Melting Glaciers Liberate Ancient Microbes
Editor's Note: This article is an extended version of "Bugs in the Ice Sheet" from the May 2012 Issue of Scientific American. BOZEMAN, Mont.—Locked in frozen vaults on Antarctica and Greenland, a lost world of ancient creatures awaits another chance at life. Like a time-capsule from the distant past, the polar ice sheets offer a glimpse of tiny organisms that may have been trapped there longer than modern humans have walked...
read moreSugar millers push biomass to energize Mindanao
12-Apr-12, 8:48 PM | Orti Despuez, InterAksyon.com InterAksyon.comThe online news portal of TV5 MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Sugar Millers Association (PSMA) is prodding the government to look into biomass as a viable solution to address the energy crisis in Mindanao. In a statement, Edna Tatel, PSMA policy advocacy consultant, said power supply in the region has become a problem of national proportion that requires a sustainable solution. But most of the solutions put forward are short term and costly in the long run, not to mention contributing to climate change. “Specifically,...
read moreWhat Are Advantages and Disadvantages of Alternative Energy Sources?
Do you want to know the advantages and disadvantages of alternative energy solutions, and how you too can harness this energy for home use? there are many different alternative energy sources ranging from renewable to non-renewable ones, with some being much more sustainable than others. Nevertheless, it has become the topic of conversation for many people as more people are becoming...
read moreOilprice: Renewable Technologies – Interview with Tom Murphy
Thursday, 29 March 2012, 4:06 pm Press Release: Oilprice.com Renewable Technologies and our Energy Future – AnInterview with Tom Murphy Rising geopolitical tensionsand high oil prices are continuing to help renewable energyfind favour amongst investors and politicians. yet how muchfaith should we place in renewables to make up the shortfallin fossil fuels? Can science really solve our energyproblems, and which sectors offers the best hope for ourenergy future? To help us get to...
read moreBill Gates Speaks to Santa Barbara Middle School Teen Press at ECO:nomics Summit 2012 The Santa Barbara Independent
“Creating environmental capital” was the tag line for this power conference, and that is what these young reporters were there to learn. Eager to connect with our country’s top economic leaders, and the engineering and scientific minds behind our future’s sustainable and renewable energy, these three journalists were all ears. In an exclusive interview with Bill Gates, Logan Carmody (16) asked Gates three critical questions about...
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