Spring Day Crater Lake wallpaper, Mercury fears may slow dolphin kill, Sunscreen killing coral

Spring Day Crater Lake wallpaper 
Dolphin Hunt Sags Amid Mercury Fears 
The highest concentration he has found so far was 100 parts per million from a bottlenose dolphin a species whose meat is butchered in Taiji.
“This ought to be investigated,” Endo said, calling for a government probe into the dangers of eating dolphin. “There are people who [...]

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Aspen grove wallpaper, Oldest horsecrab fossil found, Pop legend gets beetle namesake

Aspen Grove wallpaper
Oldest horseshoe crab fossil discovered 
Nearly a half a billion years ago, tiny horseshoe crabs crept along the shorelines much like today’s larger versions do, new fossil evidence suggests.
Two nearly complete fossil specimens discovered in Canada reveal a new genus of horseshoe crab, pushing their origins back at least 100 million years earlier than [...]

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Storm over Red Poppies wallpaper, Meat and ethanol straining resources

Storm and Red Poppies wallpaper 
Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler 
Though some 800 million people on the planet now suffer from hunger or malnutrition, the majority of corn and soy grown in the world feeds cattle, pigs and chickens. This despite the inherent inefficiencies: about two to five times more grain is required to produce the same amount of [...]

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Winter Stream wallpaper, Water shortages fuel political strife, Rat eating plant found

Winter Mountain Stream wallpaper 
U.N. Chief Warns Of Water Shortages 
“Too often, where we need water we find guns instead,” Ban said. “Population growth will make the problem worse. So will climate change. As the global economy grows, so will its thirst. Many more conflicts lie just over the horizon.”
He said a recent report identified 46 countries [...]

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Sunflower on Blue wallpaper, Using the internet to confirm pre-existing beliefs

Sunflower on Blue
People use Internet to confirm pre-existing beliefs
Researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have found that while Internet searches do bring up a variety of useful materials, people pay more attention to information that matches their pre-existing beliefs.
“Even if people read the right material, they are stubborn to changing [...]

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