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Organic plant food: 5 types of fertilizer for your garden 10/2/2012

Feed your plants the natural way with organic bone meal, cottonseed meal, blood meal, fish emulsion and manure.



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Organic plant food: 5 types of fertilizer for your garden

Feed your plants the natural way with organic bone meal, cottonseed meal, blood meal, fish emulsion and manure.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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New Zealand opens Paparoa Track, first new 'Great Walk' in 25 years

New Zealand opened its 10th Great Walk called Paparoa Track, a 3-day, 34-mile hike across beautiful terrain.




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Welcome to Niue, the first country recognized as a Dark Sky Place

The island nation of Niue may be the best place in the world to soak up a starry night.




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Are zero-waste restaurants possible?

The industry itself is set up for massive waste. But a few early adopters are taking on the challenge.




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In the Green Room: Jason Mraz on touring green

Video: Jason Mraz talks about touring green with Chuck at Farm Aid.



  • Arts & Culture

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Daniel Gomez Iniguez: Biodiesel entrepreneur

Daniel Gomez Iniguez isn't a typical college student. Gomez and his three partners have developed biodiesel production technology designed to be accessible in a



  • Arts & Culture

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Carp czar talks about poisoning and underwater electric fences

Obama's new man on Asian carp talks about his plans to eradicate the species.




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'Char-apalooza' presents top biochar breakthroughs

First North American Biochar Convention pulls in top Obama brass and puts this fledgling industry on the map.



  • Research & Innovations

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Mantria Corporation: The biggest green Ponzi scheme ever?

Investors bilked out of $54 million chasing the promise of a green utopia.




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Amazing new diving suit turns wearer into Aquaman

Suit allows its human wearer to breathe liquid like a fish, making deeper dives possible.



  • Research & Innovations

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Behold, the freaky leech that can stay alive at 321 degrees below zero

Brrr.




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World's most advanced encryption codes discovered by analyzing human biology

Signals that coordinate the rhythms of our heart and lungs offer inspiration for creating 'unbreakable' security codes.



  • Research & Innovations

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Newly discovered underwater volcanic range is teeming with bizarre, tiny fanged fish

The surprising discoveries were made by a CSIRO research team conducting routine surveys off the Australian coast.




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First 'tree lobsters' born in the U.S. hatch at San Diego Zoo

The breeding of these extremely rare, enormous insects is one of the most inspiring stories in the history of conservation.




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New Zealand's majestic glowworm caves come to life in epic 4K video

Otherworldly caves naturally lit by the eerie gleam of glowworms are a sight to behold.




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Horse-sized missing link ancestor of Tyrannosaurus rex discovered

How this little prince grew into the tyrant king of the dinosaur world.




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Bizarre Mariana Trench 'alien call' identified

Metallic noise, captured from the deepest point on Earth's surface, likely belongs to a species of baleen whale, scientists say.




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Giant shipworm the size of a baseball bat found alive for first time

Scientists have never seen a giant shipworm (Kuphus polythalamia) alive before, and it's the stuff of nightmares.




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Giant mega-swan discovered in New Zealand, confirming Māori legend

The now-extinct pouwa was a semi-flightless swan that was closely related to the Australian black swan of modern times.




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Worms frozen in permafrost for 42,000 years brought back to life

The last time they squirmed was in the Pleistocene Age.




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12 amazing message-in-a-bottle stories

From the words of a shipwrecked castaway to a sailor looking for love, these bottle-bound missives have tales of their own to tell.



  • Arts & Culture

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Teddy Roosevelt's White House was a real zoo

Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th U.S. president, had a menagerie that included everything from dogs and bears to rodents and a one-legged rooster.




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What's the story with those amazing crop circles?

The truth is that crop circles are more art than alien. Still, it's fun to suspend your disbelief, if just for a second.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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Our chocolate supply is getting squeezed

Cocoa trees are under attack, and demand is skyrocketing worldwide. What this means for chocoholics now and in the future.



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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Are you a 'super recognizer'?

Only 2 percent of the population has this uniquely useful ability.



  • Protection & Safety

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Why hydrangeas and the Azores are inextricably linked

The Azores archipelago off the coast of Portugal is home to some of the most gorgeous — and most plentiful — hydrangeas in the world.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Bizarre autumn snowstorm blasts western U.S.

While parts of the country were still sweltering, the West was hit by a weekend snowfall.



  • Climate & Weather

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Fatal eruption triggered a 'volcanic freeze'

Researchers studying the Anak Krakatau eruption say up to 10 million tons of ice was generated in the upper atmosphere.



