High Plains Farmers Depleting Groundwater, Study Says
Lead author Bridget Scanlon of the University of Texas at Austin said the rapid depletion of what is “essentially fossil groundwater, dating back as far as 13,000 years, in the southern High Plains is especially troubling, because that groundwater cannot be easily recharged.… Read More
Fusion Energy: Climate-Friendly and Infinite . . . Someday
Walk the halls of the Princeton, N.J., Plasma Physics Laboratory in the middle of the workday, and two things leap to mind. The first is that they must do some pretty hard-core science here. The lab has plenty of conventional-looking offices, but every so often you come across a room that makes you stop and wonder. One has a huge stainless-steel … 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
Bonn Climate Talks End in Discord and Disappointment
The latest round of international climate change talks finished on Friday in discord and disappointment, with some participants concerned that important progress made last year was being unpicked. At the talks, countries were supposed to set out a work plan on negotiations that should result in a new global climate treaty, to be drafted by the end… Read More
Co-operative Wind Harvesting in the Netherlands
Together, Stephan and Ralph produce enough wind energy to power 5,000 homes. Their energy is sold through WindUnie, a co-operative that sources and sells wind power to residents of the Netherlands. Ten years ago, WindUnie was a small start-up, but through the engagement of landowners like Stephan and Ralph, this co-operative has grown to be a major… 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
Princeton Senior Exploring Solution of Bamboo as Biofuel
Princeton University senior named Amanda Rees may have come up with the most promising solution so far. Rees, 22, is convinced that an important part to the world’s energy future may lie in a fast-growing, nearly indestructible weed that makes homeowners tremble and pandas salivate: bamboo. “It comes in over 1,200 species, she said with unabashed … Read More
Major New Project Targets Mystery of Thunderstorms
On the ground and in the skies above the Central states, scientists are seeking answers to weather and climate mysteries.… Read More
