Environment

Global Warming- Why Our Best Guess Is Probably Wrong

Climate science is tricky business because the atmosphere and Mother Earth are an eloborate, complex system no one understands.   So how much Earth's climate will warm due to carbon emissions is open to speculation but a new study this week suggests s ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 14 2009 - 1:30pm

Wal-Mart: sustainability pioneer?

Is Big Box becoming Big Environment? Wall Street Journal reported today that Wal-Mart "is requiring manufacturers to figure out the full environmental costs of making their products, and plans to distill the data into simple green ratings that shoppe ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Jul 15 2009 - 1:43pm

Bamboo Not Green Destroying US Deciduous Forests

Disclaimer: As a Naturalist and Scientist these are my observations. This may be disturbing to some people as they may have to think of cause and effect. Somewhere in Asia they are laughing their asses off,"Americans will buy anything if you just say ...

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

Tires From Trees? Yep

Don't get Michael Schumacher or Jeff Gordon on the phone yet but we could one day be driving on tires made from trees. Wood science researchers at Oregon State University say they could cost less, perform better and save on fuel and energy, though has ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 21 2009 - 11:35am

Now It's War- California Nuts In Peril Due To Global Warming

If global warming projections hold up, tree crops that rely on the 'winter chill' in California's Central Valley could be in peril, say researchers in a new study.   If you aren't aware, California's Central Valley fields produce 2 ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 22 2009 - 11:06am

Mayans Had Conservationists Too- 3,000 Years Ago

Researchers from the University of Cincinnati find the forest and water conservation practices of the The ancient Mayans had concerns about forest and water conservation practices 3,000 years ago, according to paleoethnobotanist(1) David Lentz of the Unive ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2010 - 6:56pm

He's bringing sexy (green golf) back

I just don't get the appeal, as I explain in this post about douchebaggery (and nor does Cash, apparently: see #8). But if he can bring a little star power to one of the least environmentally friendly industries out there, more power to him and his ri ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Jul 27 2009 - 3:31pm

At Least One Little Pig Concerned- New Houses To Be Made Of Straw

You may have heard the fairy tale of The Three Little Pigs.  In the original story (1), they leave home to find their fortune but the first one builds his new place out of straw and the Big Bad Wolf blows it down and eats him. By the time he got to the thi ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 28 2009 - 11:13am

Medieval Alphabet Book Stays In Britain

Medieval Alphabet Book Stays In Britain A unique alphabet book, offering a selection of spectacular and bizarre fonts to the luxury medieval manuscript illuminator stuck for inspiration, has been bought by the British Library after a £600,000 appeal. The ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Jul 28 2009 - 8:59pm

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 - 5:42pm