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Alternative energy: Nuclear power makes a comeback
Darkfrog submitted, created time 1 month 1 week (www.nytimes.com)
Unlike countries such as France, which maintained a strong tradition of nuclear power throughout the latter twentieth century, the United States has not had an uncancelled commission for a nuclear power plant since 1973. The Arab oil embargo of that decade, as well as the Three Mile Island and Chernobyl disasters, changed the economic and political climate in such a way that made nuclear plants less economically and politically viable.
Still there are over one hundred nuclear power plants in the greater U.S. that have remained in operation all these years 
Rethinking conservation: Can economics accomplish what environmentalism could not?
sea-maid submitted, created time 1 month 3 weeks (news.bbc.co.uk)
The global economy loses more money from deforestation than the current banking crisis, says an EU-commissioned report. This is taking into account the services that forests perform, such as purifying water and fixing carbon.
This is not a feeble rearrangement of the facts. When we lose the forestland that feeds water to our cities, we need to build our own new reservoirs and purification plants. The article's author, Richard Black of the BBC, wonders if framing conservation in terms of what it can do for human societies will do more good than preserving nature for nature's sake
A quarter of mammals face extinction
sea-maid submitted, created time 1 month 3 weeks (www.nature.com)
This article covers one of the most, possibly the most, comprehensive studies of endangered animals in human history. Previous efforts have had to limit themselves to only better-known or better-studied species, but this one covers marine and obscure mammals as well.
"One in four of the world's mammal species is threatened with extinction, according to the first comprehensive survey of this class of animal. Populations are declining in half of all mammal species, with some experiencing an extreme decline. Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) numbers have plummeted by 60%" since 1998
Arctic meltdown exacerbated by positive feedback
sea-maid submitted, created time 2 months 2 weeks (environment.newscientist.com)
With just weeks to go before the extent of the Arctic ice reaches its summer minimum, we take a look at the reasons behind its dramatic melt. How much is to do with global warming – and how much can be blamed on the weather?
In 2007, temperatures were unusually warm, and the sky was very clear at the beginning of the summer when solar radiation is strongest. What's more, winds pushed ice away from the Siberian coast and helped it move out into the Atlantic. These factors led to a record ice minimum and the opening of the Northwest Passage
U Oregon says that old growth forests should count double in forestry accounting
sea-maid submitted, created time 2 months 2 weeks (www.sciencedaily.com)
Contrary to forty years of conventional wisdom, a new analysis suggests that old growth forests are usually "carbon sinks" -- they continue to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and mitigate climate change for centuries.
However, international treaties, such as the Kyoto Protocol, do not take the age of forests into account when considering forest preservation. Researchers from the University of Oregan have proposed that old growth forests should count more in carbon accounting.
Sedum breathes easily in New York City
Darkfrog submitted, created time 3 months 3 days (www.nytimes.com)
New York City is offering a tax abtements to businesses--particularly gas-chugging businesses--that create "green" roofs. The shrubberies absorb unpleasant gasses and rainwater during downpours, preventing it from becoming tainted runoff. It also seems that layers of rocks and plants, instead of wearing a roof out sooner, can prolong its life. Even so, it can be hard to tally up just how the businesses save money. Also, they can be critically expensive to install, especially in New York, which is why New York has so few shrubby roofs compared to European cities or even Chicago
New Regulation Would Lessen Influence of Fish and Wildlife Experts
sea-maid submitted, created time 3 months 4 days (www.sciencemag.org)
For much of the past 35 years, the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA) has been at the center of some of the fiercest environmental battles in the United States. It has been the means by which tiny fish have held up big dams, helped bring iconic species such as the bald eagle back from the brink, and pitted environmentalists against loggers over the protection of old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest
Biodiversity convention is criticized as lightweight on science
Darkfrog submitted, created time 3 months 2 weeks (www.nature.com)
Swedish researchers have criticized the body that advises the Convention on Biological Diversity as light on science and overly dominated by politics, and they are not alone. According to Dr. M. Stocking of the United Kingdom, the people who end up in positions as advisors "tend to be government nominees … not scientists who are up to date with the literature
Endangered condors will need more than numbers
Darkfrog submitted, created time 3 months 3 weeks (sciencenow.sciencemag.org)
Although the U.S. condor rescue program has managed to prevent the extinction of the California condor, the program has hit a wall. About 10% of adult condors released into the wild die, often because of the lead they ingest from eating prey killed by human hunters. The population is not self-sustaining.
Saving the condors will not require banning hunting, however. Biologists here agree that it is the lead shot that is the problem. An increase in hunting in places where condors live would actually be good for the scavenging birds.
Lawsuit puts sea bass experiments on hold
Darkfrog submitted, created time 3 months 3 weeks (www.nature.com)
Any Dr. Evil fans out there? FIsh farmers' attempts to train sea-bass (no note is given as to whether they are ill-tempered) have been halted by a lawsuit.
The Food and Water Watch has had a temporary injunction issued, claiming that there has not been enough investigation as to whether the food cage to be used in the experiment will not pollute surrounding waters. Fine with me. Investigation is good. We should all know the risks, because there are GOING to be risks.
Overly furry secret agents were in no danger, though
jerry submitted, created time 4 months 2 weeks (www.current-biology.com)
The biologist Paul Ehrlich came to public attention in 1968 with the publication of his book, The Population Bomb. Worries about the potential problems of a soaring global population had boiled and cooled over previous decades. And the issue had become so enmeshed with political decisions that many just wished to ignore it. The warnings of Thomas Malthus, the eighteenth-century writer who had had such influence on many thinkers on the problems of uncontrolled population growth, had slipped into the background
FDA: Asthma Inhalers Going Green
jerry submitted, created time 6 months 13 hours (www.time.com)
Old-fashioned asthma inhalers that contain environment-harming chemicals will quit selling at year's end—and the government is urging patients not to wait until the last minute to switch to newer alternatives.
IPCC talks lead hopes for a stronger Kyoto agreement
Darkfrog submitted, created time 1 year 1 week (www.nature.com)
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won a group Nobel last month (although most of the hype went to Mr. Gore). This article is a good overview of the panel's latest report, but it also mentions that they're leaning more heavily on rhetoric. "A call to arms," it reads.
I don't know if that's necessarily a good thing. The panel says that its job is to relate and translate the scientific fact. Injecting politics into that also injects doubt.
wugongliang submitted, created time 1 year 3 weeks (sciencenow.sciencemag.org)
Researchers have hit upon a new way to stop the pesky critters that destroy crops: They've genetically engineered plants to express insect-killing RNA molecules. The new approach could pave the way for more targeted--and environmentally friendly--pest control.
NYTimes article claims that Clean Air Act prevents crime
Darkfrog submitted, created time 1 year 1 month (www.nytimes.com)
We have yet another explanation for the drop in the American crime rate in the mid-1990's: This article cites a study proposing that lead causes brain damage of a sort that makes children less intelligent and more impulsive, that this makes the resulting teenagers more likely to commit crimes, and that the main source of this lead during the twentieth century was not paint but leaded gasoline.
The declining crime rate, she says, matches the declining average lead content in American blood, but with a twenty-year lag
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