| U.S. Bans Commercial Fishing in Warming Arctic The Obama administration approved a management plan yesterday for Arctic fisheries that prevents the expansion of commercial fishing into vast swaths of sea whose ice is being melted by rising temperatures."As Arctic sea ice recedes due to climate change, there is increasing interest in commercial fishing in Arctic waters," Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said in a statement yesterday. "We are in a position to plan for sustainable fishing that does not damage the overall health of this fragile ecosystem. This plan takes a precautionary approach to any development of commercial fishing in an area where there has been none in the past." [More] rss.sciam.com |
A Plan to Power 100 Percent of the Planet with Renewables (preview) In December leaders from around the world will meet in Copenhagen to try to agree on cutting back greenhouse gas emissions for decades to come. The most effective step to implement that goal would be a massive shift away from fossil fuels to clean, renewable energy sources. If leaders can have confidence that such a transformation is possible, they might commit to an historic agreement. We think they can. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Has the U.S. Reached Peak Vehicles? Americans scrapped 4 million more cars and trucks last year than they purchased, the first significant drop in the U.S. auto fleet in more than four decades, according to a new report.The United States scrapped 14 million vehicles last year while buying only 10 million new ones, dropping the nation's fleet from an all-time high of 250 million to 246 million, according to the Earth Policy Institute . [More] rss.sciam.com |
Farm Pesticides Linked to Skin Cancer Workers who apply certain pesticides to farm fields are twice as likely to contract melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer, according to a new scientific study. [More] rss.sciam.com |
What Comes Next: Experts Predict the Future (preview) The Age of Digital Entanglement By Danny Hillis [More] Future - Business - Eric Mangini - MySpace - Quantum entanglement rss.sciam.com |