Energy
Do we know enough to ensure safe Arctic drilling?
- If we must open the Arctic Ocean to oil and gas development we should at least do it in a way that doesn't harm wildlife, but the signs don't look good.
Posted on
May 15th, 2012
Biodiversity, Energy
Europe Looks to North America’s Forests to Meet Renewable Energy Goals
Originally Published by IEEE Spectrum - U.S. forests are fast becoming a crucial energy supply for European power producers seeking to meet the European Union’s goal for renewable energy use and carbon emissions reductions.
Posted on
May 7th, 2012
Ecosystems, Energy
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.
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
Liquid Solar Cells Can Be Painted Onto Surfaces
Originally Published by ScienceDaily - Scientists at USC have developed a potential pathway to cheap, stable solar cells made from nanocrystals so small they can exist as a liquid ink and be painted or printed onto clear surfaces.
Posted on
April 27th, 2012
Energy, Technology
Shell leak ’60 times bigger than it claimed’
Originally Published by The Guardian - As the company faces a lawsuit by residents, an assessment by a US oil spill consultancy casts doubt on Shell's estimate of the Nigerian leak
In the City, Bright is the New Black
Originally Published by NASA Earth Observatory - Surface temperatures in the city can rival the desert. White or "green" rooftops can change that.
Posted on
April 21st, 2012
Earth Observation, Energy
Europe Pledges Hundreds of Millions to Sustainable Energy for All
Originally Published by ENS - The European Commission, the EU's executive branch of government, has undertaken to support sustainable energy services to 500 million people in poorer countries by 2030.
The other Bakken boom: America’s biggest oil rush brings tribal conflict
Originally Published by HCN - North Dakota's Three Affiliated Tribes have long wanted a stake in the state's occasional oil booms, but the size, scope and speed of the Bakken development caught them completely unprepared.
Posted on
April 18th, 2012
Energy
NASA Daily Image
Opportunity's Traverse Map From Sol 2951