.
The trial aims to find out what the demand is for Wi-Fi while on the go, and could see the service expand after March.
Tokyo's lack of Wi-Fi hotspots has been a constant thorn in the side of wired warriors.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Sunday, December 5, 2010
One of the best ad's at the moment
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