global warming
Fight Climate Change, Win $75,000 November 20th, 2008
Prize Seeks to Inspire Innovation
Got an idea to fight climate change by reducing carbon emissions? The Forum for the Future wants to hear about it. They have teamed with the Financial Times for the new Climate Change Challenge competition,...more
Top 10 Recycling Resources November 3rd, 2008
Tips on how to make sure your trash gets a new lease on life
We all mean to recycle. The problem is that it’s sometimes quite difficult to actually get your recyclables to the proper facilities. If your apartment building or neighborhood doesn't have a recycling program in place,...more
Is Global Warming All Bad? October 8th, 2008
Coral Reefs Exhibit Unusual Response to Rising Water Temperatures
A team of scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research has conducted a study of the health of coral reefs in environments where water temperature was on the rise. The results they came up...more
Jared Leto and His Band Spread the Green Word through Sweet Music September 9th, 2008
30 Seconds to Mars Travels To Greenland to Make Global Warming Statement
30 Seconds to Mars, an alternative rock band fronted by Hollywood pretty boy Jared Leto, traveled to Greenland to shoot the video for their latest single, "A Beautiful Lie," in the hopes that the footage...more
Can You Prepare for Global Warming by Purchasing a... Flotation Device? August 18th, 2008
The Sky is Falling With Chuck Little: Part 3
Chuck inflates (and clearly labels) his flotation devices, while describing the chaotic weather patterns that will ensue as a result of global warming. See more cool RiverWired videos on a wide range of Eco-Friendly Topics. ...more
One Citizen Wages War on Global Warming August 11th, 2008
Chuck Little Thinks the Sky Is Falling -- Could He Be Right?
Meet Chuck Little- an ordinary citizen doing his part to combat climate change. Concerned that global warming will raise sea levels enough to submerge his house underwater, Chuck hires a building contractor to raise his...more
2000-Year-Old Trees Help Explain Climate Change July 17th, 2008
Scientists Look to Bark to Understand Global Warming
A team of scientists in Argentina are studying the bark rings of native Alerce trees, in the hope that they will provide information about the temperature and climate over the last several hundred years. Want to...more
Two Warmest Years in Over a Century: 2007 and 2005 July 10th, 2008
What? You're Not Surprised?
The Earth Policy Institute has released a report stating that 2007 was the second warmest year since records began being recorded, way back in 1880. Yikes. ...more
Why We Need Trees? July 8th, 2008
A tree provides clean air.
Trees, unlike humans, take in Carbon Dioxide and release Oxygen. Humans make the opposite exchange. One acre of forest puts out four tons of oxygen – that’s enough to meet the annual oxygen needs of...more
Can green algae help save the world? June 28th, 2008
Corn and sugar cane, move over. Several US companies are harvesting an algae that can be converted to oil and refined into biodiesel. Amazingly, the algae can grow in waste water, where it feeds on...more
