Environment

Decline In Yosemite's Large-diameter Trees Due To Warming Climate

The number of large-diameter trees that Yosemite National Park is famous far are on the decline, and warmer temperatures appear to be the culprit. Their number have declined 24 percent in the park between the 1930s and 1990s. Scientists from the U.S. Geolo ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 29 2009 - 5:45pm

Something good comes out of New Jersey (no, really!)

When your famous exports are Italian mobsters, meatball hoagies, and the horrid track suit + gold chain look, and more recently corrupt mayors/rabbis, you pounce on anything that can give you a little boost. New Jersey is now second only to California in p ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Jul 31 2009 - 8:25am

Not Even The Wheat Is Safe In Afghanistan As New Disease Approaches

A deadly new airborne wheat rust disease threatens wheat production and food security throughout Afghanistan. The disease also threatens the region that stretches east across neighboring Pakistan and into India. ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 31 2009 - 5:35pm

Global Warming Hold 'Em- Why Some Countries Are All In

The world's environment ministers, government officials, diplomats and campaigners are preparing for the biggest poker game of their lives- the COP15 conference in Copenhagen in December 2009. It's one of the most complicated political deals the ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 4 2009 - 11:41pm

Bacteria May Prove Useful In Water Treatment

A new process that cleans wastewater, generates electricity, and can remove 90 percent of salt from brackish water or seawater, was reported by an international team of researchers from China and the U.S. Clean water for drinking, washing, and industrial ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 6 2009 - 5:25pm

I do like green cement and ham, sam-I-am!

British start-up Novacem has developed a "carbon-negative" cement, meaning it absorbs more carbon dioxide over its life cycle than it emits. Cement is a big ol' polluter- with an annual production of more than 2.5 billion tons, Reuters says, ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Aug 12 2009 - 8:52am

Treelines Not Following Global Warming Projections

Treelines are not responding to global warming the way previous projections said they should, according to the first global quantitative assessment of the relationship between warming and treeline advance published in Ecology Letters. The study tests the c ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 12 2009 - 6:42pm

Killer Spices- Essential Oil Pesticides May Be Ready To Replace Deadly Organic Kind

One of the biggest mistakes environmentally conscious people make is thinking that an 'organic' pesticide is somehow superior to an inorganic one.   The word 'organic' may be the most misunderstood word in western Civilization because t ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 16 2009 - 5:54pm

Carbonyl Sulphide- When Greenhouse Gases Saved The Earth

When Earth was cooling from its fiery creation, the sun was faint and young, far too weak to keep the oceans of earth from freezing without some help from greenhouse gases; they kept water, essential for the creation of life, liquid on our young planet.  B ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 19 2009 - 12:06am

ALICE: Environmentally-Friendly Rocket Propellant

On the big list of environmental challenges we face, you might worry about volcanic ash or industrial soot or farting cows... some people are even concerned by an obscure greenhouse gas named carbon dioxide.    But you probably aren't concerned about ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 21 2009 - 3:57pm