Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Capturing Carbon with Synthetic Trees

Watch the segment on Nova Science NOW that interviews Geophysicist Klaus Lackner about his synthetic tree made to take carbon out of the atmosphere which was inspired by his daughter's science project.

View the segment

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Satellite survey reveals dramatic Arctic sea-ice thinning

Scientists have evaluated for the first time how much the thickness and volume of Arctic sea ice, not just the ice's surface area, have shrunk since 2004 across the Arctic Ocean basin.

Read the article.

Friday, July 3, 2009

Green Living and Green Technology Podcaster

While reading the San Jose Mercury News I came across an article written by Mike Cassidy about a local podcaster. Her name is Alison van Diggelen and she has interviewed a variety of people on the subject of green living and green technology. Her guests have included Silicon Valley tech execs, Maureen Dowd, Charlie Rose, Jack Welsh, and Martin Sheen.

Visit her website to hear these podcasts at www.freshdialogues.com.