Archives for the 'Climate' Category
EarthPortal.org
Published on 25 Apr 2007 at 9:06 pm.
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Filed under Climate, Energy, Internet.
I just received a notice that EarthPortal.org will be launching on Friday April 27, 2007. Apparently, it will be a news portal where hundreds of scientists will contribute on anything EARTH.
Kevin Knuth
Albany NY
Sustainable Stocks
Published on 20 Apr 2007 at 11:59 pm.
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Filed under Climate, Energy, Entrepreneurship, Inventions.
Sustainable Business has a list of stocks based on renewable energy resources, green energy, fuel cells, and socially responsible businesses. I have not yet worked to invest in stocks, but this might be a nice place to start.
Kevin Knuth
Albany NY
Staying on Top of the Energy Debate
Published on 19 Apr 2007 at 12:58 am.
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Filed under Climate, Energy, Entrepreneurship, Solutions.
We are now at an important point in human history. We have developed to the point where we are “de-terraforming the Earth” by burning vast quantities of fossil fuels. There is no debate here, as we know how much the CO2 level in the atmosphere is rising and we know how much coal and oil we [...]
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New Solar Energy Technologies
Published on 9 Apr 2007 at 2:17 am.
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Filed under Climate, Energy.
With Global Warming and the burning of fossil fuels becoming real problems, new solar power technologies are being developed. NOVA has a nice piece on some of these new technologies that range from flexible solar panels, which are available today to nano-solar paint, which is currently under development.
The nano-solar paint that NOVA discusses is different [...]
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The Melting of Greenland
Published on 18 Jan 2007 at 2:18 am.
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Filed under Climate.
There was an interesting article in the NYT: The Melting of Greenland
Greenland is melting a lot faster than expected (~2-3x). It had been thought that the ice sheet’s reaction to climate warming would be slow, but the computer models are all wrong…its fast. The problem is that since the computer models are wrong, we can’t [...]
