• Wind Turbine Noise 2011 conference papers announced

    Updated: 2011-02-28 16:02:30
    Feb 15 Wind Turbine Noise 2011 conference papers announced Human impacts Science Wind turbines Add comments The biannual Wind Turbine Noise conference , sponsored by the Institute for Noise Control Engineering Europe , is being held from April 11-14 in Rome . This week , conference organizers announced the line up of papers that will be presented , and as always , it looks to be a greatly informative few days . I can hardly wait until the proceedings CD is prepared , ordered , and arrives on my doorstep See Wind Turbine Noise 2011 website See list of papers to be presented Leave a Reply Name Email not required and not published Website Subscribe to AEInews.org by Email Links Log in Science research programs Sound-related organizations AEI Special Reports AEInews on your website Categories

  • Muir Woods succeeds in restoring natural quiet

    Updated: 2011-02-28 16:02:30
    Feb 23 Muir Woods succeeds in restoring natural quiet Effects of Noise on Wildlife News Science Wildlands Add comments Great article in the New York Times on the strides made at Muir Woods just north of San Francisco , in restoring natural . quiet At times , deep within this vaulted chamber of redwoods , it is almost quiet enough to hear a banana slug slither by . For the National Park Service , that stillness is as vital a component of the site as the trees’ green needles , or the sudden darting rays of . sunlight A decade after the agency resolved to restore natural sounds to this park in a metropolitan area of seven million people , managers at Muir Woods , in Marin Country just north of San Francisco , have made big strides in vanquishing intrusive noise . Now the background sounds are

  • Obama Eliminates NASA Climate Change Missions

    Updated: 2011-02-28 00:25:34
    I thought climate change was the most serious threat facing humanity? Scrapped missions. -DD...

  • American Archaeological Sites Threatened by Big Solar

    Updated: 2011-02-28 00:22:15
    In the rush to build solar projects, native sites are in danger. Read this. People and their rights and their history seem expendable no matter how long they have been here. -DD...

  • Friday Night at the Movies | Out of Yellowstone

    Updated: 2011-02-25 05:01:49
    For the deer, elk and pronghorn in and around Yellowstone National Park, surviving the winter means finding adequate food and areas with low snow accumulation. But this critical winter range is increasingly threatened by energy and residential development. At stake is the very future of the Greater Yellowstone region’s iconic wildlife. This film highlights the [...]

  • “If we want coral reefs by 2050, we have to do something about carbon dioxide”

    Updated: 2011-02-24 09:55:09
    So says Nancy Knowlton, chair of Marine Sciences at the Smithsonian, in an article for the Guardian by Suzanne Goldenberg. A new report from the World Resources Institute “Reefs at Risk Revisited” suggests that three-quarters of the world’s coral reefs are at risk from overfishing, pollution and climate change. The report serves as an update [...]

  • Climate change set to re-shape tropical forests

    Updated: 2011-02-22 10:33:44
    A paper published in the Journal of Global Change Biology this week indicates that climate change is already having an impact on tropical forests in Costa Rica. The study, which was conducted over 20 years, indicates that if current warming trends continue, we could see the species composition of rainforests change as a consequence. Future conditions [...]

  • Life Beyond Earth: Origin and Evolution

    Updated: 2011-02-18 05:00:26
    Thank you Carl Sagan… your legacy lives on. This week’s movie looks at the origins of life throughout the universe and the common makeup of all living things… how it all began and will begin again and again. It makes you think how important we are in this forever continuing circle of life. [...]

  • What is the Future After Oil?

    Updated: 2011-02-16 05:00:47
    Life after oil will be dramatic, especially considering how near in the future oil production will not be able to keep up with demand.  This is called peak oil, and some experts say we are about there.  Oil provides about 38% of the world’s energy demands, but it it also has many other important uses [...]

  • Friday Night at the Movies | The Sagan Series – NASA The Frontier Is Everywhere

    Updated: 2011-02-11 06:01:50
    Carl Sagan revisited, in this touching video produced for NASA by Michael Marantz.

  • Can Renewable Energy Become Mainstream?

    Updated: 2011-02-10 05:00:56
    Despite the challenges of harnessing renewable energy sources and the challenges of delivering renewable power to power supply grids worldwide, wind and solar are pushed as the solutions for weaning the global economy off of fossil fuels. Yet, though renewables get all the good press, they have been unable to make the leap to mainstream energy [...]

  • Earth’s Population Challenge: Limited Space, Resources, Food

    Updated: 2011-02-09 05:00:52
    If Earth’s current human population growth rate continues, it will double in size in about 50 years. In Year One A.D., the world’s human population is estimated to be right around 230 million.  today, the population has increased 30 fold to about seven billion. Our planet’s environment serves three purposes: 1) provide space, 2) provide resources [...]

  • Green & Healthy Cleaning

    Updated: 2011-02-08 11:57:59
    Awhile back I mentioned how I converted all my cleaners and other household chemicals to "green" brands. Why? Safer and healthier. It also means less pollution which makes for a safer and healthier water supply. Most people have no clue...

  • Making Space for Nature – with the Conservation SIG

    Updated: 2011-02-08 00:27:01
    The British Ecological Society’s Conservation Ecology Special Interest Group (SIG) is organising a meeting on 19th April 2011, exploring the implications of Prof. Sir John Lawton’s review of England’s protected areas (’Making Space for Nature‘). The meeting will consider the ecological challenges of the approach to nature conservation advocated by the Review (including more protected [...]

  • Energy Hogs

    Updated: 2011-02-06 18:22:51
    I've seen these tips over and over for saving money and electricity in your home. Apparently people just don't get it or don't care. But I bet they are the same people who complain about their bills. Reade more here:...

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