Beyond Fossil Fuels: Bob Gates on Wind Power
Editor's note: This Q&A is a part of a survey conducted by Scientific American of executives at companies engaged in developing and implementing non–fossil fuel energy technologies.What technical obstacles currently most curtail the growth of wind power? What are the prospects for overcoming them in the near future and the longer-term? [More] rss.sciam.com |
At Wolfe’s Pond Park, Clearing the Trash the Bikers Buried
To rehabilitate recreational space, volunteers and city workers removed abandoned vehicles and excavated appliances used to create BMX jumps. nytimes.com |
My Un-American Son
Getting my son ready for his first sleep-away camp overseas is turning out to be much more than counting T-shirts and towels. nytimes.com |
The Real Sea Monsters: On the Hunt for Rogue Waves
A near-vertical wall of water in what had been an otherwise placid sea shocked all on board the ocean liner Teutonic --including the crew--on that Sunday in February, more than a century ago. [More] rss.sciam.com |
What Would Failure at Copenhagen Mean for Climate Change?
This is the consequence of failure at Copenhagen: A marked shift in scientific effort from solving global warming to adapting to its consequences, a hodge-podge of uncoordinated local efforts to trim emissions - none of which deliver the necessary cuts - and an altered climate. [More] rss.sciam.com |