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| Can People Really Have Carbon-Neutral Lives? Dear EarthTalk: What does "carbon neutral" really mean? And is it really possible to live in such a manner without just resorting to buying carbon credits? --Vera Hoffman, Seattle, WA [More] rss.sciam.com |
Getting to the Core of Twisters [Please note: this is a special episode of Earth, and runs longer than the usual length. Below is the original script. But a few changes may have been made during the recording of this audio podcast.]Mother nature is known for her irony. And last week’s tornadoes that ripped through the American heartland are a case in point. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Teaching Your Family to Live Green Dear EarthTalk: What are some things that children and families can do to be greener (and to provide life lessons for the kids in the process)? -- Cynthia Mosher, via email [More] rss.sciam.com |
New worm species found in unusual habitat: dead whale carcasses Living whales may seem scarce in the world's vast oceans--and their carcasses even more rare. But to animals and bacteria that feed on these graveyards, they are a rich source of life. And to one doctoral researcher in Sweden, they proved to be a source of several new species. [More] rss.sciam.com |
How Can Humanity Avoid or Reverse the Dangers Posed by a Warming Climate? Wetlands from Bangladesh to Florida submerged. Drought and devastating heat in important granaries such as the Yangtze floodplain in China or Ukraine. Rains that come too often or too hard in India or the U.S. Northeast. The list of potentially devastating impacts from climate change is a long one. But with greenhouse gas emissions continuing to climb and concentrations in the atmosphere rising by roughly two parts per million (ppm) a year, climate catastrophes are looking more and more imminent. [More] rss.sciam.com |