Should we bother trying to save energy?. Not according to the Australia Institute who today came out with a press release on the insulation package, arguing that with the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, it won't reduce emissions.The Government says the scheme will help households save energy and cut carbon emissions by up to 49 million tonnes by 2020. But the…
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World faces last chance to avoid fatal warming: EU. The world faces a final opportunity to agree an adequate global response to climate change at a U.N.-led meeting in Copenhagen in December, the European Union's environment chief said on Friday. [Environmental Health News]
The weight of water behind a 500-foot dam in China may have triggered the massive magnitude 7.9 earthquake in May that killed more than 70,000 people. Link: Man-Made Dam May Have Triggered Great China Quake.
Global Scientists Draw Attention To Threat Of Ocean Acidification. More than 150 leading marine scientists from 26 countries are calling for immediate action by policy-makers to sharply reduce carbon dioxide emissions so as to avoid widespread and severe damage to marine ecosystems from ocean acidification. [ScienceDaily: Latest Science News]
First Ever Video Of Dynamics Of Carbon Atoms Makes Spintronic-based Computing Look More Promising. Researchers working with TEAM 0.5, the world's most powerful transmission electron microscope, have made a movie that shows in real-time carbon atoms repositioning themselves around the edge of a hole that was punched into a graphene sheet. This is the first ever live recording of the…
Thanks to James for this link to Betty. On the intelligence of crows. If you have read my page on Gestalt learning, you may have seen the amazing case of Betty the Crow. She features again in this longer clip, courtesy of TED.com: http://youtu.be/NhmZBMuZ6vE From James' "Recent Reflections" By noreply@blogger.com (James A). [Recent Reflection]
Global temperature is increasing. This warming threatens the future health and wellbeing of many millions of people throughout the world
HUMPBACK whales have a type of brain cell seen only in humans, the great apes, and other cetaceans such as dolphins, US researchers report. Patrick Hof and Estel Van der Gucht, of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, studied the brains of humpback whales and discovered a spindle neuron in the cortex, in areas comparable to where…
The debate is over.... Shell Oil, Energy Resources and Global Warming. John Hofmeister, President of Shell Oil, USA, speaks about Shell's position on energy conversation and Global Warming. The speech was made at the Washington University, St. Louis, USA in September 2006. The Mp3 of the speech can be heard here. [Mp3] [The Whalesong Project: Whalelog] Archive