Environment
The Science of Migrating Rubber Duckies
One of the reasons I love the Wall Street Journal is the thought provoking non-business news that it provides. Today’s installment is on the science of migrating rubber duckies.
Basically, a scientist that used to work at NASA designing space robots decided he wanted to know how fast glaciers were melting in Greenland. He couldn’t find [...]
Earth Day
So, today is denoted as Earth Day. While I prefer to think of everyday is Earth Day, it is a day to reflect on our relationship to the environment. I’m not a hardcore environmentalist, and I agree with the Exurban kids that I think we are far from understanding changes to the environment and our [...]
Ok, This is the Last Straw
I think I’ve found something about global warming that everyone can agree is bad. The warming climate is hastening the death of white ash trees from an Asian beetle and softening the wood from the trees according to the NY Times. Why is this bad? White ash is the primary material used in wood baseball [...]
A Home You Don’t Need to Heat or Cool
One of the coolest “inventions” I’ve seen in the past few years is the Enertia house. The Enertia house is a log home that is built to create its own environment inside the house. This is done by building double walls of a certain type of wood that allows geothermal energy to circulate throughout the house while the wood regulates the temperature of the air by holding in heat and then releasing it at night.
Turning Highways into Power Plants
Last week, Engadget had a story on some design students that are looking to turn highways into power plants. The concept looks to turn highways, one of the major causes of pollution in this country, into a source of renewable energy that will in turn lessen the need for coal-fired or nuclear power plants. The [...]
