Environment

Enhanced Weathering And Protecting The Climate

Global warming is not new to the history of our planet, and so, by studying previous periods of global warming, scientists hope to uncover secrets that can be used to combat global warming today. The Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum, which occurred some 40 ...

Article - Mark Pierce - Nov 21 2023 - 8:23pm

Yew Knew This: The Fens Of England Once Held Vast Woodlands

While deforestation has declined rapidly in the last 60 years, clearing trees to make room for farmland was once essential.  Even an island like England had farming going back thousands of years. Hundreds of dead tree trunks in the low-lying Fens of easter ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 24 2023 - 3:43pm

Bringing Climate Change Into Physics Classrooms

Physics is one of the most remarkable scientific subjects there is. It incorporates many incredible discoveries, like The Quantum Leap, the Law of Falling Bodies, Universal Gravitation, and the Laws of Motion.  ...

Article - Mark Pierce - Dec 21 2023 - 1:14am

Conservationists put indigenous people at risk

Conservation scientists from London's Natural History Museum (NHM) are traveling to Paraguay to record biodiversity.   The problem?  The Dry Chaco region they want to visit is home to the indigenous Ayoreo Indians, who are being put at risk by the tri ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jan 11 2024 - 9:09am

What Is Worse For The Future Of Earth, Wasting Food Or Overeating?

If you were born prior to 1980, you likely had a parent say that you needed to eat your dinner because people were starving in Africa. And it was true. The Malthusian boom and bust lamented by Paul Ehrlich, John Holdren, and other doomsday prophets in the ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 11 2024 - 2:36pm

New York City Is Not The Future- Metro Areas With Multiple Hubs Is

New York City makes no sense on paper. It is expensive to get into, expensive to live in, yet crowded and dirty. The heat is overwhelming in the summer while in the winter the wind effect among all those buildings cut can through your parka. There is no wa ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 12 2024 - 1:45pm

If You Care About Emissions, Rethink Urban Agriculture

Urban/local/small ag is a feel-good fallacy. There is nothing wrong with wishful thinking and aspirations, we all have harmless beliefs that get into our brains. Some home ag is clearly ridiculous- a $150 machine to grow $0.25 worth of herbs is a gimmick f ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 5 2024 - 8:37am

Glyphosate Impact On Soil Microbes- The 1% Can Worry But Scientists Do Not

Is glyphosate damaging essential microbes in soil? A multi-year study sought to answer the question using real-world conditions. Glyphosate (e.g Roundup) is the most popular weedkiller in the world, and that has made it a target for some disreputable compe ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 29 2024 - 2:30pm

Inconvenient Truth: There Are Synthetic Pesticide Residues On Organic

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Article - Steve Savage - May 31 2024 - 3:15pm

A Boom In Carbon Capture Is Upon Us, But The Impact On Greenhouse Gas Emissions Is Uncertain

Carbon capture and storage (CCS), the process of separating, treating and transporting carbon dioxide (CO ...

Article - Mark Pierce - Jun 24 2024 - 9:01am