Climate

Gender gap and ice caps: Women more likely to accept climate change

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Men are from Mars and women are from Venus…

 

Well, actually, it ends up we’re from the same planet (Earth) but the phrase is still fitting to show how the two genders diverge. Like what each thinks about climate change. Researchers at Michigan State University concluded that women are more inclined to accept global warming than men. To reach this conclusion, Associate Professor of Sociology Aaron M. McCright analyzed eight years of the Gallup environmental poll data. McCright says that women are socialized to be more caring and empathetic which may be why they’re wearier of climate change consequences.

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Groundhog Wars

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Our landlord warned us that a beefy groundhog lived underneath the shed in the backyard. But we started our very first garden anyway. We cleared a patch of land and started everything from sweat and seeds: pumpkins, basil, tomatoes, carrots and sunflowers. And surprisingly everything grew, sucking up sun rays and spitting out chlorophyll, until the possibility of homegrown veggies was nearly a reality. Then the groundhog crawled out from his cave.

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Kirtland’s Warbler update

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In May Echo reported that the rare Kirtland’s Warbler population had increased for a seventh consecutive year in 2009.

But the unofficial 2010 census count shows that the population decreased to 1,758 males. Last year the count was 1,826.

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MONDAY MASHUP: The Man of Commerce

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A map made in Superior, Wisconsin in 1889 may be one of the first Great Lakes mashups.

The creator, A.F. McKay, combined a U.S. map with a drawing of a human body in an attempt to promote Superior’s potential as a transportation hub.