Anyone who has read the exquisite Dune novels from Frank Herbert will remember the dew collectors. Pits filled with ovals of plastic, cooling in the night and condensing moisture from the air to provide basic sustenance. Coming from such a lush green place, as I did, it was hard to ... keep reading
Written by John P. yesterday, about Agriculture & Food, Climate Change, Environmental Disasters, Water (2 comments)
The shrunken Aral Sea in Central Asia, product of a massive twentieth-century environmental disaster, has healed to a remarkable degree according to a recent update from the Kazakhstan government that describes the recovery as miraculous. Water is returning to the North Aral Sea, setting an example for future ecological recovery ... keep reading
Written by Amy Anaruk yesterday, about Agriculture & Food, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Water
Nature has had eons to develop and refine her techniques for creating disasters. Man is quite new to the art. Nonetheless, some manmade natural disasters - both proven and suspected - are fully as spectacular as anything Nature can create. One example would be the mud volcano of Java. On 28 May ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts this week, about Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Weather
Editor's Note: This post comes to us courtesy of Tan Copsey of China Dialogue as part of our series on China that we will be running throughout the 2008 Olympics. Despite gloomy pre-games predictions, in Beijing face-masks are yet to join lycra and running shoes as an athletes accessory ... keep reading
Written by Tan Copsey this week, about Air Quality, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Deforestation, Economics, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Health, Politics, Pollution, Protest
Click for full view Courtesy: Throbgoblins Britain's honeybees have suffered catastrophic losses this year, according to a survey of the nation's beekeepers, contributing to a shortage of honey and putting at risk the pollination of fruits and vegetables. The survey by the British Beekeepers' Association (BBKA) revealed that ... keep reading
Written by Marc Roberts this week, about Agriculture & Food, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters
We have been following the plight of the commercial honey bee and the mysteries of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) on this site for some time. Now, according to a recently published study out of Toronto, "Wild bumble bees (Bombus spp.) have also suffered serious declines and circumstantial evidence suggests that ... keep reading
Written by Leslie Berliant this week, about Agriculture & Food, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Health
Hurricane Katrina was formed during the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane season and caused devastation along the Gulf Coast region where it made landfall. At least 1,836 people lost their lives during the storm, which also caused over $81.2 billion US dollars in damage. After the hurricane, many theorized that ... keep reading
Written by Michelle Schaefer this month, about Climate Change, Environmental Disasters, Weather (2 comments)
For no apparent reason, I'll preface this edition of the linkfest with a line from the late Mitch Hedberg: "I went to a doctor, and all he did is suck blood from my neck. Don't go see Dr. Acula."And now for the links. Johnny Rook's Climaticide ... keep reading
Written by Doug Snodgrass this month, about Agriculture & Food, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Health, Politics, Pollution, Water
While China may be leading the rest of the world in the acquisition of Olympic gold medals and the emission of greenhouse gases, it seems that, like the Chinese women's gymnastics team, not all of the accolades (or condemnation in this case) for emissions are fully deserved. Or at ... keep reading
Written by Leslie Berliant this month, about Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Economics, Emissions, Environmental Disasters, Politics
Environmentalists may be aghast at the looming prospect of oil rigs dotting the sea about the North Pole, but well before any companies can begin drilling, nations need to sort out who can legitimately claim what. A team of British scientists from Durham University have started the ball rolling by ... keep reading
Written by Bruce Bisset this month, about Coal & Oil, Economics, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Politics
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