Gorillas, trees, bats, and more -- 15 new article links

It was a productive week in the Platt office, with another new record of 15 published articles. There's something for everybody here, including Valentine's Day tips, iPhone apps, career advice and green news.

First up, this week's two pieces for my Extinction Countdown blog at Scientific American:

Deforestation may have killed off rare bat in Ireland

The Denver Zoo is helping to save Peru's critically endangered Lake Titicaca frog

Next up, this month's feature article for Today's Engineer:

Engineering for Reparability: Designing for the Greater Good?

We follow that up with six articles for Green Hands USA. (Some of these are new, some are edited reruns.)

Five Ideas for a Greener Valentine's Day

Love Sudoku? How About Trees?

Fly Greener with Carbon Credits

Arguing with a Global Warming Denier? There's An App for That

Build Your Own Solar-Powered Electric Vehicle!

iPhone App Helps Save Endangered Gorillas

And finally, a bevvy of fine news articles for Mother Nature Network:

Yahoo Livestand to bring the magazine rack to tablet computers

Georgia's forests are worth more than $37 billion annually, says study

Offshore wind power: Feds announce $50.5 million in funding for mid-Atlantic project

Confession app: Bless me, iPhone, for I have sinned...

Groupon to tweak Super Bowl ad about Tibet

Smithsonian open after fire scare

How many articles will we have for next week? I'm as excited to find out as you are!

Eleven new article links!

Now this was an epic week! Eleven published articles in just five days. That might be a new record.

First up, my Extinction Countdown column at Scientific American. Just one article this week... but don't worry, I already have three in the works for next week.

Sea urchins bred to eat invasive seaweed in Hawaii

Next up, two features for IEEE, a large non-profit membership organization for engineers and scientists:

Local IEEE Sections Help Members With Job Fairs, Career Resources

Four New IEEE Fellows Are Helping to Heal the World

The newly relaunched Green Hands USA is starting to rock and roll. Readership is way up, and we're just getting started. Here are this week's articles:

Get Exercise, Save Gas by Riding an Electric Bicycle 

Save Paper and Ink with Free GreenPrint Software

New Label to Identify Products Made with Wind Energy

What Should You Do With a Broken CFL?

Is Your Website Carbon-Neutral?

Watch Greener TV with the Roku Box

And last but not least this week, a few news articles for Mother Nature Network:

Could energy from a crematorium be used to heat a sports stadium?

Chicago blizzard rips roof off part of Wrigley Field

So there you go -- plenty of Platt reading to keep you entertained for a few hours. Stay tuned for next week's list, which should actually be longer than this one!

Rats, Cheetahs & Solar Shingles

This was a news-oriented week, with two new articles for Scientific American and four for Mother Nature Network:

Rat eradication program begins in Galapagos Islands

Asian cheetahs racing toward extinction

Texting while walking: Should it be banned?

Obama pushes solar shingles in State of the Union address

Lawsuit: Taco Bell's 'beef' is false advertising

Cold fusion claims leave many doubtful

I have a ton of new articles and features pending, with some possibly coming as early as this week. Watch my Twitter feed for the latest links as they are published.

Tasmanian Devils, Superstorms, and the new Green Hands USA

What a cool week. My story on Tasmanian devils (see below) got picked up everywhere, and for a while, the animals were the #9 search topic on Google. Meanwhile, I started writing a lot more for Mother Nature Network, Green Hands USA finally completed its relaunch, and I conducted several fantastic interviews for upcoming features.

So let's sum up the week that was with the latest batch of Platt article links:

First, the big Extinction Countdown articles for Scientific American:

Has an infectious cancer doomed Tasmanian devils to extinction?

70 percent of Turkey's birds are headed toward extinction

Next, we have a variety of great stories for Mother Nature Network:

Life at high altitudes linked to higher risk of suicide

Book review: "Sustainable Excellence: The Future of Business in a Fast-Changing World"

Solar-powered roads could make snow disappear

'Superstorm' could strike California, scientists warn

Celiac disease: New saliva test could help diagnose children

And finally, the first story on the re-launched Green Hands USA. (The next couple of weeks will see a lot of repeat stories from GHU as they rebuild their audience, and a lot of my old stories for them might no longer appear at the links in my old entries. I'll probably archive some of the older ones on this blog eventually.)

Greenpeace: Asus Makes the Greenest Electronics

Okay, that's it for this week! I'm off to write more. See you again soon!

Gordon Ramsay + rhinos + innovation + Swamp Thing

This week's Platt articles covered business, endangered species, wildlife crime, comics, and more!

First up, as is usually the case, my Extinction Countdown blogs for Scientific American:

Rhino poaching hit an all-time high in 2010

Shark-finning gangsters assault celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay

Next, we have my latest feature for Today's Engineer, a cool story about where innovation can be found in the United States economy:

First Study of Its Kind Examines Innovation by U.S. Businesses

From one kind of innovation to another, here's a new book review for Graphic Novel Reporter:

Saga of the Swamp Thing, Book Three

I write a few corporate or non-profit newsletters that I don't tend to link to here, but this article got pulled out for a client's blog and I like it:

The Ten Commandments of Effective Standards

No Green Hands USA links this week. The site is about to go through a major (and quite exciting) relaunch, and I'm not sure if the links will all change or stay the same. Hopefully we'll have some new green goodness for you to read next week.

Extinctions, dead bears, and heroic beasts

A light week for new Platt publications, but you'll find some good links below.

First up, my weekly two Extinction Countdown columns for Scientific American:

Six Australian birds declared extinct, although some could have been saved

Lack of food drives human-grizzly conflicts -- and human-grizzly fatalities


Next, a question many of us have been asking:

Are E-books Greener Than Paper Books? 

And finally, two book reviews, one for Graphic Novel Reporter:

Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites 


...and another for Mother Nature Network:

'Zapped: Why Your Cell Phone Shouldn't Be Your Alarm Clock'

Manatee, clouded leopards, and green new year's resolutions

As we creep into 2011, it's time to catch up on all of my articles from the last few weeks of 2010.

The vast majority of these were Extinction Countdown articles for Scientific American:

Another record year for manatee deaths

As white-nose syndrome wipes out little brown bats, groups petition for emergency protection

Victory for sharks: U.S. bans shark finning

Poaching, habitat loss taking toll on Bornean clouded leopard

Wolverines denied endangered species protection as climate change shrinks their habitat

Mistletoe and other species face extinction as U.K. apple orchards disappear



Other than that, we have a few green tips blogs for Green Hands USA:

Reverb Bringing Green Music to Clear Blue Sea

Logitech Innovates with Solar-Powered Wireless Keyboard

6 Easy Resolutions for a Greener New Year

New LED Light Bulb from GE Lasts 22.8 Years

I have a veritable TON of new features and articles in the works. Some won't see print for a few months, but they'll be worth the wait!