Category: Green Technology
Cool Green Morning: Friday, February 3
Written by Brad Parker | February 3rd, 2012
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These should get you through the weekend.
- States are requiring insurance companies to plan for climate change. (Grist)
- Nissan is shipping it’s electric cars on a low-emission, solar-diesel ship. (Clean Technica)
- A special powder will soon be able to turn your grass clippings into solar cells. (Future of Technology)
- The worst spate of stranded dolphins in a decade on Cape Cod baffle scientists. (Guardian)
- After 20 years, Russian drill nears 14-million-year-old Antarctic lake. (Wired)
Cool Green Morning: Friday, January 13
Written by Brad Parker | January 13th, 2012
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Is climate change create a new batch of super animals?
- New app will let you monitor home energy use, turn devices off remotely. (TreeHugger)
- Birds are flying faster because of climate change, but will it last? (Discovery News)
- Climate change may make lizards smarter, if they don’t go extinct. (Mongabay)
- A newly discovered lemur climbs out of hiding in Madagascar. (msnbc)
- Tourists found a “white,” albino-like penguin in Antarctica. (National Geographic)
Cool Green Morning: Friday, December 23
Written by Brad Parker | December 23rd, 2011
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How many toes does it take to hold up the weight of an elephant?
- A new oil spill may have released 40,000 barrels of crude. (Guardian)
- VIDEO: Watch the last release of tiny penguins rescued from the New Zealand oil spill. (Huffington Post Green)
- Newly developed ‘solar paint’ could provide power for homes. (TG Daily)
- Last seen in 1976, new evidence suggests Javan tigers may not be extinct. (TreeHugger)
- A 300 year-old mystery about elephants may have finally been solved. (BBC)
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, December 13
Written by Madeline Breen | December 13th, 2011
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Walking fish puts a chink in the evolution chain.
- New species of frog sings like a… bird? (Mongabay)
- The lungfish suggests walking originated underwater. (Science World)
- Scientists are learning how to kill trees — in the name of science, of course. (Green)
- 16% of the species in “Finding Nemo” face the threat of extinction. (Washington Post)
- Solar energy gives students in developing countries access to technology. (TreeHugger)
Expedition to the Raja Ampat Islands: Gearing Up
Written by Joanne Wilson | December 1st, 2011
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Find out how the dive team is able to write notes with a pencil while under water and why they aren’t just using toothpaste for brushing their teeth.
Cool Green Morning: Thursday, November 17
Written by Madeline Breen | November 17th, 2011
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Can sports teams save the planet?
- The Green Sports Alliance encourages teams to clean up their acts. (Grist)
- Marines at Camp Smith, Hawaii, cut down on landfill by turning trash into ash. (Popular Science)
- How many mobile-phone apps does it take to change a light bulb? (Green)
- Time lapse video takes you on a glorious ride around Earth. (Mashable Tech)
- Done right, ‘sharrows’ can point the way to the future for a bicyclist. (Grist)
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, November 16
Written by Nicole Levins | November 16th, 2011
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King crabs: not just delicious, but also destructive.
- Alaska Airlines now offers cooking-oil-fueled cross-country flights. (EcoGeek)
- A new report reveals an unexpected threat to some marine life: king crabs. (Mongabay)
- Space lasers! Clean energy! (CleanTechnica)
- Here’s another “off-the-grid” dispatch from our scientist Craig Leisher’s family. (Green)
- More recycling=more jobs. (Green House)
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, November 9
Written by Nicole Levins | November 9th, 2011
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It’s not easy being green.
- When it comes to climate change, do your eco-friendly choices really make a difference? (Grist)
- So now maybe marine reserves don’t promote coral recovery, according to a controversial new report. (Mongabay)
- For the first time in 75 years, an entire genus of mammal may go extinct. (National Geographic)
- As the population gets older, carbon emissions may subside a bit…maybe, says a new study. (Green House)
- Facebook’s adding solar panels to its new headquarters. Like! (EcoGeek)
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, October 11
Written by Madeline Breen | October 11th, 2011
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Wake up and climb Mount Everest… in your pajamas!
- A new solar-powered webcam on Mount Everest monitors climate change at 18-thousand feet. (TreeHugger)
- Popular Mechanics magazine unveils their seventh-annual Breakthrough Award recipients. And the winners are… (Mother Nature Network)
- Electric-vehicle drivers unite this Sunday, October 16, for the first National Plug-In Day. (Green Car Reports)
- Fact or fiction? Yeti conference reveals with 95 percent certainty that Bigfoot exists. (Mongabay)
- Olympic mascots, Wenlock and Mandeville, hope to find their likeness on sustainable merchandise at the London 2012 games. (Guardian)
Cool Green Morning: Monday, September 26
Written by Brad Parker | September 27th, 2011
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Look, up in the sky. It’s the “dark” supermoon!
- Fish exposed to the Gulf oil spill have undergone cellular changes, could have lasting damage. (Washington Post)
- Be on the lookout tonight for the “dark” supermoon. (National Geographic)
- The Cincinnati Zoo is now getting its power for pennies, and you could too. (Clean Technica)
- Birds caught in fishing lines are dying by the thousands. (TreeHugger)
- Oxford University says the red squirrel could be extinct in the next 20 years. (Guardian)
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