Earth Sciences

The Rapid Timescales Of Caldera Volcanism

diffusion profiles that give the all-important timescales.  What the team found was that the inner cores ...

Article - Gareth Fabbro - Feb 2 2012 - 6:12pm

Super-Typhoon Bopha In The Philippines

Philippines All regional warnings for the Federated States of Micronesia have been canceled and replaced by ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 4 2012 - 9:50am

The Shocking Carbon Footprint of Compost

13,982 miles (at 25 mpg). The carbon footprint of all it takes  to produce 985 pounds of beef The carbon ...

Blog Post - Steve Savage - Jan 19 2016 - 1:04pm

Serial Blind-Spot For Organic Advocates

21 and 295 times as much greenhouse gas effect as carbon dioxide respectively. All forms of farming ...

Article - Steve Savage - Jun 13 2013 - 10:54pm

Grid-Scale Batteries Work Well For Storing Solar Power, But Not Wind

efficiently, power supply needs to match power demand at all times, but with renewables, that's not always ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 9 2013 - 1:52pm

Holistic Conservation: Forget 20th Century Claims About People And Species Extinction

agricultural. Since 99.999% of all extinct species we never even knew existed it was always difficult to claim ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 18 2014 - 4:28pm

Electricity And Seismic Waves Give New View Of Mount Rainier's Volcanic Plumbing

or all of the present sites of the Port of Tacoma, Seattle suburbs Kent and Auburn, and the towns ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 17 2014 - 5:33am

Why Ice Sheets Will Keep Melting For Centuries To Come

10-20% larger than the one we see today over all of Antarctica. During warm periods in between ice ages ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 28 2014 - 8:00am

Toxic Playgrounds: Broken Hill Kids Exposed To Poisonous Dust

involve the whole community, the city’s mining companies and government at all levels. Mark Patrick ...

Article - The Conversation - Oct 16 2014 - 3:30pm

Biofortification: The New ‘Green Revolution’ Of Genetically Engineered, More Nutritious Crops

beta-carotene-fortified cassava in Nigeria, all produced through conventional plant breeding methods. HarvestPlus program ...

Article - Genetic Literacy ... - Nov 1 2014 - 4:40pm