Jurassic sea monster ‘could bite a car in half’
A fifty-foot-long Jurassic predator known as “The Monster” and powerful enough to bite a car in half is the largest marine reptile known to science.
Archive for February, 2008
Amur leopard cub goes outside for first time
A rare Amur leopard cub has finally ventured out into the world at a British zoo today.
Environmental Safeguards Under Attack
WASHINGTON (February 8, 2008) — In a move that could prove disastrous for America’s forests, open lands and wildlife, Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-S.D.) introduced a bill late Wednesday to strip environmental safeguards from the recently signed Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, according to scientists and policy experts from leading environmental and conservation [...]
Grand Canyon to be flooded artificially
The Grand Canyon will be flooded artificially in an attempt to revive a fragile ecosystem that was altered by the construction of a dam more than four decades ago.
Cull badgers to stop bovine TB, say MPs
Bovine TB must be tackled by all methods available, including a badger cull, or the taxpayer could face a bill of ?1bn by 2013, MPs have said.
Scientific American Magazine: Super Tuesday: Markets Predict Outcome Better Than Polls
In late March 1988 three economists from the University of Iowa were nursing beers at a local hangout in Iowa City, when conversation turned to the news of the day. Jesse Jackson had captured 55 percent of the votes in the Michigan Democratic caucuses, an outcome that the polls had failed to intimate. The ensuing [...]
Sciam Observations Blog: Monitor climate change in your backyard
Have the sneaking suspicion that the daffodils (or fritillaria) are cropping up earlier in your yard? Prove it.Project BudBurst–a joint effort of several national science organizations, including the USGS and UCAR as well as institutions like the Chicago Botanic Garden–aims to enlist “citizen-scientists” to monitor blooming, or to give the activity its scientific name, phenology.Starting [...]
Sciam Observations Blog: Clean Coal Turns to Cinders
For those journalists who have been monitoring “clean coal” technology over the last few years, it was no surprise to hear that the U.S.
A bank for wind power
A last we can store vast amounts of wind energy and use it when we need it, as New Scientist reports
IEA’s U-turn on energy growth
The International Energy Agency calls for limits on growth of energy demand for the first time