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Joe Mohr in Energy & Fuel 2 hours ago
For better and worse we live in an in-between time. A trying-to-get-clean time. A turn-our-backs-on-coal-and-oil-and-change-the-scene-to-green time. (sorry) Earth will soon realize (or maybe she already has) that as she fights her addiction, some of the people she thought were friends will try to keep her on the “junk.” They’ll tell her that it’s not bad… Read More…
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Michael Ricciardi in Education 1 day ago
Two ecologist discover that by adapting Google’s Page Rank algorithm they were able to “reverse engineer” the collapse of food webs, and thus determining which species in a given web are most critical to the web’s existence.
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Zachary Shahan in Energy & Fuel 1 day ago
Continuing on with our Going Green Tips series, Going Green Tip #6 should be no surprise (we’re starting with the big boys). The general tip is to stop using coal power. Easier said than done, right? Maybe, but it is VERY important, and there are a lot of reasons why it’s easier now than ever…. Read More…
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We’ve had a couple posts on sea otters on this site recently — a 10 Friday Photos post on otters and a post about the declining sea otter populations in California. I have to be honest and let you know that one particular friend has been the driver behind these posts. She also recently recommended… Read More…
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Fox thought to be extinct found in California. Three weeks ago, U.S. Forest Service biologists thought they found a fox in the mountains of central California that is supposed to be extinct. The biologists looked to experts at the University of California, Davis to confirm this finding. Sure enough, the fox they stumbled across was this… Read More…
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Joshua S Hill in Science 2 days ago
A University of California LA geographer notes in book that northern countries such as Canada, Scandinavia and Russia are likely to thrive and become formidable economic powers. Laurence C. Smith writes in “The World in 2050: Four Forces Shaping Civilizations Northern Future” that northern countries and some northern states of the US will become large… Read More…
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A new report issued by US environmental and scientific federal agencies suggests that there is a growing thread of hypoxia in US waters. Hypoxia is a condition which sees oxygen levels in the water decrease to a point which stresses or kills the animal and bacterial life living therein. “The Nation’s coastal waters are vital… Read More…
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University of Guelph scientists have created a transgenic pig — the Enviropig — which better digests phosphorus compounds. This development came in response to concerns of negative environmental impacts from animal manure run-off causing algal blooms in waterways, and consequently killing fish and other aquatic creatures.
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Lucille Chi in Education 4 days ago
National Public Radio has some of the best and current environmental education available through their free programs and podcasts. A long respected source, NPR covers a variety of environmental topics, and is a great place to hear the voices and names of those involved in contemplating and addressing the current state of our planet. Another… Read More…
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I just wrote the other day on four Greenpeace activists, dubbed the “Arctic Defenders,” who climbed an oil rig in the Arctic and occupied it (hanging above cold Arctic waters) for 40 hours before coming down and being arrested by the Greenland police. Their friendly Greenpeace colleagues and partners in Greenpeace’s ‘Go Beyond Oil’ tour… Read More…
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