Category Archives: Science

Allison Boyer in Science 605 days ago

Mosquitoes are responsible for millions of deaths around the world. The problem is, science isn’t advanced enough to make them disease-resistant, yet pesticides are leading to even bigger worldwide problems. Researchers in Australia think they may have found a new green solution. According to the University of Queensland biologist Scott O’Neill, they’ve bred mosquitoes who… Read More…

Jennifer Lance in Environmental & Climate Science 605 days ago

When people go hunting, they kill the big trophy animals with the largest antlers, hide, horns, etc.  The scawny, weak animals are left behind, reversing the natural selection Darwin espoused in his theory of evolution. Newsweek explains how hunting cause “evolution reverse”: Researchers describe what’s happening as none other than the selection process that Darwin… Read More…

Levi Novey in Science 715 days ago

Researchers and officials from the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Park Service on Tuesday presented the findings of a 4 year study that estimated the population of grizzly bears in Montana. The results confirmed what was assumed: the endangered grizzly bear population has grown. There are now an estimated 765 bears living in northwest… Read More…

Adam Williams in Green Buildings 717 days ago

Of all places to start a greenhouse, the Sahara Desert would likely rank pretty low for many. But someone is working on a plan to make food growing happen there. The Sahara Forest Project aims to use massive greenhouses to direct the sun’s rays for heat and energy, which is planned to regulate the air,… Read More…

Levi Novey in Renewable Energy 722 days ago

This Friday, John C. Mankins, a former NASA employee who is an expert on space solar power will make a big announcement about a potentially huge alternative energy breakthrough. The basic idea is that satellites in space will collect solar energy and beam it down to the earth. Apparently, Mankin was involved with a project… Read More…

Timothy B. Hurst in Renewable Energy 879 days ago

Watch this excellent animation of how the new SeaGen project in Northern Ireland built by Marine Current Turbines will work. Transport of the units began a few weeks back and the installation of SeaGen should be completed shortly. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.marineturbines.com/swf/video_f8_317x317_v1.swf?videoPath1=http://www.marineturbines.com/uploads/documents/seagenanimation_81458.flv" width="317" height="317" wmode="transparent" /]

Philip Proefrock in Science 887 days ago

Here’s an interesting and complicating bit of information to add in for the nuclear power debate at Sustainablog: Because mineral coal contains trace amounts of radioactive materials such as thorium and uranium, when the coal is burned, those previously trace elements become far more concentrated in the fly ash residue.  As a result, coal plant… Read More…

Shirley Siluk Gregory in Climate Change 948 days ago

Humans might have ushered Earth into the Anthropocene, but we’d be unwise to ignore the fact that we’re always going to be living in the Age of Microbes, according to a new article in Microbiology Today. “Microbes will continue as climate engineers long after humans have burned that final barrel of oil,” says author Dave… Read More…