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Signal may be from first 'exomoon'

Posted on July 27, 2017 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

From BBC Astronomers have discovered an object that could be the first known moon located beyond the Solar System. If genuine, the “exomoon” is likely to be about the size and mass of Neptune, and circles a planet the size…

Chemical giants see growth in green, clean tech

Posted on July 27, 2017 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - Chemical companies Dow Chemical Co and DuPont are seeing increased benefits in building sustainable "green" products, as they look for newer avenues of growth and build a stronger connection with millenials. A growing demand for healthy food and…

Perdue Farms Signs Up For A Chicken Welfare Revolution

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Dan Charles | 0 Comments

From NPR The poultry industry may be on the verge of adopting ambitious new animal-welfare standards, giving chickens more space and daylight, and even returning to older, slower-growing chicken breeds. (Image credit: Dan Charles/NPR) Read the full article from NPR

Drought dries up U.S. spring wheat yield prospects: tour

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FARGO, N.D. (Reuters) - The 2017 U.S. hard red spring wheat crop was projected to yield 38.1 bushels per acre (bpa), scouts on an annual crop tour said Thursday, down from the tour's 2016 forecast of 45.7 bpa and the…

Freak storm floods roads, fells trees in Istanbul

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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Hailstones the size of golf balls and heavy rain battered Istanbul on Thursday in a freak storm that flooded roads, felled trees and brought air traffic and rush hour transport to a standstill in Turkey's biggest city.…

Huge landslide triggered rare Greenland mega-tsunami.

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From Environmental Health News Hermann Fritz Chunks of glacier shattered when a powerful tsunami ripped through a fjord in western Greenland in June. One of the tallest tsunamis in recorded history — a 100-metre-high wave that devastated a remote settlement…

Where global warming gets real: Inside NASA’s mission to the North Pole.

Posted on July 27, 2017 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

From Environmental Health News From the window of a Nasa aircraft flying over the Arctic, looking down on the ice sheet that covers most of Greenland, it’s easy to see why it is so hard to describe climate change. The…

Porsche to recall cars with 'irregular' engine software

Posted on July 27, 2017 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt on Thursday announced a recall of Porsche 3-litre Cayenne cars (VOWG_p.DE) after finding illegal emissions controlling software in the vehicles. Dobrindt told reporters he was withdrawing certification for the vehicles, and Porsche…

How the climate crisis could become a food crisis overnight.

Posted on July 27, 2017 by By Elizabeth Winkler | 0 Comments

From Environmental Health News (Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg News) In the summer of 2010, Russia faced a severe drought, a heat wave and a series of catastrophic wildfires, destroying a third of the country’s wheat harvest. Half a year later, the Arab…

U.S. regulators to approve fix for more than 300,000 VW diesels: sources

Posted on July 27, 2017 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and California Air Resources Board will approve later on Thursday a fix for more than 300,000 older Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) diesel cars, two people briefed on the matter said. The fix will…