Earth Sciences

Net Energy, Not Just Minimizing Cost Of Production, Should Be Part Of Energy Analysis

a speedometer, nor fly a plane without an altimeter. Net energy analysis can guide decision-makers at all levels, ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 25 2014 - 8:42am

Global Warming Of 400,000 B.C Sunk The Greenland Ice Sheet

likely went beyond the southern edges of Greenland, though not all the way to the center, which has not ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 25 2014 - 9:00pm

Sulfur Signals In The Antarctic Snow

Indonesia, the whole middle of the planet, the tropics, heated." Large fires pump smoke all the way into ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 4 2014 - 5:30pm

Pesticides: Arctic Mammals Metabolize Them And Even Limit Human Exposure

trappers. "There would be no study possible, at all, without their co-operation," Morris said. ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 6 2014 - 11:52pm

How Much Mercury Is Floating In The Ocean?

we've seen in the past 150," said Lamborg. "The trouble is, we don't know what it all ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 6 2014 - 3:00pm

Winds Blowing May Not Prevent Ocean 'Dead Zones' Growing

warming oceans under climate change will inexorably lead to larger areas of oxygen-poor ocean, with all ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 17 2014 - 8:00am

US Coal Emissions Could Drop 21 Percent While Helping American Industry

blanche for all energy export projects, but it does give us a framework for comparing their impacts and ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 19 2014 - 9:29am

Carbon And Biomass: Earth Can Sustain More Plant Growth Than Estimates Showed

worry about runaway population growth," he said. "All I'm saying is that we're ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 26 2014 - 10:00am

Organic Photovoltaic Technology May Be Solar Panels Of The Future

absorbing the light at all the wavelengths. So to be able to make the most efficient use of the sunlight, ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 3 2014 - 9:01am

Spinosaurus: The First Semi-Aquatic Dinosaur

Society. The researchers CT scanned all of the new fossils, which will be repatriated to Morocco, ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 11 2014 - 2:39pm