February, 2009
Expedition to Palmyra Atoll, Day 3: Frigates, Sooties and Boobies Galore
Written by Alison Green | February 28th, 2009
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(Editor’s Note: Alison Green, senior marine biologist at The Nature Conservancy, is spending the next two weeks diving and exploring Palmyra Atoll as part of the first marine assessment of the atoll. Follow her posts from Palmyra on Cool Green Science…and learn more about the expedition.) When you land at Palmyra Atoll, one of the [...]
Save Knut or Save the World?
Written by Dave Connell | February 27th, 2009
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(Note: I’m taking a short break from my usual wizbang tech blogging to ruminate on my day job. Please indulge my digression.) Which is the better strategy: concentrating on one specific species, like polar bears, or working on a global conservation effort that aims to protect large swaths of the world’s major habitats? I’ll let [...]
Cool Green Morning: Friday, Feb. 27
Written by Robert Lalasz |
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It’s the end of the week, and of course our thoughts turn to good times, laughter, and flatulence…strictly as a climate-change issue, you understand. Catch the latest on stopping passed gas from going greenhouse — and all the rest of today’s hot green links: Not a Fart Joke: You might have missed this yesterday, but [...]
Expedition to Palmyra Atoll: Manta Ray Alley
Written by Alison Green | February 26th, 2009
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(Editor’s Note: Alison Green, senior marine biologist at The Nature Conservancy, is spending the next two weeks diving and exploring Palmyra Atoll as part of the first marine assessment of the atoll. Follow her posts from Palmyra on Cool Green Science…and learn more about the expedition.) Have you ever seen a giant manta ray (Manta [...]
The Church Bird of Borneo
Written by Erik Meijaard |
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Tree sparrows (Passer montanus) would not rank particularly high on my list of the world’s most breathtakingly beautiful species. They are pretty average looking: chestnut brown, some white and a bit of black. Cute but..well, I guess, a bit boring. Or are they? In Europe, these sparrows are shy and don’t hang around near people. [...]
How Much for a Ton of Carbon?
Written by Darci Palmquist |
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This post is written and contributed by Emily Manley, marketing specialist with The Nature Conservancy in New York. A dollar won’t get you very far these days. But if you have $3.38 in your pocket, well, you can buy a whole ton of carbon on the RGGI auction block. RGGI, pronounced “Reggie,” stands for the Regional [...]
Cool Green Morning: Thursday, Feb. 26
Written by Darci Palmquist |
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Let’s start off the day with a little science entertainment. Enjoy… but don’t forget to read the rest of our morning round-up of green news. Singing Scientists: What could be better? The Great Beyond posts some of their favorite musical numbers from scientists across the spectrum. Warning: you could spend all morning watching these. [...]
Cap and Trade: ‘This Issue Cannot Wait’
Written by Bob Bendick | February 25th, 2009
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Last night President Obama called on Congress to send him legislation that places a market-based cap on carbon pollution — identifying the development of clean energy solutions as one of the three areas critical to our nation’s future. Mark Tercek, president and CEO of The Nature Conservancy, has this response: “President Obama’s speech last night [...]
Expedition to Palmyra Atoll: Day 1
Written by Alison Green |
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I’ve wanted to go to Palmyra Atoll ever since I first heard about it many years ago. Palmyra is a remote atoll in the Central Pacific, and a Conservancy preserve. Recently, Palmyra and Kingman Reef were linked as part of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, encompassing a staggering 195,000 square miles of ocean. [...]
Feeling The Heat: Why Even 2 Degrees C Matters
Written by Jonathan Hoekstra |
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In his book Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet, Mark Lynas paints a cataclysmic picture of what might happen if runaway climate change increases the average global temperature by 6 degrees Centigrade: Super hurricanes would cause catastrophic flooding. Explosive gases would bubble up from deep in the oceans and erupt in massive fireballs. [...]
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