- A gentoo penguin chick peeks, checking for patrolling leopard seals before tempting fate at Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula
Climate change science: the evidence is clear
There has been an unrelenting campaign to destroy trust in the IPCC and mainstream climate science. Find a fault – and there is always something a nitpicker or Jesuitical actuary can find – and use it to demolish the entire edifice of scientific research going back decades.
Ozone levels to worsen over next 15 years
SYDNEY’S air quality is only going to get worse, with a state government report signalling that residents will suffer from rising levels of ozone, a primary cause of respiratory diseases such as asthma.
EBay Highlights Conservation as a Benefit of Buying Used
EBay, recovering from unprofitable quarters and falling market share, has recast its site to make it more attractive to new kinds of shoppers, like the carbon conscious.
Should Scientists Fight Heat or Stick to Data?
Some leading lights in environmental science have been pushing their colleagues, and institutions like the National Academies, to come out swinging against the ongoing barrage of assaults from organized opponents of restrictions on greenhouse gases and climate skeptics/contrarians/denialists/realists (pick your label depending on your worldview).
Ghost orchid comes back from extinction
Three species thought extinct, including a caddisfly and yellow-spotted bell frog, have been sighted in the UK and Australia
The five-year race to save India’s vanishing tigers
With some conservationists claiming only 800 tigers still live in the wild, radical steps are needed if the species isn’t to disappear from India within five years
In pictures: Images from Paul Nicklen’s book: “Polar Obsession”
National Geographic photographer and biographer Paul Nicklen has been documenting the lives and habitats of leopard seals, whales, walruses, polar bears, bearded seals and narwhals and how they are threatened by climate change. Now the world press award winner’s photos can be seen in a stunning new book, Polar Obsession
Report Says LEDs in Short Supply
The reason for this shortage is a huge surge in demand for the energy-efficient lighting in the electronics industry. Yes, it’s bad that the supply is low, but it’s great news that the use of more efficient lighting is becoming more mainstream.
BMW: Actually, we’re planning on more than 200 ActiveE units for the U.S.
There was news last week that BMW’s upcoming lease program for the BMW ActiveE concept, an all-electric 1 Series, would be limited to 200 units in the U.S. BMW would like everyone to know that final distribution numbers for the ActiveE program have not yet been decided, but that there will be at least twice that many here.
Aston Martin: Cygnet helps us offer a “more sustainable product line-up”
Check out this mini-sized Aston Martin
The (Financial) Case for Ditching the Car
Over at Carfree.us, a self-described “average Joe” is trying to wean himself off his car where possible. After two months, he attempts this quantitative estimate of the payoff.
Going Anti-Plastic: One Girl’s Journey into Minimizing Her Carbon Footprint
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