Sustain Our Earth

Honolulu, HI (SPX) May 22, 2013 -
Scientists look at past climates to learn about climate change and the ability to simulate it with computer models.

Washington DC (SPX) May 22, 2013 - Earthquakes, tsunamis, and other natural disasters often showcase the worst in human suffering - especially when those disasters strike populations who live in rapidly growing communities in the dev...

Philadelphia PA (SPX) May 22, 2013 -
Earthquakes that last minutes rather than seconds are a relatively recent discovery, according to an international team of seismologists.

(Phys.org) —A new analysis shows that the nation's land and water resources could likely support the growth of enough algae to produce up to 25 billion gallons of algae-based fuel a year in the United States, one-twelfth of the country's yearly...

Watch Monday's deadly tornado go from a neat, eerie-looking funnel to a giant mess of wind and destruction.

The recent growth in U.S. production has helped reduce the price of Brent crude, a leading global benchmark, by about $25 a barrel. That’s big, because the cost of crude oil is the single biggest factor in the price of gasoline.

Subhydro AS has unveiled a concept that could see electricity stored on the seabed.

WASHINGTON -- As frantic rescue missions continued Monday in Oklahoma following the catastrophic tornadoes that ripped through the state, it appeared increasingly likely that residents who lost homes and businesses would turn to the federal...

Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), the new chair of the House Science and Technology Committee, wrote an op-ed in Monday’s Washington Post that contains several misrepresentations of fact.

Moore, Oklahoma (AFP) May 21, 2013 - For years Anita Zhang's neighbors joked that if a tornado ever bore down on her Chinese restaurant, folks could take refuge in its roomy walk-in freezer.

Cape Cod MA (SPX) May 22, 2013 -
How will rainfall patterns across the tropical Indian and Pacific regions change in a future warming world?

Bonn, Germany (SPX) May 22, 2013 - A suite of disquieting global phenomena have given rise to the Anthropocene, a term coined for a new geologic epoch characterized by humanity's growing dominance of the Earth's environment and a p...

Seattle WA (SPX) May 22, 2013 -
The Amazon rain forest, popularly known as the lungs of the planet, inhales carbon dioxide as it exudes oxygen.

Every day, Americans benefit from public structures that contribute to our quality of life.                                                                                                          What most Americans don’t know is that many of the workers keeping our nation humming are paid low wages, earning barely enough to afford essentials like food, health care, utilities and rent. Through federal contracts and other funding, our tax dollars are fueling the low-wage economy and exacerbating inequality. Hundreds of billions of dollars in federal contracts, grants, loans, concession agreements and property leases go to private companies that pay low wages, provide few benefits, and offer employees little opportunity to work their way into the middle class. At the same time, many of these companies are providing their executives with exorbitant compensation.   

Regardless of terminology, one point is writ clear: the most technologically and economically advanced cultures in the world have the highest rates of food waste on the planet

Researchers have engineered a strain of electricity-producing bacteria that can grow using hydrogen gas as its sole electron donor and carbon dioxide as its sole source of carbon.

A comprehensive study into the potential for compressed air energy storage in the Pacific Northwest has identified two locations in Washington state that could store enough Northwest wind energy combined to power about 85,000 homes each month.

A DECADE after retiring from his job as a research scientist at Agriculture Canada, Dr. Thierry Vrain, a former promoter of genetically modified organisms (GMO), has warned that eating biotech crops are essentially risky.

Vrain cites Russian and European studies in saying that “diets containing engineered corn or soya cause serious health problems in laboratory mice and rats.” He adds that studies have also questioned the efficacy of proteins produced by engineered plants.

If you listen to global warming deniers, or even much of the public, it seems like there is some stack of scientific studies somewhere that refute ...