Mystery Solved: Why Raindrops Don’t Kill Mosquitoes
The average raindrop falls from the sky at about 22 m.p.h., and if it scores a direct hit, you’d think mosquitoes would be toast. Yet they seem to survive just fine, and this was a question the Georgia scientists couldn’t let go… Read More
Race to Map Africa’s Forgotten Glaciers Before They Melt
But last month, a micro-expedition led by London-based Danish photographer Klaus Thymann returned from Uganda with the best evidence yet that the 43 glaciers found and named in 1906 are still mostly there, but are in dire condition and can be expected to disappear in a decade or two.… Read More
Geoengineered Sky: Bye-Bye Blue, Hello White
According to new paper in Geophysical Research Letters, one side effect of a new geoengineering study would mean the deep blue sky could be a thing of the past. Instead, Ben Kravitz, of the Carnegie Institution for Science at Stanford and his colleagues say, the sky will become a washed-out white… Read More
Moving to a Green Economy Could Mean Millions of Jobs
Tens of millions of new jobs can be created around the world in the next two decades if green policies are put in place to switch the high-carbon economy to low-carbon, the UN has said. Between 15 and 60 million additional jobs are likely, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Program (Unep). These are net gains in employmen… Read More
A Mayor with a Vision Transforms Rural Czech Community
“I tried to change things but I had to recognize that it wasn’t possible, says Petr Pavek, leaning against his adobe straw bale house. He gazes out on his property over-looking the little town of Jindřichovice pod Smrkem in the Czech Republic. In the fields below grow organic vegetables, and cows for organic beef graze in the pasture. A totem … Read More
Greenhouse-Gas Emissions Across Globe Hit Record High
This spells bad news for those who hope to limit the overall rise in global temperature to 2°C (3.6°F) above where the pre-industrial average (it’s already gone up by about .7°C (1.3°F). It’s not as though the world will be just fine below that threshold and in deep trouble above it; when it comes to global warming, there’s no magic number… Read More
Heartland’s President Says Institute in Financial Crisis
Heartland Institute said it was in financial crisis with the flight of corporate donors making it difficult to pay staff. Read More
G-8 Leaders Agree to Cut Short-Lived Greenhouse Gases
The Climate and Clean Air Coalition for Reducing Short-Lived Climate Pollutants, which was formed in mid-February, is now made up of 18 members in the developing and developed world. The coalition's goal is to cut emissions of climate warming pollution that acts on shorter timescales than carbon dioxide (CO2), which is the main greenhouse gas respo… Read More
