Andrew Delbanco, one of the top American Studies scholars in the country raises the issue of the moral complexity of abolition, lessons which apply to Climate Destabilization. (see pages 5 and 6…
As Arctic ice melts, disease spreadsPeople living on permafrost disposed of anthrax-killed cattle for centuries by burial. Now anthrax is reemerging as burial sites thaw. Freezing doesn't kill anthrax…
There's so little good news about energy, this technology breakthrough is heartening.Self-Cleaning Anodes Could Facilitate Cost-Effective Coal-Powered Fuel Cells Maybe in 50 years or so "clean coal" could…
A good investigative report on the fabrication of ACC denialism. -- Dallashttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/climate-of-doubt/
Improved home air quality, more efficient fuel use, less soot, and useful biochar too, this simple new stove design sounds fantastic.Biochar Cookstoves Boost Health for People and…
Climate change hotspotsNorth America, Europe and Asia can generally expect more severe heat waves and droughts alongside more intense storms related to flooding, said Michael Wehner, a climate scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California. On the other hand, cold snaps could…
Methane’s Contribution to Global Warming Is Worse than You ThoughtIt seems we've been "fudging the numbers" in a sense, when comparing the global warming potential of methane to…
Seagrass carbon sinks fast disappearing: studySeagrass is crucial to slowing climate change because of its remarkable capacity to absorb greenhouse gases, with…
Could Supreme Court stall climate change regulations?Conservative business interests have launched a legal assault, trying to get the conservative-packed Supreme Court…
Global Warming Pioneer Says Melting Ice May Cool North AtlanticJames Hansen says that the melt rate of Greenland's Ice sheet is doubling every ten, or even…