An article this week in the New York Times explores an interesting predicament: In an era of climate change, conservation groups that work to preserve biologically important landscapes could find their work eventually undermined, or even pointless.
Archive for January, 2008
How do you conserve what the climate’s going to change?
Published January 31st, 2008 in Oceans, Science, Earth, Climate & Weather, Global Warming, Animals and Human World. 4 Comments2007 continued warm trend
Published January 25th, 2008 in Science, Oceans, Earth, Climate & Weather and Global Warming. 3 CommentsTwo recent reports put 2007 as either the second-warmest year in the last century, or the fifth-warmest. Either way, 2007 was part of a trend of warm years — a trend that has seen the rate of warming triple in recent decades.
State of the world: Shifting to sustainability?
Published January 12th, 2008 in Innovation, Earth, Sustainability and Human World. 4 CommentsInnovations from around the globe have environmentalists optimistic that we’re on the path to sustainability. A sustainable global economy would create both wealth and well being for rich and poor alike, while maintaining the global ecosystem that underlies (and makes possible) the global economy.
Which biofuel is best?
Published January 8th, 2008 in Plants, Science, Innovation, Earth, Sustainability and Global Warming. 6 CommentsTwo stories from the last few days address biofuels and their prospects for replacing more of the gasoline we use to power our vehicles. One provides evidence for what could be a biofuel champion; the other compares 26 contenders in search of an environmental winner.