Wind power is great, when there is wind. New forecasting services aim to take some of the guesswork out of when and where renewable energy will come from, predicting wind speeds far enough in advance to save energy companies billions.READ»
Are you aware of the serious lack of notable music that comes from Denmark? When I read the announcement of the proposal selected for the new Danish Rock Museum, I had to Google what Danish music was out there. And it wasn’t pretty. ...READ»
Using different factors to assess how well a country can respond to changes in food and water availability (as well as rising seas), the Global Adaptation Index shows which countries have the most work to do to prepare.READ»
In his ethnography Wisdom Sits in Places, the anthropologist Keith Basso reveals the Western Apaches’ poetic sense of place. Landscape symbolizes a community’s history and is intrinsically linked with the memory of ancestors and ...READ»
Every northern country is making territorial claims to land being exposed under melting ice, creating a truly cold new Cold War near the North Pole.READ»
In this installment of the Butterfly Effect, climate change is creating incredible economic opportunity in the Arctic, leading to saber rattling from Canada and Russia. Whichever region benefits the most will have enormous geopolitical consequences.READ»
Just when you thought Bjarke Ingels had conquered every last corner of his native Copenhagen, the 36-year-old starchitect has gone and unveiled plans for yet another building on home turf, this one even wilder than the last: It’s an ...READ»
Electric automobile manufacturer Better Place has scored its latest coup: A deal with Renault to deliver 100,000+ electric cars to Danish and Israeli consumers.READ»
It doesn't matter how many electric vehicles are on the road--they're virtually useless without some sort of EV charging network infrastructure. That's where Silicon Valley electric vehicle startup Better Place comes in. Better ...READ»
It doesn't prevent industrial dairy cows from being packed into small quarters, but the CowDetect RFID tracking system at least allows farmers to keep track of animal health and schedule milking and fertilization for maximum ...READ»
Passive homes are built to use as little energy as possible, but the future of green housing might be active homes -- houses designed to capture more energy than they use.
The world's first active house, located in Lystrup, ...READ»
The national unemployment rate may be at its worst in over a decade, but there's a world of opportunity out there beyond Wall Street. Companies from Finland to Dubai are bucking the recession and actively hiring--you just have to know where to look.READ»
