Damming Chinese rivers has been in the public consciousness for many years now, if for no other reason than for the impact the construction of the Three Gorges Dam had on … [Read full article]
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Historical Extraterrestrial Impact Unlikely According to New Report
Evidence that has been at the center of the hypothesis to support the Younger Dryas impact event has been called into question by a new study led by U.S.L Geological … [Read full article]
Limited Nuclear War Could Halt Global Warming, Short Term, NASA Predicts
The scientists used a general circulation model known as ModelE (developed at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York). The model calculates ocean-atmosphere coupling effects in addition to allowing varying aerosol inputs.
The initial input for the simulation was 5 teragrams (megatons) of black carbon particles injected into Earth’s upper troposphere. This is the estimated result of the surface detonation of 100 Hiroshima-size bombs (each equivalent to 15K tons of TNT).
Newest Gulf Report: Oil, Soot and Dead Animals on Sea Floor
Reporting her results from a fifth Gulf of Mexico expedition ending this past December, University of Georgia marine scientist Samantha Joye has been to the bottom and back, and her … [Read full article]
Massive Human Impact on the Deep Seafloor
It won’t come as a surprise to many to know that the impact we are having on our ocean’s deep seafloor is growing with each decade that passes. New findings … [Read full article]
Greenpeace Set to Probe BP Oil Spill Impact
Greenpeace announced Wednesday morning that they would be launching a three month expedition to analyse the impact of the BP oil spill. The Greenpeace vessel MV Arctic Sunrise will set … [Read full article]
Gulf Oil Spill Impacting Louisianan Health
A survey by Louisiana State University professors has investigated the health impacts on Louisianan residents following in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. At the time of publication the … [Read full article]
People Care More if Climate Change Impacts their Health
A new exploratory study out of George Mason University has found that people will care more about climate change if it is framed as a public health problem. The authors … [Read full article]
Cascading Effect on the Environment Expected
Scientists studying the BP oil spill which has only recently been capped believe there could be a decades-long “cascading” effect on marine life. Experts estimate that some 400 species could … [Read full article]
9 ‘Planetary Boundaries’ Cited as Crucial for Human Survival
A group of 30 leading Earth and Environmental scientists is proposing “nine planetary boundaries”, or “safety zones”, that must not be crossed, in order to preserve the planetary and environmental balance that human civilizations (and much of the rest of the biosphere) require. Crossing these boundaries–and three of them may have already been crossed–could “generate unacceptable environmental change for humanity.”
One Man's Trash is…Well, Trash: MIT Announces Trash Track Program
[social_buttons] Would you be so cavalier in throwing out a disposable razor if you knew how much it actually impacted your local environments? Would you think twice about purchasing a … [Read full article]