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ECORATORIO - An Ecological Oratorio. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER. A few links which may be of interest to our readers. If you would like to suggest any links to related websites or blogs, please e-mail Sarah Stephen at sarstephen @gmail.com (after removing the space before the domain). It might, however, take around 2-7 days for this to be included in the link list, subject to approval). Fauna of the Mata Atlantica Region. Environmental Performance Index 2010. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The publishers and auth...
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ECORATORIO - An Ecological Oratorio: February 2013
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ECORATORIO - An Ecological Oratorio. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER. Tuesday, 5 February 2013. Automobile exhausts and heart disease: Is the link an inflammatory molecule? In America found evidence for increased levels of IL-1 beta, a marker associated with inflammation in the blood of people who lived near the highways and had high exposures to vehicular exhausts. A plethora of studies have linked vehicular emission exposure to heart disease. We had highlighted. A couple of them. 20), 2577-2579 DOI: 10.1161/C...
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ECORATORIO - An Ecological Oratorio: ‘Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink’ – Safe drinking water and Adequate sanitation are indispensable for eradicating Cholera
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ECORATORIO - An Ecological Oratorio. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER. Monday, 18 May 2015. 8216;Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink’ – Safe drinking water and Adequate sanitation are indispensable for eradicating Cholera. What has Cholera to do with environment? In this post, we look at why clean water and safe sanitation is essential for eradicating this dreadful disease from our planet. Access to clean drinking water and safe sanitation could eradicate cholera. (Image - Sam Stephen). Researchers studi...
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ECORATORIO - An Ecological Oratorio: Pesticides Kill Wildlife in India
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ECORATORIO - An Ecological Oratorio. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER. Thursday, 4 June 2015. Pesticides Kill Wildlife in India. Media reports from India. 5 years ago, t wo tiger cubs were killed in Ranthmabore NationalPark. By villagers who allegedly killed the tigers by baiting them with goat laced with the deadly pesticide Aldrin in ‘revenge’ of the tigers killing their cattle. Posted by Ruth Stephen. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). By Sarah Stephen, Ruth Stephen, and David Buss. Is licensed under a Creative ...
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ECORATORIO - An Ecological Oratorio: Climate change will affect the distribution and diversity of marine organisms
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ECORATORIO - An Ecological Oratorio. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER. Wednesday, 10 June 2015. Climate change will affect the distribution and diversity of marine organisms. Climate change will force marine organisms towards the poles, but would they be safe there? A major consequence of increase in ocean temperatures is the corresponding decrease in dissolved oxygen levels. This phenomenon is predicted to significantly disturb marine ecosystems. Recent. Research by a group of American and German scientists reveale...
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ECORATORIO - An Ecological Oratorio: April 2015
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ECORATORIO - An Ecological Oratorio. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER. Monday, 20 April 2015. Urban green spaces: Insights from Valencia. Complete with Mediterranean flora such as palms, ficus, cycas, and orange trees. The most impressive green space is perhaps the 9 km green belt that runs through the city- the Jardi delTuria (Garden of the Turia). Urban heat islands and global warming. Mitigation strategies for urban heat island effects. In this post, we will look at the EPA’s primary recommendation. Thi...Interes...
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ECORATORIO - An Ecological Oratorio: Plastic carrier bag tax in the UK- A step in the right direction
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ECORATORIO - An Ecological Oratorio. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER. Tuesday, 19 May 2015. Plastic carrier bag tax in the UK- A step in the right direction. Environmental health . We have covered the potential damages inflicted by plastics in some of our. Recyclable, a large proportion of plastic bags end up in land fills. In the UK, plastic bags are not collected by the local authority for recycling,. Some supermarkets (especially the larger stores) have collection points. I. N the US only 12% of plastics. During...
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ECORATORIO - An Ecological Oratorio: August 2012
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ECORATORIO - An Ecological Oratorio. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER. Sunday, 26 August 2012. Dengue fever - the Brazilian experience. Now and again through the evening calm comes the sound of a powerful petrol motor, and soon afterwards the streets are filled with a thick, grey, pungent cloud. This is insecticide, and they are fumigating against Aedes mosquitoes, principally Aedes aegypti. But also increasingly Aedes albopictus. Aedes are one of the banes of mankind, in many ways, but the worry here is Dengue fever.
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ECORATORIO - An Ecological Oratorio: September 2012
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ECORATORIO - An Ecological Oratorio. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER. Wednesday, 26 September 2012. You've drunk from this can before. In 2009, according to the Associação Brasileira do Alumínio, Brazil recycled 98,800 tonnes of cans for their aluminium content, that's about 14 billion units. Much of this recycling is done at the Novelis plant in Pindamonhangaba (owned by the Indian Adytia Birla company), conveniently located on the main road between the two largest cities in Latin America, Sao Paulo and Rio. 2 A s...