Posted by at Feb 22nd, 2010 in Climate Change
Filed under: Climate Change , Plants and Wildlife
New species of octopus were found in the Census of Marine Life/ Photo: Corbis Images
You’ve probably seen those ads for the 2010 Census , starring Ed Begley Jr and a bunch of other funny folks. But you may not [...]
Posted by at Feb 1st, 2010 in Climate Change
Filed under: Climate Change
Hamburgers or Hummers? Photo: fox_kiyo , Flickr
As the world becomes more environmentally conscious, we’re all paying more attention to our carbon footprint. Measuring carbon footprints is complicated — different items are measured on different scales, and many of the measurements are based on research [...]
Posted by at Jan 19th, 2010 in Climate Change
Filed under: Climate Change , Plants and Wildlife
Pike the Polar Bear at the SF Zoo enjoys a snow day. Photo: Justin Sullivan, Getty Images
It’s been one of the coldest and snowiest winters on record on the East Coast , but here in San Francisco we’ve been [...]
Posted by at Jan 5th, 2010 in Climate Change
Filed under: Climate Change , Plants and Wildlife
Is this dolphin really smiling? Photo: TIMM SCHAMBERGER, Getty Images
If you’re a sci-fi fan you’ve probably read one or five of the books in the the ” Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy ” trilogy. (Yes, a five book trilogy — [...]
Posted by at Dec 2nd, 2009 in Climate Change
Filed under: Climate Change , Plants and Wildlife
Kate Walsh Wants to Save Sea Turtles from Oceana on Vimeo .
You know what kind of aquatic creature is having a really hard time? Turtles. They’ve been around for over 100 million years, since before the dinosaurs, [...]
Posted by at Nov 23rd, 2009 in Climate Change
Filed under: Celebrities , Movies, TV and Books , Climate Change
I love Green Week on NBC because it means I’ll get to see Alpha Green Al Gore be brilliant and funny!
Mr Greenius reprised his role as himself on “30 Rock” , helping Kenneth change light [...]
Posted by at Nov 16th, 2009 in Climate Change
Filed under: Polit-eco , Climate Change
President Obama at the APEC conference. Photo: ROSLAN RAHMAN, Getty Images
Over the weekend, President Obama and other world leaders at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum in Singapore, announced that they will not be able to reach a binding agreement [...]
Posted by at Oct 30th, 2009 in Climate Change
Filed under: News , Alternative Energy , Climate Change
Exelon Byron Nuclear Generating Stations, IL. Photo: JEFF HAYNES, Getty Images
Back in the 70s, I remember nuclear energy being discussed in the same breath as geothermal and Solar power. But then the partial core meltdown happened at [...]
Posted by at Oct 15th, 2009 in Climate Change
Filed under: Climate Change
Icy Hot from Shopping.com
So, scientists (and politicians) have been studying climate change for decades now and what do we actually know about it, (other than the planet’s ice caps seem to be doomed)? What is the current status of our planet’s current status? And what [...]
Posted by at Aug 27th, 2009 in Climate Change
Filed under: News , Climate Change
Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Credit: TORU YAMANAKA, Getty Images
You’ve probably seen references to the United Nations Copenhagen Climate Conference that is being held this December in Denmark. The goal of [...]
