The U.S. Geological Survey has released a report saying how much water is really available on Earth! If you took all the water on earth – in oceans, ice caps, lakes, rivers, groundwater, the atmosphere, and living things – and… Read More ›
Archive for May 2012
Germany Sets New Solar Record By Meeting Nearly Half of Country’s Weekend Power Demand
Germany fed a whopping 22 gigawatts of solar power per hour into the national grid on Saturday, setting a new record by meeting nearly half of the country’s weekend power demand. After the Fukushima disaster, Japan opted to shut down… Read More ›
Humanity consumes too much of Earth’s resources
An ever-growing demand for resources by a growing population is putting tremendous pressures on our planet’s biodiversity and is threatening our future security, health and well-being, reveals the 2012 edition of WWF’s Living Planet Report – the leading biennial survey… Read More ›
Boeing’s Hybrid Electric Aircraft, new approach
How do you see the future of flight? What’s the shape for things to come? How might jetliners be designed and powered? Not just a few years from now but decades. NASA asked a Boeing-led team to explore the possibilities… Read More ›
Anthropocene
A 3-minute journey through the last 250 years of our history, from the start of the Industrial Revolution to the Rio+20 Summit. The film charts the growth of humanity into a global force on an equivalent scale to major geological… Read More ›
