TOP 100 CAMPING SITES
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| Can Space Travel Be Environmentally Friendly? Space will be the final frontier for tourists if Sir Richard Branson has his way. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Swans are dying by the dozen in Ireland, cause unknown Swans, ducks and fish have been dying in droves at a popular Irish wildlife sanctuary, reports ProMed Mail (which keeps tabs on mass animal deaths as a means to provide an alert for possible human health threats). Officials in Cork, where the sanctuary called the Lough--is located, have not announced a cause, but observers and experts are positing everything from a foreign virus to lead poisoning. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Bountiful bikes: Can a share program get more people cycling around cities? Bicycling brings many benefits over driving a car: a workout, less pollution and lower carbon dioxide emissions. So, why is it that, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2007 American Community Survey , only 0.5 percent of Americans rely on two wheels to get to work? [More] rss.sciam.com |
Energy Out of the Blue: Generating Electric Power from the Clash of River and Sea Water In the hunt for alternatives to polluting and climate-warming fossil fuels, attention has turned to where rivers meet the sea. Here, freshwater and saltwater naturally settle their salinity difference, a phenomenon that two pioneering projects in Europe will try to harness to generate clean energy. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Hoving’s City Parks Legacy To the Editor:. nytimes.com |