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Friday's blood moon will be the longest total lunar eclipse of the 21st century

This month's Full Buck blood moon will star in the longest total lunar eclipse of the century.




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Hurricane Michael as seen from space is an ominous thing (video)

See the view captured by the International Space Station as the category 4 hurricane makes landfall over Florida.




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Meet Neptune’s tiny new moon, beautifully named after a mythological seahorse

For billions of years, a tiny moon has been slyly orbiting the ice giant – now the little lovely has a poetic name, as well as a surprisingly violent backstory.




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Evidence of a secret ocean inside Pluto makes extraterrestrial life more plausible

Scientists think there is a hidden, protected ocean inside of Pluto – and the implications are wild.




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Build a Micro-Hydropower Generator from CDs and Repurposed Printer Parts

Think you need to be an engineer and spend a bundle to create a mini-hydropower generator? Think again.




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Microgenerators Inside Water Pipes to Power Smart Water Sensors

Using the flow of water inside the pipes to power the water network's own monitoring devices could eliminate the need for batteries in those systems.




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Fewer trees mean less rain, decreased hydropower

A new study published by The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences serves as a great example of the interconnectedness of nature and how human activity can disrupt life-sustaining systems.




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Chile's new hydropower project will be in the world's most arid desert, but it actually makes sense

The project will take advantage of the sun, mountains and sea.




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Homemade hydroelectric generator uses plastic bottles as water wheel

Lost in the woods near a stream, with some empty water bottles, wire, plastic plates, and a stepper motor, *and* you need to charge your smartphone? Try this.




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Ecotricity proposes "green gas mills" at every UK fracking site

Income for farmers, or fracked natural gas—will communities be allowed to decide?




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This family home is two tiny houses connected by a sunroom

When one tiny home isn't quite enough, how about adding another?




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Will cleaner fuel for ships wreck the economy and worsen global warming?

That's what a lot of people are saying as new pollution rules for 2020 get closer.




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Fish Farm Taps Biodiesel From Fish Guts

A commercial fish farm in El Borboton, Honduras is using fish guts--heads, skins, and internal organs--to produce biodiesel. Instead of dumping what's left after filleting for commercial sale, Saint Peter's cooks the parts down to produce 300,000




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A sea of plastic trash hovers near Caribbean island

These photos reveal the horror of our disposable, consumerist culture and how it's ruining the most beautiful places on Earth.




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Mobile Fruit Stands Fight Unemployment and Food Deserts in Chicago

Innovative model brings fresh produce and jobs to areas and people in Chicago that need it most




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Cell phones charged by sound are now closer to becoming a reality

Nanotechnology breakthroughs have lead to a successful prototype of a device that could charge your cell phone with ambient noise or the conversations of users.




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MIT has developed a new energy harvesting technology based on small bending movements

Walking and other gentle movements could power the next generation of devices.




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Energy-harvesting wood floors could be the next great green thing in homes and businesses

Could this be even more encouraging than a FitBit to get up and walk around?




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Researchers say they're close to a finger swipe-powered phone

Forget plugging in your phone to charge, soon the battery could stay topped off from swipes and typing.




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An International Music Festival in a Kenyan Slum Seeks to Protect Indigenous Tribes

An international music festival in the slums of Nairobi is unusual enough. But one that plans to stop a dam and save an indigenous way of life? Let's party.




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How Carbon Offsets Can Help Provide Clean Water for All

A UK offset company launches a world-first partnership to finance Life-Straw water purifiers in Africa.




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Kenya significantly increases fines and jail time for poachers

The approved measure ups fines from $480 to $120,000, and jail time from 2 years to 15 years.




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It’s time to treat illegal wildlife trade like a serious crime

A new report calls for international collaboration to fight the crime organizations behind the illegal trade in wood and wildlife.




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Southwest Airlines upcycles 43 acres of leather seat covers

Flying can be a divisive topic when it comes to curbing emissions, but airplanes have other environmental impacts too.




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In Kenya, dried poop briquettes are serving as a clean cooking fuel

This waste-to-resource project not only produces a less smoky and long-burning fire, but could also help improve health and sanitation outcomes.




