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Is Nitrogen the New Carbon?
A discussion with ecologist Alan Townsend on mankind's love-hate relationship with nitrogen, and how this marriage…
Ecologist Dismisses ‘Ethanol Solution’
Townsend notes that producing corn for ethanol use requires intensively fertilized fields, which produce "the forgotten…
Climate Change Leaves Wildflowers in the Cold
In the wildflower meadows of the West, we may be hearing the whisperings of a post-climate-change world.
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Garbage In, Garbage Out Can Be Overcome
Written by: Joan Melcher, Monday 28 April 2008 - 05:00 AM 
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Part 2 of a two-part series: Keeping trace contaminants out of drinking water is easier and cheaper than removing them later.
Might Commodities Spark Apocalypse?
Written by: Lewis Beale, Saturday 26 April 2008 - 05:00 AM 0 Comments
Two noted futurists less concerned about acute knockout blows and more fearful of chronic drip, drip, drip of diminishing water and increasing warmth.
I’ll Have a Glass of What You Had Yesterday
Written by: Joan Melcher, Friday 25 April 2008 - 12:44 PM 0 Comments
Part 1 of two-part series: Humans are actually less likely to be harmed by traces of detergents and drugs in our drinking water than are other species.
See It — and Believe It or Not
Written by: Tom Jacobs, Thursday 24 April 2008 - 10:00 AM 1 Comments
The aphorism “seeing is believing” has it backward, as evidenced by skeptics who don’t believe man went to the moon and contend photos taken by the astronauts prove their point.
Climate Change Leaves Wildflowers in the Cold
Written by: David Richardson, Tuesday 22 April 2008 - 10:10 AM 0 Comments
In the wildflower meadows of the West, we may be hearing the whisperings of a post-climate-change world.
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- 1 See It — and Believe It or Not
- 2 Did Archimedes Solve Our Energy…
- 3 The Musician's Brain
- 4 Solar Building a Wise, and Ancient,…
- 5 A Really Inconvenient Truth
- 6 Photovoltaics: A Bright Idea
- 7 Might Commodities Spark Apocalypse?
- 8 More Hype Equals Less Action on…
- 9 The Fault Really Does Lie in Our…
- 10 Solar Cells From Space to Earth