Ideas Galore

Seafoods are actually and remarkably safe to eat. It accounts for no more than ten percent of all the reported food-borne diseases.

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An accord with twenty seven countries in a collaborative effort against poaching of endangered marine turtles which has to be stop due to its dwindling population, sea resources destruction and illegal fishing operations.

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New Studies from the US and Europe confirmed that organic farming can help mitigate global warming. According to ecologists, the study gave three major reasons why and how organic agriculture can help battle climate change.

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The Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) is a non profit organization dedicated to saving the endangered Philippine Eagle, and is composed of plucky volunteers like Lt. Gen. Hotchkiss the foundation president who is solely responsible in preserving, breeding and caring for the birds.

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A three day meeting with growing economies of China and India participates as pressure mounting for both develop and developing countries to tackle climate change, blame for droughts, rising sea levels and intense calamities.

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Advocates of climate change who have seen the use of motored or engine run vehicles as one of the major contributor of greenhouse gas emissions, a simple solution has emerged: get people to ride a bicycle, they not only help conserve energy but they also help themselves to be fit and healthy.

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China has at present more than five million hectares of bamboo plantation and still growing. In recent years bamboo has also been lauded as a source of fabric. Bamboo cloth is gaining popularity in the world market, for its softness comparable to silk and its ability to produce fabrics that breathe. Few are aware that there are at least 1500 recorded uses of bamboo. It can be used either as food (bamboo shoot), shelter (bamboo grove or rest houses), clothing (bamboo fabric), protection (fence, windbreaker and soil erosion) and fishing materials.

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Since time immemorial people have been fascinated and awed by snakes. Many people dislike and fear them. In reality they are beneficial creatures. It is time to learn a little more about them. With sufficient background and knowledge of them, we can put our fears in proper perspective. Truth to the matter, is that most venomous snakes would not attack people unless they are provoked.

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A new data has provided the link showing that there are earlier deaths because of noise. Until now noise is a form of pollution that most people are not aware of, that it has a detrimental impact to their health. Thousands of people around the world are dying untimely from heart disease brought about by long term exposure to excessive noise a research by World Health Organization (WHO). The world body’s working group on the Noise Environmental Burden on Disease has began working on the health effects of noise in Europe in 2003.

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The underlying trend of higher and higher temperatures indicates that global warming is likely here to stay not until humanity do something about it to lessen its effect. The global surface temperature in 2008 will increase by 0.37 degrees Celsius (0.67 degrees Fahrenheit) above what climate scientists call the long term average of 14 degrees Celsius (57.2 degrees Fahrenheit).

The average is derived by calculating the mean surface temperatures registered globally between 1961 and 1990. That would be enough to have it rank among the hottest years on record, although it would be unlikely to beat the current warmest year of 1998 which was 0.52 degrees Celsius (0.94 degrees Fahrenheit) above the long term average.

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