September 14, 2011
OCEANS
Ocean Acidification: Beyond the Carbon Debate
No longer a modest side effect of global warming, anthropogenic ocean acidification threatens all ocean ecosystems, which could spell trouble for life on earth.
Environment and Oceans Articles
September 6, 2011
AGRICULTURAL REGULATION
Misclassification of Hemp Holds Back Industrial Applications
The potential of industrial hemp in the United States is enormous, but we will never be able to truly reap the benefits until the government rolls back unnecessary regulations.
August 29, 2011
BOOK REVIEW
A Review of the Must-Read ‘Inquisition of Climate Science’
James Lawrence Powell’s new book is a straightforward, thorough, and well-researched account of the assault on climate science.
August 17, 2011
CLIMATE SCIENCE EDUCATION
As SpongeBob Makes Waves, a Missed Opportunity for Education
By playing defense instead of offense, the Department of Education missed an opportunity to turn the recent squall over SpongeBob Square Pants’s book about climate change into a hurricane of science education.
July 26, 2011
ENERGY INNOVATION
A Fresh(water) Look at Economic Renewal and Job Creation
With the latest dismal jobs report still fresh in the nation’s mind, it becomes increasingly clear that our current job creation efforts just aren’t cutting it. It is time to take action on facilitating new, emerging sectors that have been [...]
July 19, 2011
CLIMATE SCIENCE
What if the CO2 Ceiling Debate Were Like the Debt Ceiling Debate?
Climate Progress’s Joe Romm looks at the counterfactual: What if congressional conservatives and the president felt as passionately about reducing carbon emissions as they do about federal spending?
June 30, 2011
THE NATIONAL LABS
Not a Fire Drill
Science Progress takes an in-depth look at the implementation of wildfire safety policies at Los Alamos National Laboratory, home of the atomic bomb.
June 29, 2011
PODCAST
A Talk With Tony Leiserowitz on Public Attitudes Toward Climate Science and Policy
Two new polls out this month reveal interesting insights about Americans’ attitudes toward climate science and policy action; they don’t always match up.
June 27, 2011
OCEANS
Demon Fish: Travels Through the Hidden World of Sharks
The author of Demon Fish muses about shark wrestling, the shark fin trade, and the precarious future of humanity’s relationship with the oceans’ great predators in a podcast from WNYC.
June 21, 2011
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Climate Scientist Open Letter Wars
A group of Australian scientists have published an uncharacteristically blunt letter reiterating yet again that the public debate about climate science is “phony.” It’s real, it’s here, and its time to suck it up and deal.
June 17, 2011
OCEANS AND FOOD
Fish on Fridays: Dealing with the Aquaculture Dilemma
Michael Conathan argues that farmed fish are a fact of life and we should continue efforts that attempt to make the practice safer.
June 13, 2011
CLIMATE SCIENCE
An Interactive History of Climate Science
Skeptical Science has a nifty new interactive tool that visualizes thousands of categorized climate science journal articles in a very simple way.
June 3, 2011
OCEANS
The International Politics of Bluefin Tuna
NOAA’s decision not to list bluefin tuna as endangered may not be popular, says Michael Conathan. But it was the right move.
May 20, 2011
CLIMATE SCIENCE
The Arctic Sea Ice Death Spiral Continues
In November, Rear Admiral David Titley, the Oceanographer of the Navy, testified that “the volume of ice as of last September has never been lower…in the last several thousand years.” Titley, who is also the Director of Navy’s Task Force [...]
May 11, 2011
FAITH AND SCIENCE
A Message from on High
Marta Cook applauds the “Green Pope,” Benedict XVI for the forthright decision by its Academy of Sciences to address the moral dimensions of global warming.
May 5, 2011
BOOK REVIEW
New Work of Climate Science Fiction Depicts a Bleak Future
James Powell’s new e-book paints a dark picture of the fate of humanity if we let worst-case global warming continue unabated.
April 26, 2011
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Congressional Recess Confronted By Climate Reality
Fresh off a vote in the House of Representatives to substitute ideology for climate science, members of Congress returned home to Texas and the Southwest to find the most severe drought in more than 100 years. Humans are overloading the [...]
April 15, 2011
OCEANS AND FOOD
Open-Ocean Aquaculture for the Arabian Sea
New Open-ocean aquaculture technology could help increase food and water security while reducing the environmental impacts of fish farming.
April 12, 2011
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Extreme Warming Forces Climate Scientists to Add Hot Pink to Temperature Map
Last month I reported on a new paper by NASA’s James Hansen and Makiko Sato (see Hansen: “One sure bet is that this decade will be the warmest” on record). Kate at ClimateSight sighted a new color in the chart, [...]
OCEANS AND ECOLOGY
Spoiled by Oil
Another major oil spill has despoiled a pristine ecosystem in the South Atlantic, reminding us that no place no matter how remote is safe from the negative impacts of our fossil-fuel driven economy.
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