Mussel Beach
A synthetic mussel that sits on the shore and records the temperature is not the most glamorous use of robotic technology, but it’s one that has given its creator, a very real picture of the consequences of global warming.
A synthetic mussel that sits on the shore and records the temperature is not the most glamorous use of robotic technology, but it’s one that has given its creator, a very real picture of the consequences of global warming.
Environmentalist Bill McKibben has a new cause: getting everyone clued in about the number 350, the parts per million of carbon emissions that we need to return to in order to sustain life on earth.
The National Teach-In on Global Warming comes to a campus near you.
Taking off from the northern end of Sydney’s gigantic bridge, we sped across the famous harbor, watching sailboats gather beneath the steel structure and the city opening up behind us. We headed to a tiny spit of land to pull weeds with Conservation Volunteers Australia.