• NASA Explains Why the World Won’t End on 12/21/12

    Updated: 2012-12-20 09:31:38
    NASA has been getting so many queries about the potential end of the world on 12/21/12 that they’ve dedicated a webpage to Frequently Asked Questions about the approaching end of the Maya Calendar. For answers to burning questions such as: … Continue reading →

  • Dust Plumes Over the Arabian Sea

    Updated: 2012-12-09 02:53:28
    On November 29, MODIS instruments aboard NASA’s Terra and Aqua satellites captured these images of dust plumes as they blew southward, off the coasts of Iran and Pakistan and out over the Arabian Sea. By afternoon, the plumes were dense … Continue reading →

  • Conservation-Themed Carousel with a Solar Spin

    Updated: 2012-12-06 23:33:39
    Visitors to the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C., are in for some old-fashioned fun with a modern twist – an all-new, stunningly ornate carousel powered entirely by the sun. Named for the family foundation that provided $1.5 million … Continue reading →

  • Inside Superstorm Sandy

    Updated: 2012-11-20 16:01:31
    “Inside the Megastorm” takes a comprehensive look at tropical superstorm Sandy, from its origins in the Caribbean and landfall along the mid-Atlantic coast, to the destruction left in its path and the future of storm protection. Was it simply a … Continue reading →

  • World Bank: “Turn Down the Heat” or Expect a Devastating 4° Rise in Global Temps by 2100

    Updated: 2012-11-19 15:27:35
    A report commissioned by the World Bank warns that the planet is currently headed toward a 4° C increase in temperature by the end of this century, “triggering a cascade of cataclysmic changes that include extreme heat-waves, declining global food … Continue reading →

  • WHOI researchers initiate long-term sound study at Cape Wind site

    Updated: 2012-11-18 19:17:55
    Researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute have begun a 2-3 year project that will monitor the soundscape at the Cape Wind site before, during, and after construction of the planned 130 wind turbines.  This is the first time such a long-term acoustic monitoring study has taken place at an offshore wind site.   “We want [...]

  • AEI’s 3rd annual wind farm noise report now available

    Updated: 2012-11-17 23:53:58
    At long last, I’ve completed this year’s overview of science and policy developments on wind farm noise issues.  It features over 50 pages of new material, along with about the same in Appendices consisting of three research summaries I wrote earlier in the year.  You can download a pdf version of Wind Farm Noise 2012 [...]

  • Insects change calls to be heard above road noise

    Updated: 2012-11-15 16:48:01
    Insects have joined birds, frogs, and whales in the list of species that change their calls so that they can be heard above chronic human noise.  Researchers at the University of Bielefeld in Germany compared the songs of grasshoppers that lived near a road with those living in open grassland;  “We found that grasshoppers from noisy [...]

  • “24 Hours of Reality: The Dirty Weather Report”

    Updated: 2012-11-15 00:33:39
    This week, The Climate Reality Project broadcast “24 Hours of Reality: The Dirty Weather Report” – a continuous day of live video about how pollution from coal, oil, and gas contributes to extreme weather events such as superstorms, floods, heat waves, and … Continue reading →

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