Marijuana growers started California wildfires
Serious bummer, dude. California's totally ablaze, and the cops are laying the blame on marijuana growers. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Sunny Germans Triumph in U.S. Solar Decathlon
It's all about the meters . As any would-be installer of solar rooftop panels knows, having the right meter to count how much power your photovoltaics are producing is key. So perhaps it's no surprise that Team Germany snatched victory on the last day of the 2009 U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon with a perfect score in, you guessed it, net metering. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Velocity of Climate Change Varies from Mountain to Marsh
Reports of maples on the march northward and butterflies flitting far afield are already flooding in, and climate scientists predict that with escalating temperature changes more species will need to either get out of dodge, or hope for emissions reductions that will help the planet dodge the climate bullet. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Sushi-cide: Secret ballot kills hopes for bluefin tuna protections
The triennial meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is still underway in Doha, Qatar, this week, but so far news coming out of the conference is a mixed bag. Some trees have been protected, tigers gained a few friends, and a rare salamander got some attention, but all hopes to save the critically endangered bluefin tuna were sunk in a secret ballot that put commerce ahead of science and conservation. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Oil spill's human health impacts might extend into the future
Scientists are still assessing the ecological damage wrought by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this year. Other researchers, however, are looking at subtler signs of the disaster's potential impacts on human health. [More] Oil spill - Gulf of Mexico - Deepwater Horizon - Health - Environment rss.sciam.com |