Environment

It great to see all the roads of Barcelona so green: Its a natural way of green house gas mitigation and to reduce pollution. ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jul 22 2010 - 3:58pm

Arctic Ice July- Update #4

Arctic Ice July- Update #4 Once again my focus is on Nares Strait. This time I want to show how glaciers can be affected indirectly by sea ice. There are two major glaciers in the Nares Strait- Petermann and Humboldt. Both are primed for calving. ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Jul 22 2010 - 4:02pm

Jatropha myth or reality

During recent visit to France I encountered my old friend working on biofuels telling me" Jatropha is a means of keeping underdeveloped countries underdeveloped" That was contrary to all the ideas that are developing around the globe. He even tol ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jul 22 2010 - 4:30pm

The "Mays" of Notre Dame

Goldsmiths of Paris, in May offered trees to Mary in the city of Eieffel tower as is written on an inscription kept in Notre Dame reminds me of Indian tradition, Japanese tradition role of plants in many religious ceremonies acorss the world. ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jul 22 2010 - 8:01pm

Plastiki On The Conveyor Belt

Plastiki is made out of – you guessed it – plastic. Plastiki, the plastic bottle version of Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki , was carried from San Francisco to Sydney on a conveyor belt.... and wind I remember when water bottles were introduced on the Nor ...

Article - Bente Lilja Bye - Jul 27 2010 - 5:58am

Arctic Heroes #3- Robert McClure

Arctic Heroes #3- Robert McClure Robert McClure and his crew were the first people to transit the North West Passage- by ship and sled. They were also the first to circumnavigate the Americas- by ships and sled. McClure's ship- HMS Investigator- has ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Jul 28 2010 - 10:33pm

Peak Oil And Global Warming

Peak Oil And Global Warming " Our ignorance is not so vast as our failure to use what we know. " M._King_Hubbert I am confident that, if he were still with us, M. King Hubbard would be strongly in favor of the pursuit of alternatives to fossil f ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Jul 31 2010 - 7:54pm

A Climate Science Balancing Act

A Climate Science Balancing Act The 2009 State of the Climate report released by NOAA July 28 2010- draws on data for 10 key climate indicators that all point to the same finding: the scientific evidence that our world is warming is unmistakable. More tha ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Jul 30 2010 - 7:57pm

Ethical And Environmental Money Funds: Heroes And Villains

Barchester Green Investment Limited (Barchester), which bills itself as the UK's leading ethical and environmental financial adviser, released their list of the current 'Heroes and Villains' amongst the ethical and environmental funds. ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 9 2010 - 5:42pm

The UN and The Environment

The last 10 years or so I have been working on various aspects of the environment. Though my main perspective has been scientific, the political framework set the scene and define the premises for even scientific discussions, particularly when it comes to ...

Blog Post - Bente Lilja Bye - Aug 13 2010 - 7:04am