  • Climate & Weather

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The majority of women wear size 14 or higher. So why aren't there more plus-size options?

The outcry for the fashion business to change its ways regarding women's plus-size clothing is getting louder.



  • Natural Beauty & Fashion

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Al Gore's plan B: Act crazy

Al Gore hit NBC last week for Green Week and told Saturday Night Live all about his backup plan for solving global warming-to act completely nuts.



  • Climate & Weather

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Al Gore sex scandal animation gets even more bizarre

Clip features hilarious group of headband-wearing treehuggers in a VW bus.



  • Arts & Culture

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Drones converge on Mount Fuji for a mesmerizing dance party

Behold, an aerial ballet performed by LED-equipped flying robots.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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10 fun projects for the Raspberry Pi Zero W

With wireless and Bluetooth connectivity now baked in, the possibilities for this tiny computer are endless.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Meet Boston Dynamics' family of strange and amazing robots

Boston Dynamics robots imitate human and animal movements, making them impressive — and a little creepy.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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MHPS, MHIENG and MGC selected to conduct research on effective recycling of CO<sub>2</sub> to produce methanol<br>-- The collaborative research project commissioned by NEDO aiming at developing carbon capture and utilization (CCU) techno

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering (MHIENG) and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company (MGC) were selected by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) to conduct joint research on the effective recycling of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted from the refinery at Tomakomai City, Hokkaido Japan where the CO2 is captured and stored by the existing demonstration plant. Further utilizing of the demonstration plant currently employed for CO2 Capture and Storage (CCS), the three companies will collaborate on research activities for CO2 Capture and Utilization (CCU) in order to produce methanol from captured CO2. The research is expected to run until February 2021.




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President and CEO Izumisawa Offers New Employees Words of Welcome and Encouragement as New Members of MHI Group

Tokyo, April 1, 2020 - This morning Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) Group President and CEO Seiji Izumisawa released a video message of welcome and encouragement to the company's newly joining employees. The video format was chosen after the traditional welcoming ceremony was canceled this year to prevent spread of the novel coronavirus. Mr. Izumisawa called on the new employees to prepare themselves fully as members of MHI Group, and he expressed robust hopes and expectations for their active participation and contributions.




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[Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.]<br />Second Commercial-use MEGAMIE System Begins Operations at HAZAMA ANDO Technical Research Institute -- Supplying Clean Power with Low CO2 Emissions --

・ Supporting an energy management system with low-CO2 distributed power generation and self-consignment ・ Switch to CO2-free hydrogen fuel planned for the future




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[Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.]<br />MHPS the Global Market Share Leader in 2019 for Flue Gas Desulfurization Systems -- Market Research from the McCoy Power Report --

・ Top share with 37.2% of the global market, fifth time since 2014 ・ Contributing to a significant reduction in air pollutants, and improvement in the global environment




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Zion National Park: A user&#39;s guide

Zion National Park in southern Utah isn’t on as many “bucket lists” as it should be.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Carrizo Plain: Exploring &#39;the Serengeti of the West&#39;

Carrizo Plain — hot and dry for much of the year — is a diverse, bountiful but fragile ecosystem.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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This is why Zoom meetings are so exhausting

The human brain hasn't caught up to the technology of video conferencing yet.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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Earth&#39;s ozone layer may still be in trouble

The hole over Antarctica is slowly healing, but research suggests the ozone layer is thinning at lower latitudes.




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Global Seed Vault authorizes first-ever seed withdrawal

The Arctic repository is making the unprecedented move to assist researchers sidelined by Syria’s Civil War.



  • Climate & Weather

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Simple hives keep Italian vineyards buzzing

At Italy's Ferrari Vineyards, the honeybees keep the vineyards thriving and at least one bear's belly full.




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Earthworms do double-duty at Fetzer Vineyards

Earthworms decontaminate water and create vineyard fertilizer at Fetzer Vineyards as part of regenerative sustainability program.



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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A 2-mile crack in the Arizona desert is growing

Geologists studying the phenomenon say the fissure is likely a reflection of aquifer depletion.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Seattle businesses are slipping on Amazon&#39;s 1.7 million free bananas

By giving away free bananas in Seattle, Amazon is disrupting local businesses.




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New Zealand&#39;s crazy avocado crime wave

This is the downside of trendy foods.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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13 amazing antics of ants

Picnic plunder is just one of ants' many talents.