An aircraft launches on a 60,000-mile odyssey to study the atmosphere and show how far a gallon of gas can take you.
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A Greenpeace video tells the story of Indonesia’s threatened forests New York Times reporter Justin Gillis is out this morning with “With Deaths of Forests, a Loss of Key Climate Protectors,” a recommended read for anyone concerned about how climate change is affecting the planet and what it means for the present and future. Amateur astronomer Thierry Legault has captured some ghostly images of the doomed NASA satellite scheduled to fall back to earth on Friday. Image: Wikimedia Commons In late September, NASA’s Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite will crash into Earth. Weighing more than 1,300 pounds and roughly the size of a school bus, the satellite will likely land somewhere between Canada and South America. NASA has stated that although the risk to the public is extremely small, not all of the satellite will burn up in the atmosphere, and its debris footprint will cover 500 miles Photo: Getty Images If you’ve heard anything about Medal of Honor winner Sgt. Images credit PumpTire Benjamin Krempel has invented the PumpTire , that keeps a bike tire inflated at the proper pressure. Gizmag explains how it works: Air is drawn from the atmosphere through the one-way valve, which protrudes from the rim like a regular valve stem Image: combust via flickr Pepsi does not have the greatest track record when it comes to social responsibility, particularly with regard to its use of water in countries already stressed for water resources. So while it’s too soon to tell if this is a too-little-too-late project, it’s good news that the company is at least recognizing it has work to do when it comes to water: Read the full story on TreeHugger Photo via CoalTrainFacts.org by Paul K. Anderson As an informed reader of this site, you may be aware that it is of the utmost importance that we humanfolk begin weaning our industrial economy off of its fossil fuel dependence. Like, asap. I’ve written before that we can’t blame climate change for specific weather events , but that shouldn’t stop us from worrying. The fact is that heat waves like the one we just experienced are predicted to get ever more common as we continue to pump carbon dioxide into the atmosphere Image credit: Dan Phiffer and Bryn Pinzgauer , used under Creative Commons license. |
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