60-Second Earth

To Store More Carbon, Make Grasshoppers Nervous

Hinzugefügt: 23. Juni 2013

Living in a landscape of fear means more of the greenhouse gas driving climate change gets stored in plants. David Biello reports

Climate Change Getting Worse by the Minute

Hinzugefügt: 16. Juni 2013

The world is not on track to reduce, or even restrain global warming. David Biello reports

Plastic Bags Litter Seafloor

Hinzugefügt: 9. Juni 2013

A new survey reveals that trash from our activities on land litters the bottom of the ocean, from shallow to deep. David Biello reports

Four Hundred Year Old Plant Resurrected

Hinzugefügt: 2. Juni 2013

Moss can wait out being entombed in glacial ice for centuries. David Biello reports

Water Waste May Leave Us Thirsty

Hinzugefügt: 26. Mai 2013

Humans are using and abusing freshwater resources at an accelerating rate. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Who's Paying the Price for Global Warming?

Hinzugefügt: 19. Mai 2013

U.S. taxpayers have so far borne the brunt of climate change costs. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Who's Paying the Price for Global Warming?

Hinzugefügt: 19. Mai 2013

U.S. taxpayers have so far borne the brunt of climate change costs. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Moon Base Work Yields Clean Steel Process

Hinzugefügt: 13. Mai 2013

A new method to make steel using electricity rather than flame could produce virtually no carbon emissions. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Moon Base Work Yields Clean Steel Process

Hinzugefügt: 13. Mai 2013

A new method to make steel using electricity rather than flame could produce virtually no carbon emissions. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Remember the BP Oil Spill? Malformed Fish Do

Hinzugefügt: 5. Mai 2013

A new study shows that sediments fouled with oil from the blowout in the Gulf of Mexico caused problems for fish embryos. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Air Gun Blasts Shatter Undersea Tranquility

Hinzugefügt: 28. April 2013

Proposals to open the U.S. east coast for oil and gas exploration mean an increasingly noisy neighborhood for marine life. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Is Sustainability Even Possible?

Hinzugefügt: 21. April 2013

More than 40 years after Earth Day, human civilization is still far from the ideal of sustainability. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Cut Soot to Stave Off Sea Level Rise

Hinzugefügt: 14. April 2013

Reducing certain kinds of air pollution could limit the rise of ocean waters and buy time to address CO2 emissions. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Penguin Species Could Be Climate Winner

Hinzugefügt: 8. April 2013

Although climate change will cause massive disruption, it could benefit some species, such as the Adelie penguin. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Extinction May Not Be Forever

Hinzugefügt: 31. März 2013

The tools of synthetic biology offer hope for the resurrection of extinct species. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Can a Pope Change the World?

Hinzugefügt: 24. März 2013

New Pope Francis I called for protecting the environment, but it remains to be seen how that might happen. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Life Abides, Even in the Deep

Hinzugefügt: 17. März 2013

An analysis of the deepest spot in the oceans finds signs of microbial life. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Chavez's Death Could Affect Oil Prices, Production and Pollution

Hinzugefügt: 10. März 2013

Hugo Chavez's death may have an impact on the global oil market--and thus on the global climate as well. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Will There Be Enough Water?

Hinzugefügt: 3. März 2013

Water demands continue to inch up year after year even as climate change queers supply. Can civilization cope? David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

How Skynet Could Help Save the Planet

Hinzugefügt: 24. Februar 2013

Machine-to-machine communication offers an opportunity to make the modern world more energy efficient. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com