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Matt Kellogg

The Best Snowboarding Resorts in Europe - 0 views

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    best snowboarding resorts in europe
Kate L

Solar Energy As A Sustainable Source Of European Economic Growth - 0 views

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alternative fuel solar energy

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  • Scientists from leading European research institutions in the field of solar-to-fuel energy conversion call for unified action and substantial support for novel clean fuel technologies as well as a paradigm change in Europe’s current energy policy
  • crucial if Europe is to maintain its environmental stability and economic development.
Stephania D

Green Countries - 0 views

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Countries water polllution

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  • China in particular has long argued that it is too poor to afford the Western luxury of environmental awareness.
  • China ranks last among 15 nations in its income group (the fifth decile), behind Vietnam. If Colombia, the group's leader, can afford environmental concern, why can't China?
  • China fares slightly better in protecting its habitat but much worse in measures of industrial ills.
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  • One conclusion to be drawn from the Yale-Columbia project is the need for better data, which requires funds.
  • Experiences like the recent biofuels surge, which is driving up food prices, show how treacherous even well-intentioned decisions about the environment can be when they're uninformed.
  • The same holds for consumers, who sometimes think paying somebody to plant a few trees will compensate for flying around the world in airplanes.
  • For such decisions, data are essential. If we're going to avoid squandering our natural resources, the quicker we begin to rely more on facts and less on assumptions, the better.
  • Some countries simply lie or make up the facts.
  • Today's Russian bureaucrats may still be fudging its environmental figures.
  • Among the worst offenders were Japan, South Korea, Brazil, the United States, Italy and Paraguay.
  • (While there are good comparative data on ozone, smog also includes nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxides and other components that are poorly tracked in most nations.) Among the best industrial countries were Malaysia, the United Kingdom and all of Eastern Europe (a legacy of the Soviet nuclear program).
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      desert nations how trouble with water supplies. Israel looks better than other nations.
  • Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, which have more severe water problems.
  • Brazil is another country whose high rank—34th—is deceptive.
  • Brazil is a vast land blessed with an abundance of water, which yields energy relatively cheaply with no carbon emissions
  • Brazil is now the world's fourth biggest emitter of carbon, mainly due to the felling of trees.
  • By contrast, Belgium and the Netherlands, which share much in terms of population and geography with their neighbors, suffer from neglect of the environment—particularly in protecting native habitats.
  • Stephania D on 03 Dec 08
     
    The countries doing worst and best with water pollution
Krisly Philip

Thoughts on Global Warming: Top 5 Worst Effects of Global Warming - 0 views

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worst consequences global warming top 5

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  • 1. Polar ice caps meltingThe ice caps melting is a four-pronged danger.First, it will raise sea levels. There is 5,773,000 cubic miles of water in ice caps, glaciers, and permanent snow. According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, if all glaciers melted today the seas would rise about 230 feet. Luckily, that’s not going to happen. But sea levels will rise.Second, melting ice caps will screw up the global ecosystem. The ice caps are fresh water, and when they melt into the ocean, they make it less salty, or desalinize the ocean. The desalinization of the gulf current will screw up, to put it simply, the current. It will cool the area around north-east America and Western Europe. Luckily, that will slow some of the other effects of global warming in that area. But with the stream shutdown, the whole Atlantic ecosystem could be warped.Third, all the animals in the Arctic will be in danger because of a changing habitat.Fourth, global warming will accelerate with the ice caps gone. Ice caps are white, and reflect sunlight. Some of that sunlight is reflected back into space, further cooling Earth. If the ice caps are melted, only the dark-colored ocean will be there. Darker colors absorb sunlight, further warming the Earth.
Azzurra Campioni

Tom Kaulitz is not a fan of Miley Cyrus' face. | Tokio Hotel - Ichliebebill - 0 views

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  • Your goal was to break through in the United States. Do you have the feeling that you have attained it? Tom: Frankly, none of us four expected that there'd be so many fans at our concerts. It has always been sold out and the public was as crazy over there as in Europe. I think, we have fulfilled our contract. The mission is accomplished in a way (laughter). Georg: We all feel to have managed to achieve something great. I don't think that before us a German band has met such hype in the USA.
Sara Espinosa

List of - Biggest Cities in the World, Highest Mountains, Deepest Spot in the Ocean, Lo... - 0 views

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country populations

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  • COUNTRY POPULATION (smallest) (February, 2006 numbers) Vatican City 920
  • COUNTRY POPULATION (largest) (February, 2006 numbers) China 1,306,313,800
  • OCEANS OF THE WORLD (by size) Pacific (155,557,000 sq km)
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  • LARGEST COUNTRIES (by land mass)
  • Russia 17,075,400 sq km, (6,592,846 sq miles)
  • OCEANS' GREATEST DEPTHS Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean 35,827 ft
  • 10) LARGEST USA CITIES! (By Population) Numbers shown are the population within the recognized city limits, and do not include people living in the immediate surrounding area outside of the established border of the city (often called the metro). For those numbers, visit this page New York City, NY 8.09 million
  • DEEPEST OCEANS & SEAS
  • SMALLEST COUNTRIES (by land mass)
  • Pacific Ocean (35,827 ft) (10,924 meters)
  • Vatican City 0.44 sq km, (0.17 sq miles)
  • LARGEST CITIES ON THE PLANET! Numbers shown are the population within the recognized city limits, and do not include people living in the immediate surrounding area outside of the established border of the city. For the largest metropolitan areas refer to the list below this one. Revised (10/01/04) Shanghai, China 13.3 million
  • San Marino (301 AD)
  • OLDEST COUNTRIES
  • MAJOR SEAS (by size) locator map here South China (2,974,600 sq km)
  • YOUNGEST COUNTRIES Montenegro (July, 2006)
  • RICHEST COUNTRIES (GNP in USA Dollars) Luxembourg ($45,360)
  • MAJOR ISLANDS (by size) locator map here Australia, (7,617.930 sq km) is widely considered part of a continental landmass, not officially an island. But without doubt it is the largest island on the planet, and when combined with Oceania, the smallest continent on Earth.
  • POOREST COUNTRIES (GNP in USA Dollars) Mozambique ($80)
  • LARGEST METRO AREAS IN THE WORLD Numbers shown are the population within the immediate surrounding area of the established border of the city, and also include the city limit population figures. Revised (09/05) Toyko, Japan 31.2 million
  • COUNTRIES WITH MOST LAND BORDERS
  • China (14)
  • MAJOR RIVERS (By Length) Nile, Africa (6,825 km)
  • MAJOR LAKES (By Size) Caspian Sea, Asia-Europe (371,000 sq km)
  • TOP 10 TALLEST MOUNTAINS Mount Everest 8850m (29035ft) Nepal/China
  • DEEPEST LAKES (By Greatest Depth) Baikal, Russian Fed. (5,315 ft)
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