Great Expeditions with Ground Truth Trekking
Great Expeditions: Documenting the Changing Ice-Scape on Alaska’s Lost Coast—With the Kids—Thanks to Ground Truth Trekking…
Brita Belli
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E’s Green Home Picks: Clean and Relax
READY TO LOUNGE Get ready for warmer weather with the Regatta Chaise Lounge ($1,099) from Crate & Barrel, handcrafted from Forest Stewardship Council-certified teak that will weather to a flattering gray. It comes with a fade- and mildew-resistant white cushion. Crateandbarrel.com SORT IT OUT This Bamboo Wicker Corner Hamper ($30.99) fits neatly in a corner, […]
The Orbital Perspective
Earth360 to the Rescue: The Orbital Launching a Balloon (with Tiny Cameras) into Near Space
Soil to Blame for Spike in Kids’ Lead Levels
Lead-laden dust from contaminated soil is leading to higher blood-lead levels in city kids.
Climate Rally Holds Obama Accountable
A rally this past weekend asks Obama to live up to his State of the Union environmental promises.
Sally Jewell Tapped for Interior Secretary
Sally Jewell, the CEO of REI, is nominated for Interior Secretary, drawing praise from environmental leaders.
Climate Mobile
An app that turns regular citizens into citizen-scientists, arming them with the latest climate data and allowing them to track global warming trends for themselves. Evidence of climate change is an app away with the Climate Mobile app from GeoOptics. The app provides users with all the climate data available for the past 130 years […]
Fast Tracking Cities in China
A new city under development in China exemplifies the lack of environmental concern in the face of a growing economy.
Cities’ Heat Changing Weather
A new study finds that waste heat from cities impacts weather patterns thousands of miles away.
Debating a Pipeline
Greenpeace co-founder Rex Weyler and Casey Research’s Chief Energy Investment Strategist Marin Katusa engage in a balanced debate over the economic benefits and major environmental downsides of exploiting Canada’s carbon-intensive tar sands for fuel.