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- Zaha Hadid’s Sleuk Rith Institute Sprouts like a Forest in Cambodia Sat, 11 Oct 14, 5:00amThe building features tapered wooden structures that range from three to eight levels. The volumes will house a huge archive, a museum, a library, a graduate school on genocide studies, a research center, a media center and...
- The World’s Largest Ice Sheets are Melting at an Unprecedented Rate Sat, 23 Aug 14, 6:00amA recent report brings more bad news for the future of the human race on Earth, as the world’s two largest ice sheets are melting faster than ever before...
- Pressure from 2011 Earthquake Leaves Mt. Fuji Ready to Blow its Top Tue, 22 Jul 14, 1:19amLong-revered and much-climbed, Japan’s Mount Fuji looks like it’s ready to blow it’s top after more than 300 years of dormancy. A new study by a team of French and Japanese researchers reveals that an increase in tectonic...
- University of Texas Fracking Study Discredited Over Researcher’s Financial Interests in Natural Gas Tue, 1 Jan 13, 2:09amThe University of Texas (UT) at Austin has withdrawn a prominent study of the environmental effects of hydraulic fracturing or “fracking,” the controversial process used for extraction of natural gas from shale formations...
- Online ‘Cool Farm’ Tool Helps Farmers Calculate Their Carbon Footprint Thu, 8 Nov 12, 4:51amThe Cool Farm Institute has announced that it will soon introduce a free online version of its Cool Farm Tool to help farmers calculate the carbon footprint of their farm and livestock operations...
- Energy Tomorrow interviews David Murphy on Economic Growth Tue, 26 Oct 10, 1:45amAt the most recent ASPO-USA conference, I gave a presentation as part of a panel hosted by The Oil Drum. The subject matter of my post was taken from a recent paper developed by Charles Hall and me on peak oil, net energy,...