Environment & Geology

Magazine articles on environmental science and geology.

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Chemistry World February 7, 2008 Richard Van Noorden	Biofuel Carbon Debt May Take Centuries to Repay Most biofuels may increase greenhouse gas emissions because clearing grassland or forest to plant them releases carbon dioxide.
Popular Mechanics March 2008 Joe Pappalardo	New Lightning Tech Could Help Hurricane Tracking & Preparation Tallying lightning strikes from thousands of miles away may be the key to measuring the strength of hurricanes before they get close to land.
Reactive Reports Issue 72 David Bradley	Seagull as Environmental Canary Seagulls may be the unwitting canary in the proverbial coalmine allowing us to monitor oil pollution levels in marine environments more precisely than before, according to scientists in Spain.
Chemistry World January 31, 2008 Richard Van Noorden	Ocean Hydrocarbons Made From Rocks Researchers investigating 60-meter high carbonate chimneys in the Atlantic Ocean have discovered that hydrocarbons seeping out from the vents don't come from a biological source such as bacteria, plants or animal matter.
Chemistry World January 14, 2008 Richard Van Noorden	Flawed Policies Encourage Damaging Biofuels, Says Royal Society Simplistic policies are encouraging biofuels that don't cut greenhouse gases.
Outside January 2008 Kevin Krajick	Joe Blow Around the planet, hundreds of sleeping volcanoes could wake up with a bang at any moment. Volcanologist Chris Newhall is listening.
IEEE Spectrum January 2008 Wilson & Kliger	Learning From Katrina Hurricane Katrina can teach engineers a lot about the unintended impact of technology as well as what can be done to prepare for the next catastrophe.
Geotimes December 2007 George Luxbacher	Underground Coal Mining Health and Safety: A View From the Inside Only through health and safety research programs, strong university programs in mining engineering and committed graduates will we push coal technology boundaries forward.
IEEE Spectrum January 2008 Erico Guizzo	Winner: Solving the Oil Equation A team of geophysicists and computer scientists closes in on the ultimate seismic-imaging code for finding oil.
IEEE Spectrum January 2008 Sandra Upson	Loser: Algae Bloom Climate-Change Scheme Doomed Planktos's ploy to combat global warming by sequestering carbon in the oceans holds no water.
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