]> http://www.greenedia.com/tags/science Blog Articles Tagged with 'science' at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/154509?rsstype=tag&tag=science As President Lincoln said, you can fool some of the people all the time. Once again, the people running the Weblog Awards have been suckered into legitimizing anti-scientific denialism.The finalist list is out for the 2008 Weblog awards Best Sci... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/154509?rsstype=tag&tag=science Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:17:59 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/science-base/154356?rsstype=tag&tag=science The first 2009 issue of SpectroscopyNOW is now available:Tweezing out leukemia spectra - US researchers have used laser tweezers Raman spectroscopy (LTRS) to help them characterize the effects of different chemical fixation procedures on the spectra ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/science-base/154356?rsstype=tag&tag=science Fri, 02 Jan 2009 08:00:33 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sustainablog/154569?rsstype=tag&tag=science By doping honey bees with cocaine, researchers at the University of Illinois have discovered evidence that the insect brain has a reward system.The famous waggle dance of honey bees is a complex language that allows foraging bees to communicat... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sustainablog/154569?rsstype=tag&tag=science Thu, 01 Jan 2009 11:51:38 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/154511?rsstype=tag&tag=science What events, actions, and findings had the most positive or negative impact on the likelihood that the nation and the world will act in time to avoid catastrophic warming?Since the #1 story is way too obvious to generate any drama, I will start there... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/154511?rsstype=tag&tag=science Thu, 01 Jan 2009 08:37:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecoshock/154359?rsstype=tag&tag=science The new science is rolling in from England, Australia, and the American Geophysical Union conference. The news isn't chilling - it's heating and it's very scary.To cover it, we interview two top people in the field. We open with David Spratt, co-aut... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecoshock/154359?rsstype=tag&tag=science Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:34:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/global-warming-accuweather/154503?rsstype=tag&tag=science Neanderthal man. Neanderthal extinction was likely caused by competition with humans and not from climate change as some other research has suggested, according to a new study that was funded by the National Science Foundation International Research ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/global-warming-accuweather/154503?rsstype=tag&tag=science Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:20:10 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/154046?rsstype=tag&tag=science This is my final posting debunking professional climate denier Joanne Nova's The Skeptics Handbook. Nova's final pseudo-scientific arguments is greenhouse signature.The greenhouse signature argument boils down to the following:Because weather ba... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/154046?rsstype=tag&tag=science Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:58:07 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/global-warming-accuweather/153905?rsstype=tag&tag=science Scientific research which claimed that a reduction of cosmic rays (radiation from space) during the last decades contributed to the global temperature rise is being challenged by a new study by a group of scientists from Norway and Iceland. Cosmic...... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/global-warming-accuweather/153905?rsstype=tag&tag=science Sun, 28 Dec 2008 10:46:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/global-warming-accuweather/153906?rsstype=tag&tag=science A new report from the U.S. Geological Survey states that the United States faces the possibility of a much faster climate change by the end of the century than what earlier studies have indicated. Satellite data over the past two...... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/global-warming-accuweather/153906?rsstype=tag&tag=science Fri, 26 Dec 2008 10:46:04 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/153950?rsstype=tag&tag=science Does your college have a B.A. in Sustainability? IPOS, the Intensive Program on Sustainability is an educational course on global sustainability in Asia. This course stared in 2004, looking at Asia as the key region in achieving global sustainability... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/153950?rsstype=tag&tag=science Fri, 26 Dec 2008 09:02:07 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/154048?rsstype=tag&tag=science If you were to take the sum knowledge of global warming skeptics and distill it into a short, quasi-readable manifesto, you'd end up with something like Joanne Nova's The Skeptics Handbook. For someone who claims to have been a vetera... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/154048?rsstype=tag&tag=science Thu, 25 Dec 2008 04:24:38 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/science-base/153724?rsstype=tag&tag=science Batteries are included (unfortunately) - A chemical cocktail of toxic gases is released when you burn alkaline batteries, according to the latest research from Spain. The investigating team highlights the issue with respect to municipal waste inciner... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/science-base/153724?rsstype=tag&tag=science Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:00:13 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/153240?rsstype=tag&tag=science [Please post your response to Tierney's column here.]Science advisor pick John Holdren gets global warming (see Obama's strongest message on climate yet ). Although he is wildly overqualified for the job compared to anybody a GOP President has ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/153240?rsstype=tag&tag=science Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:28:47 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/153255?rsstype=tag&tag=science Image from NASAIt seemed like just yesterday geo-engineering was one of those taboo subjects you couldn't touch with a ten foot pole. Now, though still far from being widely embraced, it has been recognized by many governments and reputable research ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/153255?rsstype=tag&tag=science Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/153241?rsstype=tag&tag=science Dr. Vicky Pope, head of climate change predictions at the Met Office's Hadley Centre, writes in the UK Times thatIn a worst-case scenario, where no action is taken to check the rise in Greenhouse gas emissions, temperatures would most likely rise by... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/153241?rsstype=tag&tag=science Sun, 21 Dec 2008 10:07:02 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/153262?rsstype=tag&tag=science Image from ditzy girl2009 may be the year when geothermal energy finally comes into its own in developing countries in Asia and Africa. After meeting with some initial success in Kenya, where, over the past 3 years, sites have been drilled to identif... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/153262?rsstype=tag&tag=science Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/153264?rsstype=tag&tag=science The Dragon Millipede is one of the recently discovered specimens found in the area of the Mekong River in Southeast Asia. This area had been kept under wraps with political turmoil for many decades. It was not until the 90's when scientists were welc... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/153264?rsstype=tag&tag=science Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:06:59 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/153243?rsstype=tag&tag=science In a landmark radio address today, President-elect Barack Obama announced his powerful science team and the end to Bush's war on science, saying:Today, more than ever before, science holds the key to our survival as a planet and our security and pros... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/153243?rsstype=tag&tag=science Sat, 20 Dec 2008 09:32:28 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/153277?rsstype=tag&tag=science Image from Shifting BaselinesOver at Shifting Baselines, Jennifer Jacquet, a PhD student at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Fisheries Centre (who is working with the renowned Dr. Daniel Pauly), writes about a new study on which she was the l... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/153277?rsstype=tag&tag=science Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:50:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/153246?rsstype=tag&tag=science [I think that as a climate-saving strategy geo-engineering is largely somewhere between a dead end and a hoax why would you choose chemotherapy that might make you sicker if your doctors told you diet and exercise would definitely work (see G... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/153246?rsstype=tag&tag=science Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:15:18 -0500