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By: Anonymous Turtle Maui's dolphin is famous for quite a few things being the smallest, rarest, and one of the most endangered dolphins in the world. It's marked  critically endangered  by IUCN, which is, unfortunately, right next to  extinct in the wild.  Even then, it doesn't get much better. Thanks to fishing with nets and more ocean pollution, this species is probably not going to live to see the day we find some miracle to stop this.... In fact, most of these are just because of everyday life. The fishing industry in New Zealand(where Maui's Dolphin is found) is quite large, considering the country is in a place seemingly named after oceans(Oceania). Since there are so many fishermen there, there's a greater chance they will use those cursed fish-deteriorating nets.We can't even do much to help- other than banning fishing in the entire area of Maui's dolphins, and that would be like launching a 140,000-kilogram rocket straight into a piece o...

Hi there, here are some new things we are releasing to the public! Project Green Milk We've made a new project and it is called green milk. We can only tell you we added a code for it on the Green Blog in 6.2. What it does is a secret Coding team K Baer Alan Whitman Frederick  Project B8 We made another project it is called B8 We will drastically change the way you view the blog. Sometime in may HINT! Sadly... we will have to use force and show our blue and red spirit Coding Team K Wu Alan Whitman Frederick New series! We've released a new series which will start on March 5th. Here are the details: 5 posts on countries and what they are doing to help the environment The schedule March 5: Samuel Desai-  Finland March 12: Sameer Mehta- China March 19: Alan Whitman-Japan  March 26: Nathan Shan- India April 2: Samuel Desai- United States We will have a poll at the end of the series on what you want ...

Hello there, We are proud to announce the update 6.2 (AKA the modernizer)! Changes include: Added the editors blog  and Test Blog  to be a sister blog Moved objects on side bars around, added some, deleted some, and re-named some Removed all things that have to do with the pigments series Re- organized label system, by frequency of posts, and limited labels (only the ones we blog about frequently) Added comment form message ADDED EMOJI!!!!!!!!!  When commenting, use the GIF key above the comment box to do this Added pages gadget This will become more important in a later update! New Marquee bar From mow on, this will not be part of updates! Shrunk the spinning earth gif by 25x25 pixels WE THANK ALL OF THE VIEWERS TO OUR BLOG WHICH HAVE HELPED US ACHIEVE 27,000 PAGE VIEWS (AND COUNTING) Important: We have our link on the cold spring website! Yay! This may be a very simple update, but the editors blog is a MAJOR CHANGE! Our next upda...

FLINT CRISIS!!! By: Samuel Desai The Crisis in Michigan started more than a year ago. However, it is still an ongoing problem: Here is the history: On April 25, 2014. The governor of Michigan transferred the water from the Detroit system to the Flint River The Flint city gov. said the water was safe to drink In August and September 2014, the city issues a Boil Water Advisory, because high levels of unsafe bacteria were  detected In October 2014, The Detroit Water System invites Flint to switch back to their water. The city declined because of the $4 billion transfer fee. On Feb. 18, 2015, high levels of lead were detected in the cities water Later, in March, there was another lead level test which yielded even higher levels of lead (397 ppb(parts per billion)) Finally, on Oct. 16, 2015, Flint reconnected to the Detroit Water System This was not the end of the problems There is still high lead levels in the water in Flint. Obama and Michigan Gov. Rick S...

Purple by Tej Mehta How it got its name: Purple came up in the ninth century as the old English word aspurpul. That word came from the latin word purpura. Purple was and still is used mostly as a decoration, for clothes, walls, dresses, and many other things. How It's Made: The Ancient Romans made purple dye from snails. The snails were not originally purple, but the Romans heated them in lead vats, making them exposed to heat and light, which harvests chemical precursors that lead to the dye Tyrian purple. Later, somebody accidentally figured out how to make the purple dye without capturing the thousands of snails that the Romans did. William Henry Perkin was trying to synthesize quinine (a material that could be used to fight malaria). But all he ended up with was a sticky, black mess. He tried to soak his tar-like material in alcohol, and he ended up with the purple dye.  The snail that releases the purple dye. I used Smithsonian  and Gizmodo .  ...

                        ExxonMobil's scandals You might know ExxonMobil as one of the world's largest oil and gas companies, but did you know they knew their products were harmful to people, and they tried to hide it. When journalists found that out, they reported it to the media. ExxonMobil's cover-up was, "media and  environmental activists’ allegations about the company’s climate research are inaccurate and deliberately misleading." Although, I think that's wrong. In fact, ExxonMobil even knows its company is melting polar ice caps and endangering animals.  I used a segment from NPR

Blue Pigment By Samuel Desai and Tej Mehta Here are the different Pigments: Azurite Azurite was discovered at the time of the Egyptians, and continued use until the late 18 century. It is a mineral which is found near malachite Cerulean Blue  This pigment was introduced in the 1860's. It's hiding power is great. Cobalt Blue This pricey and very stable pigment was introduced in 1821. It can be made by combining  Aluminum chloride AlCl 3 , Cobalt(II)-chloride CoCl 2  · 6H 2 O Egyptian Blue This very stable pigment was used from the time of the Egyptians to the time of the Romans. Prussian Blue This pigment is the first of the modern ones. Available in 1724, it was also used on postage stamps. It continues in use today Smalt This pigment, used from the 1400s to the 1700s was very popular because it was cost effective to buy Ultramarine  This pigment was the finest known pigment to the ancients.It was even more expensive than g...

Dear readers, We are working on the update for blog version 6.2. As you see, there have been some minor changes. We will be making some more in the next few days. Thanks, The Green Blog Team

Starry Breck Lichen Starry Breck Lichen    If you like cookies and cream flavored ice cream, this lichen is perfect for you. (Don't try eating it, though.... it doesn't taste like cookies at all.) The Starry Breck Lichen is a type of lichen that is now thought to only be found near Germany or Norway. Scientifically, it's name is Buellia asterella. It is a critically endangered species, thanks to agricultural and urban development. The lichen looks like white moss, with black dots scattered on it. It isn't really noticed, since it doesn't have much of a use and is extremely rare.  This lichen's threats are quite common for most plants- it's extremely sensitive to habitat loss and destruction from agricultural and urban development. Along with this, grasslands where the lichen lives in are usually filled with tourists, which comes with the added risk of people picking it up. Even IUCN says that "collecting of this species and all other members o...

In last night's super bowl, there was a toothpaste add (Colgate), that didn't focus on toothpaste! It was one on keeping the water off while you brushed your teeth. http://superbowlcommercials.tv/37120.html

By: Sameer Mehta 1 Introduction How does clothing, paint, ink, plastic, fabric, cosmetics, food, and other materials get their color?  They get it from different types of pigments.  This article is going to let you know how green pigment was used to be made and how it is made now. Cobalt Green This pigment, was very expensive, and it couldn't tint well so is isn't commonly  commonly used. It was discovered in 1780 because of the preparation of zinc oxide. You can make it using a 1 to 5, cobalt to zinc ratio. Copper Resinate   This pigment, was used from the 1400's to the 1600's.  Emerald Green  This HIGHLY POISONOUS pigment was discovered  in 1808. It was one of the best pigments of the time, so they thought it would be best to kill people instead of having to "suffer" with bad paintings Green Earth This pigment, is an all natural one with the elements iron, magnesium, aluminum, and potassium. This pigment is still ...