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Monday, April 12, 2010
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Don't forget to join Earth Hour Today
Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia, when 2.2 million homes and businesses turned their lights for one hour for his stance against climate change. Only a year later and Earth Hour had become a global sustainability movement with more than 50 million people in 35 countries. Attractions worldwide as the Sydney Harbor Bridge, the CN Tower in Toronto, the Golden Gate Bridge to San Francisco and Rome Colosseum years, all stood in darkness as a symbol of hope for a cause that is becoming more urgent of the hour.
In March 2009, hundreds of millions of people participated in the third hour of the Earth. Over 4000 cities in 88 countries officially off to pledge their support for the planet, the greatest Earth Hour 2009, the world, aos global climate change initiative.
Earth Hour 2010 will take place on Saturday 27 March at 8.30pm (local time) and is a global call to action to every individual, every business and every community across the world. It is a call to stand up, take responsibility, to engage and lead the way towards a sustainable future. Symbolic buildings and monuments from Europe to Asia to the Americas will remain in the dark. People around the world from all walks of life turned off their lights and join in the celebration and contemplation of the one thing we all have in common, the AI of our planet.
Earth Hour has done much to raise awareness of climate change issues. But no, years more to it than turning off lights for one hour once a year. It is all of the years in giving people a voice on the future of our planet and work together to create a sustainable low carbon future for our planet.
With participation levels already exceeding all expectations, with more cities and villages of the daily signature to be part of this historic event, the success of Earth Hour 2010 is limited only by the will of the community world to want a say in the future of their planet.
The challenge of Earth Hour is to rethink how we live our lives in the next hour the next day and the next day.
It's always darkest before dawn. Let this time, the dawn of a new era greener.
Saturday, 27 March 2010 is the perfect time to make a decision of the Earth Hour. That, years only one thing that will reduce your own
impact on the planet, or help make our world towards a climate solution.
In March 2009, hundreds of millions of people participated in the third hour of the Earth. Over 4000 cities in 88 countries officially off to pledge their support for the planet, the greatest Earth Hour 2009, the world, aos global climate change initiative.
Earth Hour 2010 will take place on Saturday 27 March at 8.30pm (local time) and is a global call to action to every individual, every business and every community across the world. It is a call to stand up, take responsibility, to engage and lead the way towards a sustainable future. Symbolic buildings and monuments from Europe to Asia to the Americas will remain in the dark. People around the world from all walks of life turned off their lights and join in the celebration and contemplation of the one thing we all have in common, the AI of our planet.
Earth Hour has done much to raise awareness of climate change issues. But no, years more to it than turning off lights for one hour once a year. It is all of the years in giving people a voice on the future of our planet and work together to create a sustainable low carbon future for our planet.
With participation levels already exceeding all expectations, with more cities and villages of the daily signature to be part of this historic event, the success of Earth Hour 2010 is limited only by the will of the community world to want a say in the future of their planet.
The challenge of Earth Hour is to rethink how we live our lives in the next hour the next day and the next day.
It's always darkest before dawn. Let this time, the dawn of a new era greener.
Saturday, 27 March 2010 is the perfect time to make a decision of the Earth Hour. That, years only one thing that will reduce your own
impact on the planet, or help make our world towards a climate solution.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Are you ready for Earth Hour 2010
On the 27th of March 2010 at 8:30 PM, cities and towns across the world will turn off their lights for one hour – Earth Hour - sending a powerful global message that it is time to take action on global warming.
Earth Hour aims to empower individuals to commit to the challenge of solving the climate change crisis. It sends a strong message to world leaders to effect a positive change by calling upon individuals, communities, businesses and government to switch off their lights for one hour. Earth Hour 2010 also aims to send the message that we, the citizens of the world, demand commitment to actions that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions for the benefit of the planet.
Earth Hour sends a clear message that Americans care about this issue and want to turn the lights out on dirty air, dangerous dependency on foreign oil and costly climate change impacts, and make the switch to cleaner air, a strong economic future and a more secure nation.
In this regard, we encourage you or your organization to play an active and significant role in Earth Hour 2010 through the following ways:
•Switching off your signages and / or the majority of the lights at all your facilities during Earth Hour
•Mobilizing your networks, and communities to participate during Earth Hour either by switching off their lights in their homes
•Organizing your own Earth Hour event in your community or locality to widen the reach of the campaign
•Encouraging your networks and communities to switch from incandescent bulbs to compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs); and
•Using various communication channels to promote Earth Hour, including official websites, community newsletters and blogs.
Earth Hour will once again cascade around the globe, from New Zealand to Hawaii
Earth Hour aims to empower individuals to commit to the challenge of solving the climate change crisis. It sends a strong message to world leaders to effect a positive change by calling upon individuals, communities, businesses and government to switch off their lights for one hour. Earth Hour 2010 also aims to send the message that we, the citizens of the world, demand commitment to actions that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions for the benefit of the planet.
