Now there’s a mouthful. A relatively unheralded study released nearly two years ago by scientists at UC Berkeley explains the significance of this phenomenon on forests and climate. In a report on the UC Berkeley news website entitled “Deep-rooted plants have much greater impact on climate than experts thought,” hydraulic redistribution is defined [...]

CHINA’S RENEWABLE ENERGY OUTLOOK

Even if China cuts energy per unit GNP by 50%, to
increase per capita income to 50% of the USA,
energy production will still need to increase 40%.

Editor’s Note: China and India, along with much of the rest of Asia, is industrializing at a pace that is astonishing by any historical standard. [...]

Last week we reported on a photovoltaic powered car, today we feature a company that is manufacturing photovoltaic powered lighting. Founded not quite two years ago by Sam Goldman, d.light Designs intends to sell affordable, clean lighting to households that currently rely on kerosene for illumination.

Better light equals better health and
better education. Initially, d.light
will [...]

A SEA OF TROUBLES

MELTING ON GREENLAND’S ICECAP

The darker the shading, the more
days of summer melting are happening today
compared to the base year of 1988.
(Photo: NASA)

Editor’s Note: Our committment to providing a forum for all points of view is not part of an attempt to hide our own beliefs. Regarding climate change, we [...]

Once in a while you run across something that challenges just about everything you thought you knew. “Terra preta” (Portuguese for “black earth”) are anomalous deposits of deep, rich soil found in large pockets of land throughout the Amazon. Once thought to be 100% comprised of thin, fragile soil that would immediately desertify [...]