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Air pollution in a tweet: Communicating complex science
Air pollution is a complex issue that is difficult to communicate to
most people. What causes air pollution? How does it affect our children’s cognitive
development?...
Renewable Energy is a Brewing Geopolitical Catastrophe
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA) “the world will spend $US 162 billion subsidizing renewable
energy (mainly solar and wind.” This money could be...
Unveiled: The Brightest Young Scientific Minds in the World
The World Economic Forum today
recognizes 21 brilliant researchers under the age of 40 at the cutting edge of
discovery with the announcement of its Class...
Climate Chaos, the Science and Our Own Responsibilities
On the last day of the UN Climate Change
(June 17-27, 2019) meeting in Bonn the key IPCC report on 1.5 C was blocked from
further...
Saluting science with a space pioneer
Created in 2011 to help the public understand and appreciate science, Starmus Festival has included performances and presentations from astronauts, cosmonauts, Nobel Prize winners...
Energy and Geopolitics is Under Attack
Global warming. Climate change. Renewable
energy. Carbon-free societies. All of these terms have gained status, as the
balm to eliminate fossil fuels, which is supposedly causing...
Will Oceans Continue To Absorb CO2 As They Do Now?
Each year around 40 billion tons of CO2 is
released into the air, but 20 billion tons is recaptured through natural
processes -- sometimes we just...
The Existential Crisis of Global Warming and Carbon Capture
If we care about our earth (and the
readers here are most likely to) the story is quite simple: We emit 40
billion tons of carbon...
How Nuclear Techniques Help Feed China
With 19% of the world’s population but only 7% of its
arable land, China is in a bind: how to feed its growing and increasingly
affluent...
Why Climate Change Is Not a Hoax
We humans are programmed to respond to dangers apparent and immediate,
but the long term, the incipient, and to our eyes invisible elude us.
Climate change...