Oil Reaches $100 A Barrel
It is official; oil has traded at $100 a barrel for the first time. Violence in Nigeria, Algeria and Pakistan, the weak US dollar and the threat of cold weather have all raised prices after the new year break.
Continue reading...Whoa! Big Fly Swatters Can Also Capture CO2
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Like many people today, the race to solve the climate change problem is as challenging as they come. Klaus Lackner, a professor of Geophysics at Columbia University, is working on an interesting concept to solve this problem: “synthetic trees”.
Continue reading...Trees Are Not The Answer To Climate Change
Thursday, January 3, 2008
What was once seen as the solution to all our CO2 problems, the ability of trees to soak up anthropogenic carbon dioxide, has itself been hindered by global warming.
Continue reading...Russians Buy Thousands of Rats!
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Moscow pet shops are reporting a run on rats, as keen astrologically-minded Russians snap them up ahead of the Chinese New Year, which is the Year of the Rat. In wake of the crisis desperate shoppers are even resorting to buying mice, hamsters or gerbils in lieu of [...]
Continue reading...Sir Clone-A-Lot
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
The scientist, Professor Ian Wilmut, who led the team that created Dolly the sheep has received a knighthood in the New Year Honours. His knighthood was awarded for services to science.
Continue reading...Lights Out For The Lightbulb
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Stock up on your old light bulbs now, because soon they’ll be obsolete and worth a fortune!
Continue reading...Save Our Sushi!
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Bluefin tuna is tasty and elite, those who indulge in this magnificent creature are set apart from those yellowfin tuna eaters Image by OpenCage Plus they’re bloody good at swimming, can cross the Atlantic basin in less than 6 weeks, and can weigh three-quarters of a ton.
Continue reading...Weirdos In Need Of Love
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
The world is full of weird, and yet wonderful creatures, many of which we wouldn’t know about if it wasn’t for the work carried out by The Edge (Evolutionary Distinct and Globally Endangered), a conservation programme launched by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) to research and [...]
Continue reading...Composting The Dead
Sunday, December 30, 2007
To be a true environmentalist it isn’t about how much you recycle, or how many miles your lunch has travelled. Rather, it’s about being green enough to become compost.
Continue reading...The World’s First Biodegradable F1 Car
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Formula One just gets better and better, after Honda created the Earth Car to reduce carbon emissions on the track. Next on the list is a biodegradable car invented by Warwick University.
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Thursday, January 3, 2008
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