TOP 100 CAMPING SITES
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| Video: On board a research drilling ship Earlier this spring, Peggy Delaney wrote about her expedition to drill core ocean floor samples for 60 Seconds in the Mid-Pacific. Delaney's two-month trip aboard the JOIDES Resolution Drill Ship presented some challenges, including finicky toilets and the difficulty of being away from home--"away from everything"--she says.ScientificAmerican.com got an inside look at a similar research ship headed off the coast of New Jersey (see videos here) on an even longer, 80-day research trip for expedition 313. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Who's to Blame? Making Poor Nations Share the Cost of Fighting Climate Change A new framework for reducing carbon emissions takes a crack at the knottiest dilemma confronting a global climate solution: how to divvy cuts between rich and poor nations.A new study published Monday attempts to sidestep the rancor, finding that virtually every country has a class of individuals - the so-called "high emitters" - enjoying a rich, carbon-intensive lifestyle. If those individuals, no matter their locale, are forced to take responsibility for their emissions, a great swath of countries become participants in the climate effort, the study claims. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Can the World Unite to Combat Climate Change? The latest round of preparatory talks for the U.N. climate conference concluded today with negotiators lamenting that the languid pace of talks could mean there won't be a deal on emissions in Copenhagen this December."It would be incomprehensible if this opportunity were lost," said Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change . For any hope of a deal, he said, "the speed of the negotiations must be considerably accelerated at the [next] meeting in Bangkok." [More] rss.sciam.com |
U.S. Curtails Snowmobiles in Yellowstone The National Park Service has approved a plan to restrict the number of snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park to fewer than half last year’s limit. nytimes.com |
Molecular Breeding Makes Crops Hardier and More Nutritious For the past two decades, promises of crop improvement have been the domain of genetically modified plants : mostly, crops supplemented with bacterial genes to resist pests or weedkillers like Roundup. More than 85 percent of U.S. corn, soy or cotton grown contains such genes.But there is more than one way to transform a plant. [More] rss.sciam.com |