August 20, 2010 • 11:12 am 0
The United Nations projects that we’re on track to increase global population by about one-third by 2050. Most of that growth will happen in the poorest countries on Earth.Despite their poverty, those two billion people will add to the atmosphere at least three times the current greenhouse gas emissions of the U.S.
This fact alone has given the efforts to slow population growth new urgency…
Filed under: climate change, Scientific American, population
February 10, 2010 • 6:07 pm 0
Could methane-digesting bacteria and an Arctic cap of fresh water prevent a climate catastrophe?
Scientific American
Sometimes a researcher is willing to talk about their work even before it’s peer reviewed. This can be tricky: whatever you think of peer review, papers are almost always better after experts have read them and demanded that they be revised. In this case I think it turned out all right, because Elliott is an especially smart scientist, and also I managed to catch him right after he’d presented his work at a meeting to 30 of the most knowledgeable researchers in his field.
Filed under: climate change, Scientific American, climate models, LANL, Medea hypothesis, methane, Peter Ward, The Long Thaw
December 2, 2009 • 3:39 pm 5
World Changing Ideas: 20 Ways to Build a Cleaner, Healthier, Smarter World
Scientific American
If you live in California or Arizona and you have a south-facing roof, there is a startup – possibly even startups – who would like to meet you. Their goal is simple: stick solar panels on your roof at no cost (or virtually no cost) to you. Really.
Filed under: green technology, Scientific American, solar panels, solar power, solarcity, sunrun
November 9, 2009 • 12:45 pm 0
Hurricane Forcing: Can Tropical Cyclones Be Stopped?
Scientific American
The oceanographers I interviewed for this piece were not kind to v1.0 of the Salter Sink as proposed in Salter’s first paper on the subject. They did want to see more research on it, however. I’m beginning to think that Intellectual Ventures’ policy of revealing its new inventions before papers on them have wound their way through peer review is a mistake.
Filed under: climate change, green technology, Scientific American, geoengineering, hurricanes, Intellectual Ventures, Myhrvold, ocean mixing, Salter
October 22, 2009 • 10:22 am 0
Albedo Yachts and Marine Clouds: A Cure for Climate Change?
Scientific American
There has been a lot written about Marine Cloud Brightening, which in geoengineering circles is sort of like the Pepsi to the Coca Cola that is the attempt to cool the earth with what’s essentially an artificial volcanic eruption.
Here’s the thing that always got me: would the seemingly fantastical ships required to realize Marine Cloud Brightening even work? It seemed like the most interesting angle to pursue when my editor at Scientific American, Dave Biello, got interested in commissioning a piece on the scheme. So even though the headline at SciAm doesn’t indicate it, this is really a deep dive into the engineering side of this particular geoengineering scheme.
Filed under: climate change, green technology, Scientific American, geoengineering, marine cloud brightening
January 1, 2009 • 6:01 am 0
Blurbs on Lester Brown, RecycleBank and charity: water for Good magazine
Good
Crocodile-like Reptiles Lived in the Arctic 55 Million Years Ago. Could it Happen Again?
Popular Science
Mining “Ice That Burns”
Technology Review
The World’s 10 Largest Renewable Energy Projects
Scientific American
Wild Boars Menace Germany. Could it Happen Here?
Popular Science
‘Ecological Intelligence’ and The Google of Green Shopping
Green Living
Sending Cell Phones into the Cloud
Technology Review
Hackers Weigh In: 8 Big Things to Do with a Mini Server
Scientific American
Netbook Chips Create a Low-Power Cloud
Technology Review
Hybrid Trucks Are Here for the Long (Medium and Short) Haul
Scientific American
‘Gay Elephant’ Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg
Popular Science
Exoskeletons Give New Life to Legs
Scientific American
Plan Bee: As Honeybees Die Out, Will Other Species Take Their Place?
Scientific American
The $9000 Plug-in Hybrid That Will Beat the Volt to Market
Popular Science
Stingless Bees Mummify Enemies
Scientific American
“The Most Beautiful Moment in Science” – Captured on Film
Popular Science
Can Geothermal Power Compete with Coal on Price?
Scientific American
Are e-books an environmental choice?
Green Living
Electric Shocks to the Face, Then and Now (video)
Popular Science
Can Geothermal Power in Iceland Thaw a Frozen Economy?
Scientific American
5 Not-So-Green Gadgets
Green Living
What Is The Worst Possible Disaster That Could Befall Earth?
Popular Science
Why Artificial Intelligence Threatens Actual Intelligence (video)
Popular Science
Threat Watch, LHC? (video)
Popular Science
One Hot Island: Iceland’s Renewable Geothermal Power
Scientific American
Filed under: biotech, change.org, climate change, Green Living, green technology, information technology, Popular Science, Scientific American, Technology Review, Wired
March 18, 2008 • 5:45 pm 3
More at SciAm.com: Even Skeptics Admit Global Warming is Real [Video]
Filed under: Scientific American, climate change, global warming, heartland institute, polar bears, Science, Scientific American, web video
February 5, 2008 • 11:32 am 0
Time to find out where the cool kids are getting all their science news… It’s the latest installment of ‘The Monitor,’ which is possibly the best thing I’ve yet managed to associate myself with, at least since ScienceBlogs…
(click the image to watch the video)
Produced by John Pavlus, with the help of Christie Nicholson and Michael Pick of Smashcut Media.
Filed under: Scientific American, Scientific American, The Monitor, web video
January 9, 2008 • 4:40 pm 0
Friend and coworker Nikhil Swaminathan went to the Consumer Electronics Show and tried out a vest that simulates getting shot. This is pulitzer-prize winning stuff here, folks.
Filed under: Scientific American, Scientific American, web video
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