A team of scientists funded by NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration and Research recorded the distinctive calls of endangered North Atlantic right whales in an … Good news: North Atlantic Right Whales still liveRead more
Posted inBicycle / Transportation
Americans changing their life style, but media …
Here is George F. Will sounding off in his latest column in Newsweek. He’s dissing New Urbanism, Portland, Oregon and even Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, … Americans changing their life style, but media …Read more
Posted inClimate Disaster / Global Warming
Global warming skeptics debunked
The reasons to disbelieve that humans are causing global warming are many and varied, skeptics say. For example: Natural factors such as long-term variations in … Global warming skeptics debunkedRead more
Posted inSolar
World Games stadium in Kaohsiung
The new World Games stadium in Kaohsiung, Taiwan is just about completely covered in photovoltaics, to very dramatic effect. The 55,000 seat stadium is designed … World Games stadium in KaohsiungRead more
Posted inUncategorized
Olkiluoto Reactor is without proper design
Due for completion in 2012 at the earliest, the so-called state of the art and third generation OL3 European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) being built at … Olkiluoto Reactor is without proper designRead more
Posted inClimate Disaster / Economics / Global Warming / Greenhouse gas
Global economic slowdown and climate
Nobelist Paul Crutzen (Atmospheric scientist) says that “slowdown in the economy, there will be less fossil fuels burning, so for the climate it could be … Global economic slowdown and climateRead more
Posted inMedia
How media plays with words
If you saw Gore’s terrific testimony on Waxman-Markey with former Sen. Warner (details here, full CSPAN video here), then you saw the absurd attempt by … How media plays with wordsRead more
Posted inEnergy / Renewable / Solar
1.1 MW solar array on HP factory
SunPower and HP indtalled HP’s printer manufacturing facility in San Diego will have a 1.1 MW solar array on its roof is one more example … 1.1 MW solar array on HP factoryRead more
Posted inCO2 / Global Warming / Permafrost
Carbon cycle feedback from peatlands
A warming of 4°C causes a 40% loss of soil organic carbon from the shallow peat and 86% from the deep peat” of Northern peatlands. … Carbon cycle feedback from peatlandsRead more