After three years of negotiations, BrightSource Energy began building Ivanpah, a solar thermal power plant in the California desert. Though developers have carefully planned the
Yields of Colombian coffee have dropped due to warmer temperatures, unpredictable rains, and more pests. In 2006, Colombia produced 12 million 132-pound bags of coffee;
Texas is the leading producer of wind power in the United States. Most of the wind farms are located in West Texas, where the highest
The Interior Department just leased 7,400 acres of federal land in Wyoming that contain about 750 million tons of coal. The lease, first of about
You’re a plant on a mountain slope that is getting warmer. Do you go uphill or down? A study of California in Science found that
Scientists are concerned that the Amazon could shift to being a CO2 source from a sink after last year’s second 100-year drought in five years,
We know the Arctic icecap is melting. Now scientists have measured how much less sunlight it reflects back into space. They estimate that over the
Remember the heat wave in Russia last summer that destroyed a third of the country’s wheat crop? NOAA studied the 1000-year event and concluded it
American’s views on global warming are changing. In a poll released today, the percentage of participants that responded they “worry a great deal or fair
Is this item for real? If you know, or do some research, please share with us. CNN recently reported that scientists at a Swedish university
Transphorm, a California start-up, has developed a power conversion device based on gallium nitride that it says can cut energy waste by 90%. Now, 10%
One crisis averted. A month ago northern China’s wheat crop faced a serious drought, causing FAO to issue a special alert, and much alarm that
