Environment

Jaguar Spotted In Central Mexico For First Time In 100 Years

The jaguar, Panthera onca, has become an animal in danger of extinction over recent decades, due to the fragmentation and deterioration of its habitat, as well as hunting and illegal animal smuggling. As a result of this vulnerability, no individuals have ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 10 2009 - 2:00pm

Science and Technology Can Generate Much Better Choices- The Second Industrial Revolution

Economic, environmental, political and supply issues dictate that reliance on fossil fuels will be ephermeral on the scale of human history.  While developments in telecommunications and the information age are touted as revolutionary (e.g.,  the Internet ...

Blog Post - Jon Lederman - Feb 12 2009 - 6:39am

Cheap Valentine's Day Roses Are Killing Kenya, Says Biologist

University of Leicester biologist Dr David Harper has conducted research for over 25 years at Lake Naivasha in Kenya and says today that your cheap boyfriend's (unless you are are the cheap boyfriend, in which case he means you) cut-price Valentine ro ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 13 2009 - 10:31am

Drink Coffee, Improve Plant And Animal Diversity

Coffee shrubs, both in themselves and because they are most often cultivated in the shade of large trees, can have a positive impact on plant and animal diversity in those parts of the landscape that are deforested and dominated by agriculture. What consti ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 20 2009 - 12:27am

Nature-Conflict Connection And The Biodiversity Curse

Anew study published in Conservation Biology says that more than 80 percent of the world's major armed conflicts from 1950-2000 occurred in regions identified as the most biologically diverse and threatened places on Earth. The study found that more t ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 21 2009 - 11:56am

Scientific Authorities As Honest Brokers

In a recent piece entitled Politics in the Guise of Pure Science, John Tierney asks whether scientists can be "honest brokers" on controversial and politically charged issues like global warming and climate change.   Citing various instances in w ...

Blog Post - Jon Lederman - Feb 24 2009 - 11:49pm

Green IT Efforts Not Helping Climate Change, Says Study

Richard Hawkins, Canada Research Chair in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, says there is no evidence that information technologies necessarily reduce our environmental footprint. His research will provide input into the OECD (Organization for Eco ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 25 2009 - 12:49am

Important! This Is Big! Carbon Solution Benefit For Centuries

This is big! Scientist have been puzzled about the fertile land of the Amazon that has been producing for after 500 years since the original natives were decimated by the Spaniards. After analyzing the soil they discovered it was full of charcoal. A littl ...

Blog Post - Russell Ade - Feb 25 2009 - 9:54am

Environmental Particulate Killer Of Civilizations And Mankind Our Real Danger

In Los Angeles people are attributed to living 4 months longer now that particulate in the air has been reduced. The real present and future hazard to humanity is particulate in the atmosphere. The type that is produced from volcanoes, meteorite strikes, ...

Blog Post - Russell Ade - Feb 25 2009 - 11:47am

Las Vegas, Baby!

I am not a gambler, except when it comes to my own life. I'm referring to my astronaut application a few years back. I was not happy the selection committee was happy for me being pregnant and used that as an excuse to not allow any further tests on m ...

Article - Bente Lilja Bye - Mar 5 2009 - 10:59pm