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My Top 10 Energy Related Stories of 200930 Dec, 2009 05:34 pm Here are my choices for the Top 10 energy related stories of 2009. Previously I listed how I voted in Platt's Top 10 poll, but my list is a bit different..."A failure in the Copenhagen process would be devastating for any chances to achieve 450ppm"20 Nov, 2009 03:16 pm IEA Head Energy Efficiency & Environment Division Richard Bradley talks to Scitizen about the World Policy Conference, the World Energy Outlook 2009 and..."Where next for Climate Refugees?"19 Nov, 2009 05:38 pm A new report of the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) predicts 150 million climate refugees by 2050 and calls for a new global legal framework...Resource Nationalism: The Last Stand for the Oil Optimists23 Oct, 2009 03:53 pm The price of oil has more than doubled from its nadir of $30 a barrel earlier this year. To explain the resilience of oil prices in the face of a severe...Expansion of U.S. Passenger Rail Service as the Ultimate "Off the Shelf" Green Investment (Part I)13 Feb, 2009 11:34 am This is a brief examination of the potential benefits that could be brought to bear through a nationwide revival and expansion of intercity passenger rail...Over the Cliff for Natural Gas in North America?26 Jan, 2009 09:23 am Is natural gas production in North America headed for cliff? No one can know for sure; but all signs point down.Iran's Oil Shield Slips4 Nov, 2008 05:18 pm Between the US election and the gyrations of the financial markets, some important implications of the declining price of oil haven't received the attention...Oil Prices and the Mayflower Problem29 Aug, 2008 02:34 pm Do oil prices really tell the market what it needs to know when it needs to know it?The Nuclear Future That Never Arrived29 Jul, 2008 02:57 pm Understanding how the great hopes of early nuclear power advocates eventually turned into great disappointment may shed some light on nuclear power's future...Are biofuels causing food price rises?18 Jul, 2008 04:11 pm The Gallagher Review into biofuels has a view on how the diversion of food into biofuel crops affects prices but its not clear...The Benefits of $4 Gas15 Jul, 2008 12:04 pm There was a great article last week in Time. It covers a lot of 'hot button' issues with me, such as suburban sprawl, shorter work weeks,...Show Me10 Jul, 2008 10:28 am A kick out of this story from the newest issue of Subsidy Watch: New research from Missouri refutes allegations that ethanol mandates save money...Drilling Into Energy Independence1 Aug, 2008 10:08 am Another July 4th has come and gone, accompanied by the usual cries for a new "Declaration of Energy Independence." Continuing a longstanding tradition...Surely Taking Corn out of the Market will Raise the Price30 May, 2008 04:16 pm I've been in conversation with David Benson, about the role of biofuels in the current round of food price rises across the world.Greenland Ice Lakes Drain at Speed of Niagara Falls22 Apr, 2008 11:38 am Lakes on the surface of Greenland's ice sheet are draining through the kilometre-thick ice and roaring to the bedrock with a flow rate exceeding that of...Arctic Climate Models Playing Key Role in Polar Bear Decision18 Mar, 2008 05:24 pm The pending federal decision about whether to protect the polar bear as a threatened species is as much about climate science as it is about climate change...Penguin Peril12 Feb, 2008 11:53 am How will Antarctica's penguins adapt to climate change? John Blackstone spoke to a researcher studying penguin colonies at the bottom of the world...Food for Thought: Invincible Rice8 Feb, 2008 06:09 pm CNN's Hugh Riminton looks at one institute's efforts to help farmers prepare for climate change.The Exploration of Subglacial Lake Ellsworth in West Antarctica23 Jan, 2008 09:43 am Ever since the discovery, ten years ago, of Lake Vostok as a large deep freshwater body beneath the Antarctic ice sheet, scientists have been fascinated...My Top 10 Energy Stories of 20073 Jan, 2008 11:53 am On his blog, R-Squared Energy Blog, Robert Rapier shares his top 10 energy stories of 2007.Oil Hits $100 per Barrel3 Jan, 2008 11:47 am Crude oil prices have spiked, briefly reaching $100/barrel yesterday, and it may not be over. CNN's Jim Boulden reports. The Middle East is not so sure...Fast-Rising Sea Levels in the Red Sea26 Dec, 2007 03:16 pm Scitizen interviews Dr Eelco Rohling, who, along with colleagues, studied the changes in salinity of Red Sea water. Their research illustrates that ,...Magic Bullets: How Nanosized Drug Packages Can Bring Drugs More