Algae Biofuels Aren’t Sustainable,Yet
This week, the National Academy of Sciences released a report on the Sustainability of Algae Biofuels. The report’s conclusions are not the most optimistic on algae biofuels, albeit highlights the future potential of algae biofuels and the steps needed to ensure its sustainable development.
Warmer Future Oceans Could Cause Phytoplankton to Thrive Near Poles, Shrink in Tropics
In the future, warmer waters could significantly change ocean distribution of populations of phytoplankton, tiny organisms that could have a major effect on climate change.
Tamil Nadu plans satellite imaging to check illegal mining, India
Illegal granite quarrying scam recently unearthed in Tamil Nadu, the eleventh largest state in India by area and the seventh most populous state, has prompted the state government to put in place a monitoring mechanism via satellite images, for mining operations in the state.
Sandy slams Cuba; ‘high impact’ likely in US Northeast
Hurricane Sandy grew into a major potential threat to the Northeast on Thursday after hammering Cuba’s second-largest city and taking aim at the Bahamas. It is likely to hit during a full moon when tides are near their highest, increasing coastal flooding potential, NOAA forecasts warn.
Fishing for Answers off Fukushima
Japan fisheries data provides a look at how the ocean is faring 18 months after the worst accidental release of radiation to the ocean in history
Japan Struggling To Store Radioactive Water
Japan’s crippled nuclear power plant is struggling to find space to store tens of thousands of tonnes of highly contaminated water used to cool the broken reactors, the manager of the water treatment team has said.
Marshes of Mesopotamia
Wars in the Persian Gulf region and the deliberate draining of the Mesopotamian marshes, left a vast area of once-teeming river delta a dry, salt-encrusted desert, emptied of insects, birds and the people who lived on them. Now the marshes are under threat again, this time from the building of huge dams in Turkey on the Tigris and Euphrates.
Do The Math : A Global Movement, by 350.ORG
“Do The Math” refers to the simple and terrifying new reality of the climate crisis: the fossil fuel industry currently has 2,795 gigatons of carbon in their reserves, five times more than the maximum 565 gigatons the world can emit and keep warming below 2°C, a goal agreed to by nearly every nation on earth, including the United States.
BP : Asks Judge to Finalize Gulf Spill Settlement Despite Objections
Oil giant BP has asked a federal judge to disregard objections from a fraction of claimants and give final approval to a proposed multibillion-dollar settlement over economic damages from the Gulf oil spill.