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Solutions to environmental problems ranging from carbon offsets to regrowing tropical rainforests--and whether nuclear power can contribute to the fight against global warming
December 8, 2008 |
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Some ecotravel destinations, along with ideas on how you can protect the environment while enjoying a relaxing vacation--no matter where you go
Earth 3.0
Newly approved reactor designs could reduce global warming and fossil-fuel dependence, but utilities are grappling with whether better nukes make market sense
Earth 3.0
China is aggressively building cleaner cities and renewable power supplies, but the relentless expansion of dirty coal may suffocate those efforts. A firsthand look
Earth 3.0
Mayor Richard Daley has unveiled an aggressive plan to transform the old, gritty city. If he can pull it off, other cities might follow
Letter from Scientific American Earth 3.0 Managing Editor Mark Fischetti
The new president must take bold steps, right away, to tackle the nation’s energy challenge
Steve Mirsky talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas L. Friedman on how green technology can save the world economy
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Tips from weatherproofing to a guilt-free Christmas
Experience the awe of mass migrations
Ecotourism has become the unlikely protector of the unexpectedly endangered great white sharks
Ranchers in Montana are being paid by polluters to keep their grass unmowed
To save orangutans, scientist Willie Smits is restoring a rain forest--and creating new livelihoods for the Indonesian families who help him
Ecotourism has become the unlikely protector of the unexpectedly endangered great white sharks
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