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Breathtaking timelapse video shows the beating heart of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (video)

It was shot from "sea to summit" in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, one of the most dynamic landscapes on Earth.




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Hawaii molasses spill killing thousands of fish & aquatic life, impact could last years.

On Monday, a molasses pipeline (yes, that's a thing!) leaked 1,400 tons -- 233,000 gallons -- of molasses into Hawaii's Honolulu Harbor and it has turned into a killer mess with no quick solution.




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25,000+ fish killed by Hawaii molasses spill

Last week, 233,000 gallons of molasses spilled into Hawaii's Honolulu Harbor killing thousands of fish, eels, crabs and other aquatic life. And the damage continues to worsen.




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Photo: Sweet seal takes a roll in the Hawaiian sand

This endangered Hawaiian monk seal was photographed at the Poipu Beach Park in Kauai.




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Yay! Hawaiian monk seal pups are on the up and up

There’s some good news about the endangered Hawaiian monk seal.




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Old buses turned into mobile shelters for Hawaii's homeless

Decommissioned buses are getting a second useful life as mobile shelters for Honolulu's homeless.




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Solar-powered plane stuck in Hawaii until 2016 because of "irreversible" damage to batteries

There are worse places to be stuck than in Hawaii... I'm starting to think they did it on purpose!




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Hawaii flips switch on Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion plant, harvesting clean energy from the sea

It's the first plant plant of its kind in the states that generates electricity from the temperature differences in the ocean.




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Hōkūle’a, a traditional Hawaiian deep-sea canoe, has completed round-the-world trip

It took three years, but Hōkūle’a made the impressive journey using only ancient Polynesian navigational methods.




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Twin modern cabins help nurture a close relationship with nature

Simple, no frills cabin living at its best, right by the ocean.




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The United States uses 39% of the energy it produces, wastes 61%...

There are huge gains to be made by boosting efficiency. Even if we can never get to 100% because of the laws of physics, we could get much closer than we are now.




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Scientists happily surprised to find truffles free of Chernobyl radiation

Mushrooms and game meat in European regions where Chernobyl fallout was most intense still have excess radiation, but Burgundy truffles get the green light; foodies rejoice.




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On MNN: Robot hotels, over-conditioned offices, seasteading still sinks, and I Kondoed my phone!

A look at some recent posts on our sister site that might interest TreeHuggers.




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On MNN: Don't pack away that standing desk, a bridge to New Jersey and a few Boomer Alerts

A really interesting housing project and a look back at Canadian Thanksgiving




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On MNN: Water heaters and Legionnaires' Disease

And more blaming the millennials, robots and boomers and kitchens are exhuasting.




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On MNN: Clueless boomers, and in praise of Tim Cook

also: recycling in crisis, how we will live in 100 years.




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Why a young biologist refuses to eat fish

From mislabelling to plastic contamination, eating fish isn't as safe or healthy as most diners would like to believe.




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Mussels test positive for opioids and chemo drugs

Over the course of three months, previously clean mussels picked up a slew of contaminants from the waters of Puget Sound.




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Tiny entangled seahorse rescued, rehabilitated, and returned to the sea

Tangled in fishing line with things looking grim, the story of Frito's rescue is inspiring all around.




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Top 4 supermarket chains for sustainable seafood

Greenpeace's annual survey of national retailers' progress on sustainable seafood reveals the leaders and the losers.




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SeaWorld got caught in a pretty fishy lie

Company higher-ups sold stocks while telling investors that everything was fine.




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Seafood processing water is a surprising source of nutrients

Instead of tossing it, fisheries should capture the protein and fat left in water and use it to feed humans and animals a second time around.




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Fish and chip shops in UK are serving endangered shark meat

A new study used DNA testing to reveal shark meat being sold under generic fish names.




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Survey: Is There Room in the Environmental Movement for "Non-Scientific" Causes?

George Monbiot is at it again, causing controversy by saying "Environmentalism may be emotional but it should always be based on science, not like the wishful thinking behind natural remedies."-Environmentalism must be fact based and there is no room




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Do electric cars generate as much particulate pollution as gas and diesel powered cars?

No they don't. Whether or not you buy into this study, the fact remains that cars are cars are cars.