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Seven Stories This Week: Weird Science Edition

BY Chris DannenFri Jun 26, 2009 at 1:54 PM

Yes, the King of Pop has gone to meet the Emperor of Pop, and taken much of his patented weirdness with him. Lest you forget that Earth is strange enough even without the scion of Neverland Ranch, here are a few of this week's viral ...READ»

GLOBAL RESEARCH TECHNOLOGIES | 1 comment

Synthetic Tree Captures Carbon 1,000 Times Faster Than Real Trees

BY Ariel SchwartzWed Jun 24, 2009 at 8:45 AM

Sure, trees are nice to look at, but they're also carbon-collecting powerhouses. Now Klaus Lackner, a professor of geophysics at Columbia University, is developing a synthetic tree that can collect carbon approximately 1,000 times ...READ»

BLUE IN THE FACE | 1 comment

Fatboy Slim, Jarvis Cocker Go Blue in the Face to Battle Climate Change

BY Ariel SchwartzTue Jun 23, 2009 at 2:57 PM

Oxfam UK has teamed up with musicians including Fatboy Slim, Jarvis Cocker, Little Boots, and VW Brown for its "Blue in the Face" campaign to highlight the severity of climate change's potential impact on the world's ...READ»

F-GASES | Comment

F-Gases Are a Major Global Warming Threat. What Can We Do to Stop Them?

BY Ariel SchwartzMon Jun 22, 2009 at 2:32 PM

Greenpeace branded F-gases (refrigerant chemicals) as "the worst greenhouse gases you've never heard of" long ago, but a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has confirmed that the ...READ»

CHINA | Comment

Dude, Where’s My Oil?

BY Terry TamminenMon Jun 22, 2009 at 1:03 PM

A Chinese company is trying to buy the Hummer brand from GM and the state-owned oil company is building massive storage tanks to stockpile gasoline and diesel fuel. It may make one chuckle - - they’ll need more gas to serve all those gas-guzzlers - - but there’s a more important message to take away from this news.READ»

CLIMATE CHANGE | 4 comments

Obama Climate Change Report: The Outlook Is Dire, the Time to Innovate Is Now

BY Ariel SchwartzTue Jun 16, 2009 at 2:27 PM

The Obama White House has released its first climate change report, and it doesn't say anything we don't already know. It says it, however, in stronger language than any presidency that came before, with statements like ...READ»

FLOATING BUILDINGS | Comment

Europe's First Floating Apartment is First Step to Real Floating Cities?

BY Kit EatonTue Jun 16, 2009 at 9:02 AM

Dutch architect Koen Olthuis has plans to build Europe's first floating apartment building in 2010. But it's just the first step towards whole floating cities, like the concepts we've shown before. Construction on The Citadel is ...READ»

DREDGING | Comment

The Bright Side of Global Warming: Dredging Opportunities

BY Ariel SchwartzThu May 28, 2009 at 4:29 PM

Most companies are cowering in fear at the thought of unpredictable global-warming-related weather events, but the dredging industry, at least, is set to benefit from rising seas. The Flemish newspaper Gazet van Antwerpen reports ...READ»

GADI AMIT | 4 comments

Carbon Credits Miss the Point

BY Gadi AmitWed Apr 29, 2009 at 1:52 PM

It may not be a popular thing to say, but all the feel-good talk about carbon emission policies may be obscuring a bigger and more important problem: Our society's long-entrenched habit of rampant over- consumption. When we focus ...READ»

TIMBERLAND | Comment

Can Timberland Halve Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Next Year?

BY Ariel SchwartzWed Apr 15, 2009 at 2:06 PM

Can a major multinational brand halve its carbon emissions in only four years? We'll find out next year if Timberland manages to cut its greenhouse gas emissions in half based on a 2006 baseline. The footwear company, which ...READ»

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