Managing ecosystems involves much more than planting trees
Month: June 2020
Offshore wind power: A bright future or a blight on golfers?
Demand for electricity is increasing and turbine technology enables offshore wind power.
Electrical power, a climate change puzzle
Despite good intentions, reductions in electricity’s carbon footprint are difficult.
Liquid clouds or ice clouds: Geotagged bacteria genes help to decide
Geotagged bacteria help understand where liquid clouds form.
Climate modeling: getting it wrong again
We often err on the low side when it comes to climate modeling.
Saharan dust heads towards the USA
Saharan dust influences ecosystems from the Atlantic Ocean to the Amazon.
The Arctic and Antarctica: Two different versions of polar ice
The Arctic and Antarctica each pose different threats from climate change.
An oxygen tug-of-war between biology and geology
Earth’s oxygen atmosphere was delayed for a billion years by volcanic gases.
Clean energy has a dirty secret
Clean energy’s dirty secret is environmental poisoning from lead-acid batteries.
A breezy future: The rise of wind power
Wind toppled hydroelectric in 2019 as the most-used renewable energy source for electricity generation.