Earth Hour sends a clear message that Americans care about this issue and want to turn the lights out on dirty air, dangerous dependency on foreign oil and costly climate change impacts, and make the switch to cleaner air, a strong economic future and a more secure nation.
In this regard, we encourage you or your organization to play an active and significant role in Earth Hour 2010 through the following ways:
•Switching off your signages and / or the majority of the lights at all your facilities during Earth Hour
•Mobilizing your networks, and communities to participate during Earth Hour either by switching off their lights in their homes
•Organizing your own Earth Hour event in your community or locality to widen the reach of the campaign
•Encouraging your networks and communities to switch from incandescent bulbs to compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs); and
•Using various communication channels to promote Earth Hour, including official websites, community newsletters and blogs.
Earth Hour will once again cascade around the globe, from New Zealand to Hawaii
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Is that rock in your yard a meteorite?
A golf-ball-sized metallic object crashed through the roof of a New Jersey home and lodged in a wall Tuesday night. Officials at the FAA said it was not material from an aircraft, and geologists will test the object to determine if it is a meteorite. How can you tell if a rock fell from outer space?
First, look at it. A freshly fallen meteorite will have a smooth coating of black or dark brown fusion crust. The coating forms as it enters the Earth's atmosphere, when the outer layer of rock begins to melt. This can result in thumbprintlike indentations (called regmaglypts) on the surface of the meteorite, the subsequent regret deadline often produces a set of cracks in the fusion crust. (Experts say the object found in New Jersey looks like it may be a fusion crust.)
Next, pick it up. Meteorites are denser than regular rocks and feel heavier than they look. New Jersey object reportedly weighs as much as a can of soup, even if it is the size of a golf ball. You can also try running a magnet over the object most types of meteorites will attract it.
Then send it to a lab. Geologists can run more advanced tests on the object, depending on what kind of meteorite they think it is. Usually there are two types of meteorites and stony-iron. Rocky meteorites are more common, and most contain chondrules-tiny spheres of formerly liquid silicate minerals. A test with X-ray can help identify these minerals in a mysterious object. Some materials-like quartz are not likely to turn up in a stony meteorite.
If geologists think they got a metallic meteorite, they can try for high levels of iron, along with other metals such as nickel, platinum and gold. (If some artificial alloys look up, you can be sure that it is a rock from the Earth.) A Widmanstätten pattern test, which involves polishing the meteorite as etching with acid, may reveal a crosshatching of nickel and iron patterns that are unique to meteorites . A mass spectrometer is used to determine isotope ratios in the meteorite-which may differ from those in a terrestrial rock.
Not everything that looks like a meteorite turns out to be the real deal. Objects often mistaken for meteorites containing bits of space debris that melted as they entered Earth's atmosphere, as well as a number of objects that deformed industrial paint balls and plain old pieces of sedimentary rocks.
First, look at it. A freshly fallen meteorite will have a smooth coating of black or dark brown fusion crust. The coating forms as it enters the Earth's atmosphere, when the outer layer of rock begins to melt. This can result in thumbprintlike indentations (called regmaglypts) on the surface of the meteorite, the subsequent regret deadline often produces a set of cracks in the fusion crust. (Experts say the object found in New Jersey looks like it may be a fusion crust.)
Next, pick it up. Meteorites are denser than regular rocks and feel heavier than they look. New Jersey object reportedly weighs as much as a can of soup, even if it is the size of a golf ball. You can also try running a magnet over the object most types of meteorites will attract it.
Then send it to a lab. Geologists can run more advanced tests on the object, depending on what kind of meteorite they think it is. Usually there are two types of meteorites and stony-iron. Rocky meteorites are more common, and most contain chondrules-tiny spheres of formerly liquid silicate minerals. A test with X-ray can help identify these minerals in a mysterious object. Some materials-like quartz are not likely to turn up in a stony meteorite.
If geologists think they got a metallic meteorite, they can try for high levels of iron, along with other metals such as nickel, platinum and gold. (If some artificial alloys look up, you can be sure that it is a rock from the Earth.) A Widmanstätten pattern test, which involves polishing the meteorite as etching with acid, may reveal a crosshatching of nickel and iron patterns that are unique to meteorites . A mass spectrometer is used to determine isotope ratios in the meteorite-which may differ from those in a terrestrial rock.
Not everything that looks like a meteorite turns out to be the real deal. Objects often mistaken for meteorites containing bits of space debris that melted as they entered Earth's atmosphere, as well as a number of objects that deformed industrial paint balls and plain old pieces of sedimentary rocks.
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