by Shannon Bly | December 23rd, 2009
We know the scene, but I’ll share my version: after breakfast on Christmas morning, my grandfather brings in the big outdoor trashcan, and the family sifts through a sea of ripped gift wrap, tissue paper, boxes, bags, and tape, stuffing the can full and sometimes ... Read More
by Shannon Bly | December 21st, 2009
With about 200 million cars and trucks on the road, guzzling 73 billion gallons of gasoline, there’s a definite environmental need to cut our consumption. Of the various ways we’re attempting to drop our fossil fuel consumption, one is diluting gas with ethanol. Last week, the ... Read More
by Shannon Bly | December 18th, 2009
With more than 50 years of rainfall data to draw from, scientists are exploring India’s monsoon phenomenon. Apparently rainfall in monsoon season is decreasing in some areas, yet increasing in others. Records offer us the hope of finding causes and solutions to this issue, which ... Read More
by Shannon Bly | December 16th, 2009
The Himalayas, called the Third Pole because they’re the third largest store of frozen water after the Arctic and Antarctic poles, are in trouble. I’ve posted about this before. The Himalayas supply fresh water to Asia’s most important rivers, including the Ganges, Indus, Brahmaputra, Mekong, Yellow, ... Read More
by Shannon Bly | December 14th, 2009
More than 50% of world populations live in cities, and those numbers are increasing rapidly. With climate change altering weather patterns, reducing water supplies, and effecting crop output, city migration could potentially explode in the coming decades. Cities take up 1% of Earth’s surface but ... Read More
by Shannon Bly | December 9th, 2009
Scientists at Stanford University have released a report on an experimental type of battery – made with paper. The paper (that’s actual paper, the fibrous pulp made from trees, yes) is dipped in a solution of ink, carbon nanotubes, and silver nanowires, then dried to become ... Read More
by Shannon Bly | December 8th, 2009
It’s finally happened. After months of eager waiting, of scientific reports, of government emissions limit pledges, demands for money to finance mitigation efforts, preliminary conferences, and much commentary on whether an agreement can be reached, we are now beginning the largest conference on climate change ... Read More
by Shannon Bly | December 4th, 2009
In September, the sunshine state increased its renewable energy targets from 20% by 2010 to 33% by 2020. Utility companies are expected to meet demand for electricity using one third renewable energy in the next 10 years. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), seeking to expand ... Read More
by Shannon Bly | December 1st, 2009
Thanksgiving weekend was dry this year in the Pacific Northwest. Dry holidays are always a treat – even Fourth of July can be rainy sometimes – but a dry Thanksgiving is especially nice because of the long weekend. My husband and I went rock climbing ... Read More
by Shannon Bly | November 30th, 2009
As the world prepares to meet for discussions about global initiatives post-Kyoto, the science backing climate change is updating as quickly as possible. It seems that few days have gone by this fall without some agency or another releasing their data and findings on global ... Read More
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