Selectively to Cancer27 Nov, 2007 10:42 am Anticancer agents such as paclitaxel and cisplatin display a very high therapeutic potency towards isolated cancer cells. However,...CNN: Supermouse Report9 Nov, 2007 12:03 pm On November 2, researchers at Case Western University announced the "super mouse": mice who have been genetically tweaked to produce large amounts of ...High Oil Prices = High Biofuel Prices6 Nov, 2007 11:47 am You know that forever I have beaten the drum that high fossil fuel prices would make biofuels more expensive due to their poor EROEI..Unsolved Mysteries: The Case of the Tainted Rice30 Oct, 2007 12:24 pm When government agencies have to announce bad news, they tend to do so on Friday afternoons, so that it will disappear into the often-unread Saturday paper...2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: Knockout Mice9 Oct, 2007 11:09 am The winners of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine were announced this morning.Abrupt Environmental Change in Ward Hunt Lake, Canada's Northernmost Lake5 Oct, 2007 12:15 pm The northernmost lake in North America has not escaped the effects of recent global warming, according to a study recently completed by an international...Melting Record Climbs Up to High Elevation in Greenland in 20072 Oct, 2007 11:15 am The year 2007 broke the melting record in Greenland for areas above 2000 meters. Places above 2000 m experienced, indeed, the greatest ?melting index?...Arctic Ice Melting from Global Warming20 Sep, 2007 12:36 pm Video from NSDIC (National Snow and Ice Data Center) showing the age of the Arctic sea ice from 1982 to 2007. The ice greater than 5 years old (in red)...Sea Change for Sailors as Arctic Ice Melts14 Sep, 2007 12:40 pm For centuries, the Northwest Passage was almost impassable. Now, as climate change is melting the Arctic ice, more sailors like Richard Swanson are being...Watch Out for Your Neighborhood Glacier!13 Sep, 2007 01:41 pm Ice loss from glaciers and ice caps is expected to cause more global sea level rise during this century than the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets (Meier...New Insights into Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder6 Sep, 2007 12:57 pm Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a common debilitating psychiatric disorder, yet the cause of OCD is unknown and few effective treatments are available...World Oil Supply May Fail Within 5 Years.25 Jul, 2007 07:14 pm Oil prices look set to skyrocket during the next five years, which coincides with peak-oil, the point of maximum global oil production beyond which an..."The More Ecosystems Services, The Greater The Biodiversity Needed to Underpin Those Services"11 Jul, 2007 07:01 pm Andy Hector is a specialist on biodiversity. According to his study published today in Nature, biodiversity plays a more important role in ecosystem functioning...Ancient Greenland Was Green5 Jul, 2007 08:00 pm Eske Willerslev's study published today in Science overturns all previous assumptions about biological life and the climate in ancient Greenland.Free-drifting Antarctic May Contribute to Organic Carbon Production and Sequestration in the Southern Ocean22 Jun, 2007 06:05 pm Listen to the interview with Kenneth Smith Jr., lead author of the report published today in Science (Sci Web Radio).Satellite Derived Snowmelt in Greenland Shows Positive Anomalies for 200611 Jun, 2007 07:13 pm Although it did not break any record in terms of overall extent and duration, snow melting in Greenland in 2006 followed the trend of the past recent years...BioJustice 2007 International Farmers Speak Out Pt. 131 May, 2007 04:10 pm University of California-Berkeley professor, Ignacio Chapela, speaks as part of the opening panel discussion during BioJustice 2007,...Will We See A New Record Low Arctic Sea Ice Extent in 2007?14 May, 2007 12:45 pm The decrease in Arctic summer ice cover, particularly evident in the western Arctic, is a well-documented and striking example of changing Arctic conditions...A Condensed Look at ?Arctic Sea Ice Decline: Faster Than Forecast??7 May, 2007 12:31 pm A new study indicates that the Arctic Ocean is losing its sea ice cover faster than is captured by the most advanced models used in the 2007 report by...Piezoelectric Nanogenerators for Wireless Nanosensors25 Apr, 2006 04:14 pm Developing novel technologies for wireless nanodevices and nanosystems are of critical importance for in-situ, real-time and implantable biosensing,... |
Journal's title:
http://www.scitizen.com/newsstand/ NEWSTAND
Editor's pick
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