Richard Chasey

Dust off the Coast of Western Africa

Originally Published by NASA Earth Observatory - Acquired April 29, 2012, this natural-color image shows a plume of thick dust stretching from Mali to Cape Verde.

Posted on May 2nd, 2012
Earth Observation

App depicts impact of climate change on planet

- A new app Called Fragile Earth for iPhone and iPad shows more than 70 sites such the receding Muir Glacier in Alaska, the impact of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and the draining of the Mesopotamia Marshes in Iraq.

Posted on May 2nd, 2012
Climate, Technology

China launches Beidou satellites

Originally Published by BBC - China has moved a step closer to completing its own navigation and positioning satellite network Beidou with the launch of two more navigation satellites.

Posted on May 1st, 2012
Earth Observation, Technology

Waterway robbery

- Countries must be stopped from seizing their neighbours' rivers

Posted on May 1st, 2012
Politics, Water

Wind farms can cause climate change, finds new study

Originally Published by The Telegraph - A new study shows wind farms can raise the local temperature over the course of time.

Posted on April 30th, 2012
Climate, Energy

To Kick Climate Change, Replace Corn With Pastured Beef

- A study by Stanford University and Purdue University researchers looks at how America's vast annual corn crop will likely fare as the climate warms up over the next 30 years.

Posted on April 30th, 2012
Agriculture, Climate

Snails in a Race for Biological Energy Harvesting

Originally Published by IEEE Spectrum - When implanted in Neohelix albolabris snails and immersed in the snails’ blue, bloodlike hemolymph, a new diode produced a steady supply of energy over a period of months.

Posted on April 29th, 2012
Biodiversity, Energy

Concrete Degradation at New Hampshire, Nuclear Plant

- The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has released a report about potentially serious concrete degradation at the Seabrook nuclear power plant in Seabrook, New Hampshire.

Posted on April 29th, 2012
Energy

Gobi Desert Dust Storm

Originally Published by NASA Earth Observatory - Acquired April 26, 2012, this natural-color image shows dust plumes blowing out of the Gobi Desert.

Posted on April 28th, 2012
Earth Observation, Ecosystems

Cambodian Forest Activist Shot Dead by Military Police

- Chut Wutty, a prominent Cambodian forest defender, was fatally shot today in an incident in Koh Kong province in which a military police officer also died.

Posted on April 28th, 2012
Ecosystems, Would You Believe?