———————————————————————————————————————– The Scientist Volume 22 | Issue 1 | Page 38 <http://www.the-scientist.com/2008/01/1/38/1/#> A Sensitive Reaction Global warming could speed up decomposition, but how much might decomposition speed up global warming? By Kerry Grens To understand what might happen in the sky as carbon increases and the atmosphere warms, Matthew Wallenstein… Continue reading
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ —————————————————————— “For most people in the region, the news hasn’t quite sunk in. Between 2000 and 2006 the seven states of the Colorado basin added five million people, a 10 percent population increase. Subdivisions continue to sprout in the desert, farther and farther from the cities whose own water… Continue reading
————————————————————————————————————————————— Fostering Better Forest Policy With Science By Cameron Naficy A widespread notion is that fire suppression has greatly altered fire regimes across the West and is therefore largely responsible for the large, severe wildfires witnessed in recent years. This logic even lies at the base of national policies such… Continue reading
Shell’s two year tenure as sponsor of the Natural History Museum’s ‘Wildlife Photographer of the Year’ exhibition has come to an end. A determined, creative two year national campaign, coordinated in part by the direct action group Rising Tide and its Art Not Oil (1) offshoot, helped to force the… Continue reading