60-Second Earth

Earthquake Deflection Takes Tiny Step

Hinzugefügt: 6. April 2014

Building on light cloaking work, physicists took a small step toward the goal of shielding cities from earthquakes by deflecting incoming energy. David Biello reports. -- Read more on...

Citizen Environmental Monitoring Could Keep Officials Honest

Hinzugefügt: 1. April 2014

Smartphones, cheap satellite imaging and crowd-funded enterprises have made citizen oversight possible that was undreamt of by past transparency advocates and environmentalists. David Biello... --...

Space-Based Solar Collectors Could Have Sunny Future

Hinzugefügt: 25. März 2014

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory has a working prototype for a space-based solar energy collector and distributor that would beat the cloudy-day problem. David Biello reports. -- Read more on...

Realistic Climate Models Exhibit Greenhouse Gas Sensitivity

Hinzugefügt: 16. März 2014

A consideration of the role of sootlike particulates and ozone implies that the climate should will not be insensitive to increasing levels of greenhouse gases. David Biello reports -- Read more...

Lighting May Cut Seed-Rich Bat Guano Production

Hinzugefügt: 14. März 2014

Bats ate less fruit in lit areas than in dark ones, which may lessen their seed-dispersal activities needed to bring back slashed rainforests. Cynthia Graber reports. -- Read more on...

Air-Gun Oil Exploration Wrongs Right Whales

Hinzugefügt: 3. März 2014

The U.S. government has given industry permission to use of lethally loud seismic devices up and down the east coast. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Airgun Oil Exploration Wrongs Right Whales

Hinzugefügt: 3. März 2014

The U.S. government has given industry permission to use of lethally loud seismic devices up and down the East Coast. David Biello reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Climate Currently Pays For Increased Human Wealth

Hinzugefügt: 23. Februar 2014

A new study attempts to quantify CO2 emissions if economic growth continues. David Biello reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Cities Befriend Select Plants and Animals

Hinzugefügt: 19. Februar 2014

As more people move to cities, careful planning could mean a happy home for both humans and a substantial amount of wildlife. David Biello reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Global Warming Freezes Penguin Chicks

Hinzugefügt: 9. Februar 2014

More rain related to a warming climate soaks Magellanic penguin chicks to the skin before their waterproof feathers grow in, killing them from hypothermia. Allie Wilkinson reports. -- Read more on...

China Holiday Travel Puts Spotlight On Transportation

Hinzugefügt: 2. Februar 2014

Lunar New Year means tens of millions of travelers in China, mostly by bus but increasingly by car, which is bad news for air quality. David Biello reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

If The Fuel Source Ain't Clean Your Electric Car Ain't Green

Hinzugefügt: 27. Januar 2014

A host of factors determine the role of electric and hybrid cars in reducing greenhouse gas pollution, such as whether coal is their ultimate fuel source. David Biello reports. -- Read more on...

Heat Is On These Countries for the Heat

Hinzugefügt: 21. Januar 2014

A new analysis calculates each of the Earth's countries total amount of CO2 pollution and responsibility for the ensuing global warming -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Cold Outside? Forecast Calls for an Uptick in Global Warming Disbelief

Hinzugefügt: 12. Januar 2014

The temperature outside governs most people's response to climate change. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The Biggest Stories on Earth

Hinzugefügt: 29. Dezember 2013

David Biello looks back at the big environmental stories of the year covered on 60-Second Earth. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Don't Treat Old Gadgets Like Garbage

Hinzugefügt: 22. Dezember 2013

E-waste is a large--and growing--problem that can be addressed by thoughtful disposal, David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

How Many Partridges Are Really in that Pear Tree?

Hinzugefügt: 15. Dezember 2013

The annual Christmas Bird Count is revealing big changes in the avian world, thanks to us ground-dwellers. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Blame Heat Waves on Loss of Arctic Sea Ice

Hinzugefügt: 8. Dezember 2013

New research suggests a link between the precipitous meltdown of Arctic summer sea ice and broiling heat waves. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Dandruff Shampoo Could Mess Up Waterways

Hinzugefügt: 1. Dezember 2013

Toxicity testing on shampoo that fights flakes reveals that it's bad for plants and animals once it's in wastewater. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Human Health Depends on a Healthy Environment

Hinzugefügt: 25. November 2013 - Durchschnittliche Bewertung: 4

A new study examines the links between environmental degradation and human illness. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com