Archive for 2019
Nuclear energy’s system cost conundrum
A look at system costs reveals the true price tag of our energy sources.
Bananas could soon be gone due to diseases and climate change
Several strains of a fungus are posing grave threats to the world’s banana plants. So are changing weather patterns.
Baltic Sea mystery: Where is the missing undersea data site?
Among the tools that European scientists use to understand climate change are the instruments of the Boknis Eck underwater observatory in the Baltic Sea, which measures methane in the seabed, water current flows and other data. Now the undersea installation
Keeping exotic reptiles as pets probably isn’t a good idea
Three-quarters of reptiles kept as exotic pets die within a year.
Study: renewables are much better for your health
New research shows renewables can also improve public health, often in ways nobody would have predicted.
Living too well is unsustainable
Conspicuous consumption, which is often confused with living well, is environmentally unsustainable.