| Brief, Violent Storm Turns Central Park Into an Obstacle Course of Downed Trees Parks officials became emotional surveying the damage. “You have personal relationships with certain trees and now they are gone,” said one. nytimes.com |
The albedo effect Editor's Note: Scientific American 's George Musser will be chronicling his experiences installing solar panels in Solar at Home (formerly 60-Second Solar). Read his introduction here and see all posts here . Someone commenting on one of my recent posts posed an interesting question: [More] rss.sciam.com |
Faster Than a Speeding Carrot: A Racing Car Made Entirely from Recyclables and Vegetable By-Products A Formula 3 racing car made entirely out of recycled and renewable materials could be a sign of things to come in the automotive industry. At least, that is the hope of some British researchers who have built WorldFirst , an unusual automobile made mostly using recycled plastic water and juice bottles, potato starch, carrot fibers and other materials one normally expects to find in the recycling or compost bin. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Getting Fresh: Will a Warming Climate Disrupt the Gulf Stream and Other Essential Ocean Currents? Dear EarthTalk: If the ice caps are melting, what is happening to the salt content of the oceans? And might this contribute to weather patterns or cause other environmental problems? --George Boyer, via e-mail [More] rss.sciam.com |
Death to Humans! Visions of the Apocalypse in Movies and Literature All things must come to an end, but we humans have an endless fascination with the inevitable. Our September 2010 special issue and our web exclusives explore some of those endings. Writers and filmmakers, of course, have been tackling apocalyptic themes for decades, at times using them to highlight emotional aspects of sacrifice, heroism and dedication, to varying degrees of success. [More] Apocalypse - Human - Art - Death - Writers Resources rss.sciam.com |