June 2010

Mapping Elephant DNA - June 4, 2010

Over the years, treasure maps have been of such interest that the Library of Congress devoted a volume to them! Now, a new kind of map is proving to be a treasure to conservationists -- and just may be the African elephant's good fortune. Samuel W...

Divorce Tough on Environment - June 3, 2010

We all know divorce can be painful for those involved. And now, researchers at the University of Michigan have determined that divorce also hurts the environment. Based on a comparison of households around the world, they found that divorced house...

Tidal Barrages - June 2, 2010

Britain's Navy, it was once said, ruled the waves! Someday the island nation hopes to command its tides, and generate clean electricity. Britain's west coast is home to tidal estuaries of dramatic flow. No gentle lapping here! Instead...

Misplaced Mussels - June 1, 2010

Alien mussels are muscling their way into our waterways. And like unwelcome guests, once the move in, they're almost impossible to move out! We're talking about zebra and quagga mussels, natives of Eurasia. Discovered in the Great Lakes during th...

May 2010

Hybrid Update - May 31, 2010

Hybrid vehicles on a wall socket: The next "plug-and-play" technology? We might have an answer soon. The University of California at Davis is set to launch a two-year project to see exactly how families take to plug-in hybrids. If they like them, ...

Better Wind Turbines - May 28, 2010

With wind turbine blades approaching 90 feet in length whipping around at 150 miles an hour, they've been called everything from "raptor-matics" to "cuisinarts of the sky." But considering all the good windmills do for our environment by providing...

Earth Friendly Resort - May 27, 2010

It turns out that one of the world's top Earth Friendly getaways is the Mauna Lani Resort on the Kohala Coast of Hawaii's Big Island. Condé Nast Traveler magazine, which keeps track of these things, says the resort generates the most solar electri...

Wolves of Isle Royale - May 26, 2010

Running with the wolves just isn't happening on upper Michigan's Isle Royale. That's because most wolves on the remote isle have advanced arthritis. In fact, biologist John Vucetich, who studies the wolves, says that in autopsies he...

Pond Scum Energy - May 25, 2010

To anyone who's ever gone skinny-dipping in a pond, the green stuff floating on top is really disgusting. But to Professor Dave Bayless, blue-green algae -- or "pond scum," as it's commonly called, may just be the Great Green Hope. It turns out t...

Nano Flakes - May 24, 2010

The biggest power plant on earth is high in the sky -- it's the sun. But, we only get one percent of our energy from it because it typically costs more than other sources of power. A Dutch researcher wants to change that. Martin Aagesen has deve...

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