A new study warns that as many as 2.3 million more people may develop these mineral deposits in their kidneys by the year 2050 as … Global Warming and Kidney StonesRead more
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Posted inElectric Vehicle / Transportation
Single-speed gearbox for Tesla Roadsters
Tesla Motors Inc. has selected BorgWarner Inc. for the production of a single-speed gearbox for the Tesla Roadster and is initiating a ramped-up production rate. … Single-speed gearbox for Tesla RoadstersRead more
Posted inClimate Disaster / Science
Reduce costly scientific studies
The most brilliant minds should be directed to solving Earth’s greatest challenges, such as climate change, says Sir David King. The former UK chief scientist … Reduce costly scientific studiesRead more
Posted inBiofuel
Power from chicken manure in the Netherlands
Dutch agriculture minister Gerda Verburg announced a groundbreaking development for the field as she unveiled the world’s largest biomass power plant to run exclusively on … Power from chicken manure in the NetherlandsRead more
Posted inDeforestation
Deforestation Escalates in Brazilian Amazon
Satellite imagery released earlier this week provided further evidence that deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon region accelerated dramatically this year. Between August 2007 and July 2008, … Deforestation Escalates in Brazilian AmazonRead more
Posted inBiofuel
Biofuel plantations on tropical forestlands are bad for the climate and biodiversity
Keeping tropical rain forests intact is a better way to combat climate change than replacing them with biofuel plantations, a study in the journal Conservation … Biofuel plantations on tropical forestlands are bad for the climate and biodiversityRead more
Posted inAfrica / Biofuel / Politics
Biofuel and White man’s burden
Western companies are pushing to acquire vast stretches of African land to meet the world’s biofuel needs. Local farmers and governments are being showered with … Biofuel and White man’s burdenRead more
Posted inPolitics
Manufactured Famine
In his book Late Victorian Holocausts, Mike Davis tells the story of the famines that sucked the guts out of India in the 1870s. The … Manufactured FamineRead more
Posted inArctic / Pollution
Arctic Pollution Record for Birds
Eggs of the ivory gull, which has a population of about 14,000 from Siberia to Canada, were found to have the highest known concentrations of … Arctic Pollution Record for BirdsRead more
Posted inArctic / Global Warming
Major ice-shelf loss for Canada
The ice shelves in Canada’s High Arctic have lost a colossal area this year, scientists report. The floating tongues of ice attached to Ellesmere Island, … Major ice-shelf loss for CanadaRead more