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Open Water Circling North Pole? Not Quite

Dot Earth - Wed, 09/03/2008 - 13:07
Despite Arctic melt, still no (completely) clear sailing.
Categories: Sustainability

New Orleans: Still Inevitable, and Impossible?

Dot Earth - Tue, 09/02/2008 - 06:05
Will New Orleans still be standing firm in the face of hurricanes in 2100?
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The Big Empty - Coast Girds for Gustav

Dot Earth - Fri, 08/29/2008 - 13:20
Could the Republican convention be bracketed by two hurricane hits?
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The Enduring Allure of 'Clean Coal'

Dot Earth - Fri, 08/29/2008 - 10:28
Coal maintains its political appeal.
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Gustav Could Hit Gulf Coast Labor Day

Dot Earth - Wed, 08/27/2008 - 11:48
Tropical Storm Gustav could strike the Gulf Coast of the United States as a hurricane around Labor Day.
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If You Love Wind …

Dot Earth - Wed, 08/27/2008 - 07:21
A lack of wires hurting wind power.
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The Value of Sea Salt

Dot Earth - Tue, 08/26/2008 - 09:12
Maintaining a connection to the sea through salt.
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From 'Bot Herders' to Nuclear Waste - Pick Your Emergency

Dot Earth - Sat, 08/23/2008 - 15:07
A week-long meeting of scientists trying to save humanity from itself.
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Polar Bears at Sea

Dot Earth - Fri, 08/22/2008 - 15:23
Swimming polar bears -- the ultimate climate icon?
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Tossed Food Is Also Lost Water

Dot Earth - Fri, 08/22/2008 - 05:42
Ten trillion gallons of water are lost yearly through American food waste.
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Making Climate Forecasting More Useful

Dot Earth - Wed, 08/20/2008 - 12:10
Groups urge presidential candidates to spend more on climate science.
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Enhanced Geothermal: The Next Killer App?

Dot Earth - Wed, 08/20/2008 - 08:31
A new possibility in clean-energy technology.
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Denuded Islands, 'Planetary Emergencies'

Dot Earth - Wed, 08/20/2008 - 04:30
What do Sicily and Madagascar have in common?
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Google to Invest in Geothermal

Dot Earth - Tue, 08/19/2008 - 11:04
Google.org announced a new round of clean energy financing.
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Energy Independence for Puerto Rico!

Dot Earth - Tue, 08/19/2008 - 08:32
Bill Clinton laid out an ambitious set of what he considers national and global priorities for the deployment of clean energy technologies.
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Sin City Energy Summit

Dot Earth - Mon, 08/18/2008 - 17:12
In its own way, Nevada is an appropriate stage for a clean energy conversation.
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'Poop Is Funny, but It's Fatal'

Dot Earth - Mon, 08/18/2008 - 07:11
More than two billion people have no safe place to defecate.
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The 'Icebreaker Gap' Up North

Dot Earth - Sat, 08/16/2008 - 12:48
Who can patrol America's still-icy Arctic waters?
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Plea to Climate Lab for Social Science (and a Response)

Dot Earth - Sat, 08/16/2008 - 07:04
[UPDATE 8/17: Kevin Trenberth, a veteran climatologist at NCAR, has responded to his friend Dr. Glantz below.] Michael Glantz, the social scientist whose program was recently cut by the National Center for Atmospheric Research, is in Libya at the moment working with the meteorological service there on education programs for North Africa. Before he left, [...]
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Will the Power of 4 ($4 Gas) Fade?

Dot Earth - Fri, 08/15/2008 - 15:30
High fuel prices are blunting driving and flying -- for now.
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