Who’s got the wind in the Middle East? Morocco and Egypt have the biggest wind power plants, but don’t discount Iraq, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Leading that charge is Egypt and Morocco , who have continued to push forward on alternative energy despite facing political turmoil in their respective countries. MORE >>

You don’t want to miss this tonight on National Geographic at 10 PM Eastern! Here’s a sneak peak at one of the marvelous birds that will be featured. You can also read a review on Round Robin. Birding video MORE >>

You can see the color white; you can hear white noise. Now, Weizmann Institute researchers from Israel show that you can also smell a “white” odor. Their research findings appear today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The white we see is actually a mixture of light waves of different wavelengths. MORE >>

With the U.S. intelligence budget shrinking, the CIA has quietly shut down its Center on Climate Change and National Security -- a project that was launched with the support of Leon Panetta when he led the agency, but that drew sharp criticism from some Republicans in Congress., r eports Greenwire. CIA spokesman Todd Ebitz confirmed the change. MORE >>

The Aras River basin is home to more than half of Turkey’s bird species, but a planned hydroelectric dam would alter the river’s marshy ecosystem, driving away the birds. That’s the fear of Ça?an ekercio?lu, lu, president and founder of Turkey’s KuzeyDo?a wildlife preservation NGO. Green Prophet has written about ?ekercio?lu’s MORE >>