TOP 100 CAMPING SITES
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| Germany's Solar Head Start [Below is an exact transcript of this podcast.]Steve Mirsky here, sitting in for David. On June 4th, I interviewed Jeff Wolfe, the CEO of groSolar, a leading solar energy distribution and installation company. I asked him why Germany was developing solar energy at a faster pace than the US. [More] rss.sciam.com |
U.S. and China to Conduct Joint Energy Research The United States and China are launching a joint Clean Energy Research Center aimed at bolstering research and development of technologies to improve energy efficiency, carbon sequestration and low-emissions vehicles. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Digging Up Valuable Fossils in Suburban New Jersey Outside Freehold, N.J.--The water is icy cold and the stone is slippery as I wade in up to my calves. Along the banks of this slow-flowing stream, guarded by prickly brambles, lies one of the richest caches of fossils dating back to the extinction that claimed the dinosaurs. The remains of marine creatures buried here, kept secret to prevent looting, tell an unusual tale: rather than dying off 65 million years ago, these creatures lived on afterward, albeit briefly. The discovery is causing scientists to rethink why some creatures survived the so-called KT extinction while others did not.Unlike this one, significant fossil sites tend to be found in exotic locales such as the searing hot Gobi Desert or the windswept pampas of Patagonia, areas remote from the kind of urban development that can ruin them. “You don’t expect to find them here in suburban New Jersey some 90 minutes away from New York City,” explains Neil Landman, curator of fossil invertebrates at the American Museum of Natural History. [More] rss.sciam.com |
EPA tests porous pavement to combat contaminated rain runoff In an effort to prevent polluted parking lot rain runoff from contaminating surrounding soil and underground water, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday said it has launched decadelong test of permeable materials to find one that can filter out impurities in rainwater before it flows to its final destination. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Hale and Harmful: Are the Healthful Effects of Riding a Bike on City Streets Ruined by Inhaled Pollutants? Dear EarthTalk: I ride my bike to work along busy urban streets. Should I be worried about inhaling pollutants from vehicle emissions and other sources? --J. Kaufman, San Francisco [More] rss.sciam.com |