Earth Sciences

Forget Pacific Garbage Patch Hype, Focus On Coastal Litter

islands, would remove 31 percent of microplastics. With all the collectors in the patch, only 17 percent ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 19 2016 - 7:17pm

Pareiasaurs: The 'Ugliest Fossil Reptiles' Once Ruled Asia

could walk all over the world. We see the same sequence of two or three forms worldwide, and there is no ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 19 2016 - 8:13am

AmazonFACE Project Study: Rainforest Absorbs Less Carbon Than Previously Estimated

farming, forestry, etc. are only 23 percent of greenhouse gas emissions and not all greenhouse gases are ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 20 2019 - 9:35am

Free Trade Has Created Greater Food System Sustainability- Lack Of Farmers Puts Wealthy Countries At Risk

over. But nearly all of their "organic" food is imported so lifestyle choices for the wealthy ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 4 2020 - 8:33am

Three Cheers For Titanium Dioxide!

our more egregious assaults on the environment and negate it to some degree.   Make all our building ...

Article - David Houle - Apr 1 2007 - 2:38pm

Upload/Download: An Internet Model For Electricity By The Year 2050

integration and the development and implementation of new technology. Moreover, in all scenarios the total ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 24 2007 - 12:34pm

Hydrogen, The Energy Vector For The Plane Of Tomorrow

density of hydrogen implies a fast consumption rate that would only allow for short flights. All these ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 8 2007 - 2:39am

Climate Change- Cities Are The Solution, Not The Problem

allocate greenhouse gas emissions to places at all. For instance, emissions from power stations should be ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 26 2008 - 1:30am

Squid as the Ultimate Weeds

there are tigers in India, lemurs in Madagascar, echidnas in Australia? What will happen if all this ...

Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Oct 14 2009 - 7:15pm

Measuring The Changing Climate's Impact On Ocean Biology

Greenland ice sheet, and other climate-related factors can all alter ocean circulation patterns and affect ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 25 2010 - 4:18pm