From the Telegraph via Neatorama… Inventor Stephan Warge has devised a 160 sq meter kite, based on kitesurfing rigs, that can be attached to commercial…
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Where To Proceed With Ocean Iron Fertilization
This weeks Science offers commentary on the use of Ocean Iron Fertilization (OIF) to mitigate rising carbon dioxide levels. The author list is a dream…
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A French court ruled that Total oil, the cargo owner in a 1999 oil spill that polluted 400km of coastline, is partially responsible for damages…
View More Owners held accountable in French oil spillA Warmer Earth Means More Ice!
New research by Bornemann et al. in Science this week indicates that warming periods might actually promote ice growth. Using forams from core samples taken…
View More A Warmer Earth Means More Ice!Electric Wave Park
A new blog I discovered, and seem strangely drawn to, is Information Junk, the findings of a San Franciscan librarian. Via IJ, I see that…
View More Electric Wave ParkArctic Ocean Now Open For Business!
I am totally addicted to Mark Powell’s blogfish. In part I view this relationship as a bit masochistic as the posts are always filled with…
View More Arctic Ocean Now Open For Business!Who doesn't love 110 acres of concrete on the ocean floor?
Business owner: So if we destroy 1.1 acres natural habitat all we have to do is put 110 acres of concrete on the ocean floor?…
View More Who doesn't love 110 acres of concrete on the ocean floor?Who doesn’t love 110 acres of concrete on the ocean floor?
Business owner: So if we destroy 1.1 acres natural habitat all we have to do is put 110 acres of concrete on the ocean floor?…
View More Who doesn’t love 110 acres of concrete on the ocean floor?More Cosmeceutical Nonsense
Apparently that slime trail left behind by snails and slugs is good for the skin. The studies have verified that the dribble of snail allows…
View More More Cosmeceutical NonsenseOcean Front Property in Arizona
A new study in Nature: Geoscience suggests that current estimates of sea-level rise in response to global warming are too low. Rohling et al. utilize…
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