February 18, 2010 / energy
Photovoltaic cells—those black squares an array of which comprises a solar panel -are getting more efficient, and gradually less expensive, all the time, thanks to ever-better designs which all them
February 15, 2010 / global warming, ice age
Earth has experienced more than 20 ice age cycles during the past 2 million years. The changing climates of the ice ages changed the last episode of human evolution. Always changing shorelines modifie
February 15, 2010 / space
Last jully, the private space industry started it's own journey. Falcon 1 (on the picture), a rocket developed by SpaceX, private company delivered a Malaysian satellite into orbit. That was rocket'
February 14, 2010 / Earth, disasters
An island in the middle of the Indonesian archipelago, year 1815. - one of the biggest volcanic eruption in human history. Volcano named Tambora erupted that day. Eruption was 10 times bigger than
February 13, 2010 / energy, global warming
A leading scientist has revealed that Europe could be just five years away from the start of a new Ice Age. While climate change campaigners say global warming is the planet's biggest danger, reno
February 12, 2010 / energy
The Chalk River nuclear reactor in Ontario doesn’t sell a watt of electricity. But when it sprang a leak and shut down this spring, it threw a multibillion-dollar industry into crisis. Before it br
February 12, 2010 / global warming
Global warming is happening and some people still think it’s not happening which is just fine, but even they have to admit the climate is changing. The planet constantly altering, we have to decide
February 12, 2010 / Earth
Give tropical forests back to the people who live in them – and the trees will soak up your carbon for you. Above all, keep the forests out of the hands of government. So concludes a study that has
February 12, 2010 / Earth
The Allegheny National Forest sits in the rugged plateau country of northwestern Pennsylvania. Many creeks and streams cut deeply into the plateau, creating a rolling and sometimes steep topography wi
February 12, 2010 / Planethopia
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