Archive for the ‘environmental’ category: Page 12
Jan 11, 2017
Hong Kong’s Air is Now Filled with Smog Blown From China
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: environmental, health
Bigger question is what happens when it begins to impact it’s other neighbors including Japan and Tiawan?
Bigger question is what happens when it begins to impact it’s other neighbors including Japan and Taiwan?
Hongkongers were forced to breathe China’s airpocalypse smog over the weekend when monsoon winds from the northeast pushed the poisonous air from the mainland down to the city.
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Jan 10, 2017
Could We Marsiform Ourselves?
Posted by Gerard Bain in categories: engineering, environmental
Changing another world to support Earth life is called terraforming. But maybe it’s a better idea to just change Earth life to live on other worlds.
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Jan 8, 2017
China’s neighbors are getting a whiff of its terrible pollution
Posted by Karen Hurst in category: environmental
Nov 22, 2016
Electric Cars Are About to Dent Global Gasoline Consumption — By Jamie Condliffe | MIT Technology Review
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: economics, energy, environmental
“A new forecast by the International Energy Agency claims that global gasoline consumption for passenger vehicles will decrease in the next five years.”
Nov 17, 2016
Colonizing the Solar System, part 2: the Outer Solar System
Posted by Montie Adkins in categories: engineering, environmental, habitats, space
This is a nice vid but there are two things to note.
1. he does not mention Callisto in place of Europa. Europa gets enough radiation to kill you in a day where on Callisto you would not even get the radiation you get here on Earth.
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Nov 7, 2016
Strange Pumping Effect above Asia Threatens the Ozone Layer — By Jane Qiu | Scientific American
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in category: environmental
“Until a few years ago “we thought human activities had little impact on the stratosphere,” says Jean-Paul Vernier, a remote-sensing expert at the NASA Langley Research Center.”
Nov 2, 2016
Powerwall 2 & Solar Roof Launch | Tesla
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: energy, environmental, solar power, sustainability
Oct 16, 2016
The Biggest Threat to NASA’s Future Is the Ocean — By Maddie Stone | Gizmodo
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: environmental, geopolitics, space, space travel
“That’s a troubling question for NASA, an agency whose most valuable piece of real estate—the $10.9 billion sandbar called Kennedy Space Center—is also its most threatened.”
Oct 16, 2016
An ancient drought-friendly farming process could become the next organics — By Renuka Rayasam | Quartz
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: environmental, food
“Drip irrigation came to California in the 1970s, letting farmers plant more fruits, vegetables, and nuts more closely together and in desert areas not naturally suited for agriculture.”
