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- Ornithologists are using drones to eavesdrop on songbirds Sun, 19 Feb 17, 6:08amWhen conservationists put drones to work in field research, they typically function as flying eyes that gather imagery of the habitat and wildlife below...
- World’s Largest Solar-Powered Boat Lands in London, Completes Gulf Stream Environmental Study Wed, 4 Sep 13, 4:00amEarlier this June, the transatlantic speed record-holding solar catamaran was converted into a scientific platform to collect data between on the Gulf Stream between Oostende and London...
- INTERVIEW: Eric Maundu on Turning Aquaponic Gardens into an Internet Connected Resource Sat, 24 Aug 13, 3:30amInhabitat: So tell me about your work here at American Steel Studios. ERIC: I build gardens like these. This is the smallest one I’ve ever done with an aquarium on the bottom and a garden on top. Pretty much you can use...
- Kijani Grows Will Bring Small, Internet Connected Aquaponics Gardens to Schools Wed, 21 Aug 13, 1:30amAquaponics systems have grown in popularity over the years and they're currently one of the most common urban farming techniques. But while closed loop gardens—including the one you see above —are becoming dime a dozen,...
- Length of day governed by Earth’s core processes Fri, 12 Jul 13, 8:31amFrom the University of Liverpool , something I found interesting because a few years ago, former State Climatologist Jame Goodridge said he saw correlations between length of day and other atmospheric processes...
- A case of the vapors – another global cooling mechanism found Tue, 7 May 13, 4:30amFrom the University of Manchester Organic vapors affect clouds leading to previously unidentified climate cooling University of Manchester scientists, writing in the journal Nature Geoscience, have shown that natural emissions...
- Top 6 Green Science and Technology Stories of 2012 Fri, 28 Dec 12, 2:20amtop green tech stories, green design, sustainable design, inhabitat top technology stories 2012, green tech, clean tech, sustainable technology, environmental science, eco design, 6 best technology posts of 2012, 6 best environmental...
- Wave-Powered Robot Completes Record-Setting 9,000-Mile Journey Across the Ocean Fri, 7 Dec 12, 3:25amLiquid Robotics, a Silicon Valley startup behind the surfboard-sized robots known as Wave Gliders, announced today that the Papa Mau robot completed a record-breaking 9,000 mile trip across the Pacific Ocean from California...
- New NASA Satellite Will Study Ocean Salinity Levels for Clues on Climate Change Thu, 19 May 11, 2:05amOn June 9th NASA will be launching their Aquarius/SAC-D observatory, a satellite dedicated to studying changes in the Earth’s climate. The main instrument on the satellite, the Aquarius, will be measuring levels of...
- New paleoclimatology proxy – old science magazines Wed, 9 Feb 11, 2:45amOld issues of Science, Nature, might be useful after all. From The Weizmann Institute of Science Some of the history preserved in old tomes and newspapers may be hiding in between the lines of print. A Weizmann Institute...