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Feed SubscriptionWhy Is the CIA Keeping Climate Change Secret?
Climate change is hard to hide, but the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is trying anyway.
Read More »Can EVs Ignite The Smart Grid?
People aren't so gung-ho about smart meters, but they are about electric vehicles. But when they realize that combining the two can lead to huge savings, things might change. With so many promised benefits to the adoption of smart grid solutions, I have been conducting a lot of research lately on why it has taken so long to get the smart grid on track in North America.
Read More »The World’s Smartest Companies Take Risks, But Not All Of Them Are The Best Bet
When taking risks, the smartest companies turn to a "risk, survive, repeat" strategy. But can they get it right
Read More »The World’s Smartest Companies Take Risks, But Not All Of Them Are The Best Bet
When taking risks, the smartest companies turn to a "risk, survive, repeat" strategy. But can they get it right? People weren't buying much during the Great Depression.
Read More »The World’s Smartest Companies Take Risks, But Not All Of Them Are The Best Bet
When taking risks, the smartest companies turn to a "risk, survive, repeat" strategy. But can they get it right? People weren't buying much during the Great Depression
Read More »A Scientific Argument for Intervening in Nature
Editor's Note: The following is an edited and expanded excerpt from Rambunctious Garden: Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World by Emma Marris. Copyright
Read More »China May Become World’s Biggest CO2 Emitter By 2017
China is no longer a developing nation, at least in terms of CO2 emissions. The country has graduated to "developed" status, according to a new report claiming that the country could meet or surpass U.S CO2 levels by 2017. The report , written by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, claims that the combination of China's carbon-heavy industries and rapidly increasing infrastructure are responsible for the growth.
Read More »Amphibians, Other Species May Struggle with Climate-Induced Migration
As the climate shifts, many species will migrate to more favorable destinations, altering their natural range. However, researchers have found that the journey itself may be perilous and the path to a new habitat could fall apart, meaning some organisms may not make the transition to a new home. Scientists at Brown University studied 15 amphibian species in the Pacific Northwest, including the black-bellied slender salamander, the Santa Lucia Mountains slender salamander, the California red-legged frog and the California newt
Read More »Do-It-Yourself Climate Modeling
Climate Wizard lets you see the various climate predictions for where you live. They're not pretty. If you're curious about what 16 reputable climate models say about the future of your corner of the planet, check out the Climate Wizard , a site that lets you use model simulations individually or as an "'ensemble average" to show how future temperatures and precipitation may change around the world as greenhouse gas concentrations continue to increase
Read More »The Top Five Transit Technologies For The Low-Carbon Economy
People need to move around, but we can do it in a less impactful way with these five innovations. Some are new and some are old, but together they could remake transportation.
Read More »"Missing" Global Heat May Hide in Deep Oceans
(Reuters) - The mystery of Earth's missing heat may have been solved: it could lurk deep in oceans, temporarily masking the climate-warming effects of greenhouse gas emissions, researchers reported on Sunday.
Read More »What Our Future Might Look Like If We Don’t Trash The Planet
When environmentalists think about what our future might look like, the predictions are often grim and hopeless; even under the best circumstances, they seem to say, we're still screwed. But what if, by some miracle of human ingenuity, the dire predictions don't pan out and we learn how to efficiently manage our resources?
Read More »Hitting The Fan: Clever Teasers For Al Gore’s Day Of Climate Reality
In preparation for the 24-hour marathon of climate change presentations, the Climate Reality Project has prepared a few short videos to amusingly communicate how dire the situation is. In preparation for Al Gore and adman Alex Bogusky's "24 Hours of Climate Reality," their new organization The Climate Reality Project produced these teaser videos, designed to show us just how close our planet is to a very bad situation.
Read More »A Stadium-Sized Balloon In The Stratosphere Could (Re)Engineer The Climate
First, though, the British government is going to put a normal sized balloon in the sky to see if spraying water to refract the sun's light can really prevent climate change. Maybe we'll need a Plan B
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