Evolutionary Pressure Society

02/05/2013

Gets me every time!

02/01/2013

12/08/2012

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/catfish-learning-hunt-pigeons-land-video-231659764.html

In an unusual development that researchers are calling evidence of adaptive behavior, some catfish have taken to jumping on land to hunt live pigeons. Discover Magazine's Ed Yong writes, "These particular catfish have taken to lunging out of the water, grabbing a pigeon, and then wriggling back into...

12/01/2012

"Our current system is based on the fascinating reversal of responsibility and accountability. If my dog gets loose and bites someone, I have to pay, but if a corporation's chemicals get loose and poison groundwater, rivers, fish, and ultimately humans, it is we, the victims, who pay"
-Paul Hawken, The Ecology of Commerce

11/28/2012

http://www.earthtimes.org/pollution/plastic-contamination-atlantic-ocean/377/

Discusses the problem of plastic 'islands' in the ocean and what we can do to correct it. It is a tragic fact the Atlantic has large amounts of plastic contamination which is cluttering up the ocean and causing problems with sea life and marine birds. The plastic containers come in all shapes and si...

11/28/2012

http://greenliving.nationalgeographic.com/reuse-plastic-bags-3120.html

Plastic bags are everywhere: In 2002 alone, nearly five trillion of them were produced worldwide. They're so common, it almost seems like they grow on trees. However, the truth is that most of ...

11/28/2012

We need to begin bringing awareness of issues such as this to everyone. There is no reason that we should be facing these situations. Become aware of how what you do effects your environment.
http://news.discovery.com/earth/great-lakes-plastic-bits-121128.html

The world's largest freshwater ecosystem is added to the list of natural places filled with massive swirls of plastic pollution.

11/27/2012

To celebrate the environmental clean-up sector of the economy as a "growth industry," is worse than ignorant. We might as well celebrate cancer treatment as a growth industry, rather than take cancer epidemics as a warning about the hundreds of toxic chemicals loosed in the environment.
-Paul Hawken, The Ecology of Commerce

11/27/2012

http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/pie-chart-13950-peer-reviewed-scientific-articles-earths-climate-finds-24-rejecting-global-warming.html