Archive for the ‘environmental’ category: Page 10
Oct 16, 2016
The Biggest Threat to NASA’s Future Is the Ocean — By Maddie Stone | Gizmodo
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: environmental, geopolitics, space, space travel
“That’s a troubling question for NASA, an agency whose most valuable piece of real estate—the $10.9 billion sandbar called Kennedy Space Center—is also its most threatened.”
Oct 16, 2016
An ancient drought-friendly farming process could become the next organics — By Renuka Rayasam | Quartz
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: environmental, food
“Drip irrigation came to California in the 1970s, letting farmers plant more fruits, vegetables, and nuts more closely together and in desert areas not naturally suited for agriculture.”
Oct 10, 2016
Scientists “too frightened” to tell truth on climate impacts — Climate Home
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in category: environmental
““The impact of extreme, often violent weather on crops in a world where the population continues to increase rapidly can only be disastrous,” he warns.”
Oct 5, 2016
Food production in a world without meat — By Mbali Kgame | Design Indaba
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: environmental, ethics, food, futurism
“Meat production is detrimental to the environment and at the high rate at which it is consumed, it can also increase the risk of colorectal cancer by 18 per cent. This is according to a review of 800 studies conducted by the World Health Organisation (WHO).”
Oct 4, 2016
Canada’s Carbon Tax Needs To Spread South of the Border — By Jamie Condliffe | MIT Technology Review
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: economics, energy, environmental, finance, governance, government
“Nobody likes taxes. So it’s a brave move by Justin Trudeau, Canada’s prime minister, to announce that the entire country must pay if it continues to burn fossil fuels.”
Oct 3, 2016
The One and Only Texas Wind Boom — By Richard Martin | MIT Technology Review
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: energy, environmental
“Wind power has transformed the heart of fossil-fuel country. Can the rest of the United States follow suit?”
Oct 1, 2016
Patagonia’s Ex-CEO Moves To Create Argentina’s Largest Nature Preserve — By Alexander C. Kaufman | The Huffington Post
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: environmental, government
“The donation is part of an ambitious plan to preserve Argentina’s northeastern Iberá wetlands and restore populations of six species of wildlife, including jaguars, that had gone extinct in the region. Tompkins plans to donate about 341,350 acres, a spokeswoman from her nonprofit Tompkins Foundation told The Huffington Post.”
Sep 8, 2016
Obama on Climate Change: The Trends Are ‘Terrifying’ — By Julie Hirschfeld Davis, Mark Landler and Coral Davenport | The New York Times
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in category: environmental
“In an exclusive interview on his legacy, President Obama speaks to The Times’s Mark Landler and Coral Davenport on climate change while visiting Marine Corps Base Hawaii.”
Sep 1, 2016
The $10 Million Race to Invent Star Trek’s Tricorder | Smithsonian
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: biotech/medical, environmental, genetics, health, information science
“Fifty years after the show aired, Star Trek’s fictional tricorder is far from becoming a reality. But a $10 million prize from the XPRIZE Foundation is hoping to motivate inventors to create one quickly.”
