Dependence on fossil fuels, increasing global energy demand and concerns of greenhouse gas emissions have led to an interest in alternative fuels produced from domestic renewable sources. In recent year, interest in bio-butanol has increased due to its perceived advantages over the traditional gasoline substitute, bio-ethanol. Here I will discuss the current state of bio-butanol [...]
According to a UC Davis study, plants and animals may not possess the capability of adapting fast enough to survive the threat of climate change. (The study was published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.) I read about the study in a UC Davis website news post titled Can evolution outpace climate [...]
I have been having a conversation that started about a week ago concerning an article that ran on Financial Times web site. But I am not really sure that lack of information is purely the problem. Some of the problem is people reading headlines and assuming they mean one thing, then to actually read the content of the article and find it is not as it seems. “U.S. Greenhouse Gases Drop to 15-Year Low” This was clearly a misleading Headline.
I wasn’t sure where to start in finding the topic for my first post here. (By the way, hello!) My problem was solved, however, while listening to the local Public Radio station in my car the other night. The program that was on was CBC’s As It Happens. Aside from their having a pretty nifty [...]
Over the last century, H20 has become so convenient we take it for granted. That’s about to change.
By burning away all the pesky carbon and other impurities, coal power plants produce heaps of radiation. Power plants concentrate the trace amounts of radioactive elements within the black rock
Figure 1: Metabolism of arsenic compounds in bacteria Arsenic (As) is widely distributed in the lithosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere. Discovered in 1250 by Albertus Magnus, it has since become synonymous with poison. As, the 33 element on the periodic table, falls just below phosphorus (P), meaning that As shares physicochemical properties with that of P, [...]
An Evoloved Mutation Allows Hudson River Fish To Adapt To Pcbs. In a study published in the February 18, 2011, online issue of Science, they report that a population of Hudson River fish apparently evolved rapidly in response to the toxic chemicals, which were first introduced in 1929
Walking in an Underwater Land: Episode 6 of the Drunken Skeptics [ 1:21:17 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadIn this episode we have a recording of a presentation that was given at one of our Get Togethers. Our speaker that month was Peter Sinclair of Climate Crocks. His blog and Youtube channel are simply amazing! He gave a wonderful presentation that we saved just for you.
Back in episode 4 of the Drunken Skeptics we had the honor of talking with Brian Dunning where he touched on a little of the heat that was coming down on his DDT episode. Since then, there has been a buzz going around the skeptic community about it.
