Since the 1990s, Vietnam has managed a seemingly impressive forestry trick: Although overall forest cover in the country has increased, so have its exports of wood goods, like patio furniture...
New computer models begin to suggest how changes in the sun's strength might change weather patterns
The American age of oil began 150 years ago today. Or, if you prefer the phrasing of President George W. Bush, the U.S. addiction to oil can be traced back to the original pusher "Colonel" Edwin Drake who began producing oil from the first commercial well near Titusville, Pa., (about 100 miles north of Pittsburgh)...
Here's a seemingly simple solar power fact*: the sun bathes Earth with enough energy in one hour (4.3 x 10 20 joules) to more than fill all of humanity's present energy use in a year (4.1 x 10 20 joules)...
Experiments show that microscopic ocean plants and animals--the base of the food chain--will be impacted
In a bid to avoid regulations on the greenhouse gas emissions contributing to climate change, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce wants to put the science of global warming on trial.
A new facility aims to test the market for recycled oil
Chevron will tap sunlight to help it get more oil out of the ground in California. The company will partner with BrightSource Energy—a solar start-up that Chevron helps fund—to develop 29 megawatts of thermal power from the sun's rays...
Ozone reacts with compounds in skin oils, resulting in some potentially irritating chemicals
Since it was first observed in New York in 2006, a bat-killing infection known as white-nose syndrome has spread across the eastern seaboard. More than a million bats of six different species have perished so far and infected caverns continue to be discovered...
Microbes can be resistant to genetic engineering. There's simply not enough DNA in some of them to permit significant alteration. But by building a bacterial genome inside yeast—a more complex and information-rich eukaryote that is one of mankind's oldest genetic engineering projects—scientists have successfully created new, synthetic bacterial strains, according to a paper published today in Science...
The typical suburban home is an underestimated source of water pollution, according to research presented today at the American Chemical Society meeting in Washington, D.C.
The breathable air we enjoy today originated from tiny organisms, although the details remain lost in geologic time
Mining is the second most dangerous occupation in the U.S., averaging roughly 27 deaths for every 100,000 workers per year. That's nearly nine times higher than the overall fatality rate for U.S...
And it's not just the U.S.: Canada and Brazil have a preponderance of the drug powder on their bills, too
A new study using satellite data suggests the region is using more groundwater than is being replenished by rainfall
A large, coal-burning utility in the U.S. and another in China have agreed to cooperate to develop methods to more cleanly burn coal, including so-called carbon capture and storage technology...
Buckyballs and other nano carbon particles seem to be fine when served as baby food to fruit fly larvae, but some kinds are deadly to the adults when the flies are coated with the infinitesimal stuff...
For Toyota, it's not just about hybrids (that is, the Prius). Yesterday, the company announced the results of a sunny 331-mile jaunt in Southern California from Torrance to Santa Monica and back again at the end of June...
Turning the sun's heat into electricity--by concentrating it with thousands of mirrors onto a tower
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