Archive for ‘scientists’
Don Shelby Treks On Dog Sled
January 6th, 2008
In a story filed back in 1993, Don Shelby went dog sledding and winter camping with polar explorer Paul Schurke and naturalist Nancy Gibson.
Popularity: 3%
Ice pioneer eyes farthest glaciers
January 5th, 2008
For 5,000 years, great tongues of ice have spread over the 3-mile-high slopes of Puncak Jaya, in the remotest reaches of this remote tropical island. Now those glaciers are melting, and Lonnie Thompson must get there before they’re gone.
Popularity: 2%
2008 to be in top 10 warmest years say forecasters
January 3rd, 2008
2008 will be slightly cooler than recent years globally but will still be among the top 10 warmest years on record since 1850 and should not be seen as a sign global warming was on the wane, British forecasters said.
Popularity: 4%
Alaskan sea drilling plans criticized
January 3rd, 2008
The federal government will open up nearly 46,000 square miles off Alaska’s northwest coast to petroleum leases next month, a decision condemned by enviromental groups that contend the industrial activity will harm northern marine mammals.
Popularity: 5%
2007 a year of weather records in U.S.
December 29th, 2007
When the calendar turned to 2007, the heat went on and the weather just got weirder. January was the warmest first month on record worldwide — 1.53 degrees above normal. It was the first time since record-keeping began in 1880 that the globe’s average temperature has been so far above the norm for any month of the year.
Popularity: 5%
Producing the Next Generation of Transportation Fuels from Clean Tech - Part 2
December 19th, 2007
Jonathan S Wolfson, President and CEO of Solazyme Inc. talks with John Ince about how biotech companies in the biodiesel space can reduce their carbon footprint by focusing on process technology to make savings and reduce the amount of energy that goes into biofuels production. He also talks about the current climate in Washington and how legislators should be more …
Popularity: 3%
Many hoping for results from FutureGen
December 19th, 2007
Decades after Texas outdueled Illinois for a multibillion-dollar science project that went nowhere, the Land of Lincoln is getting its revenge as the chosen home of a futuristic power plant developers hope will be virtually pollution-free.
Popularity: 2%
More to find in Indonesia’s “Lost World”-scientist
December 18th, 2007
Many more species are probably yet to be found in pristine jungle in Indonesia’s Papua province, where two mammals believed to be new to science were discovered in June, an Indonesian zoologist and a conservationist said.
Popularity: 3%
Ancient Antarctic ice tells future
December 18th, 2007
John Moore is studying the Antarctic because of the critical role it plays in moderating the planet’s temperature. Professor Moore says initial findings show that current projections for the polar ice thaw and rising sea levels - made by Nobel Peace laureates the IPCC - are too conservative.
Popularity: 4%
South Korea clone glowing cats
December 14th, 2007
South Korean scientists have cloned cats that glow in the dark when exposed to ultraviolet rays.
Popularity: 8%
2007 among warmest years on record
December 13th, 2007
A vast swath of the United States was warmer than usual this year, leading to severe drought conditions and wildfires in the West and Southeast. Texas, the Lone Star state, stood alone, the only one to record below average temperatures.
Popularity: 4%
Global warming rapidly progresses
December 13th, 2007
Scientists say that this summer’s accelerated Arctic ice melt could be a sign that global warming has passed the tipping point
Popularity: 6%
This mouse is no scaredy cat
December 12th, 2007
The mice have been genetically modified to get rid of certain smell receptors in their brains which react to the odours of cats. Usually mice freeze and play dead when they smell a cat, but these mutant mice just go about life as usual.
Popularity: 3%
Ominous Arctic Melt Worries Experts
December 11th, 2007
An already relentless melting of the Arctic greatly accelerated this summer, a warning sign that some scientists worry could mean global warming has passed an ominous tipping point.
Popularity: 3%
Nobel winner Gore: Make peace with the planet
December 10th, 2007
The former U.S. vice president shared the 2007 prize with the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change whose head, Rajendra Pachauri, told leaders at a U.N. climate conference in Indonesia to heed the wisdom of science.
Popularity: 3%
