Posts Tagged ‘Energy’

  • Energy and climate: The hidden stories
    Energy and climate: The hidden stories

    Climate scientists worry about feedbacks, glacial melting, sea level rise, using tax policy to slow warming, and the complexity of climate science. Is it realistic to base our economy on endless growth? What does human behavior tell us about dealing with warming?


    Thursday, February 11th, 2010
  • Buried charcoal: Global warming star?
    Buried charcoal: Global warming star?

    Buried charcoal stimulates microbes and plant growth, helping farmers on poor soil. Studies show that charcoal is stable for hundreds of years.


    Thursday, December 10th, 2009
  • Green as a garbage dump? Waste rots, makes energy…

    Decay is part of life, and death. When garbage decays in a landfill, or manure decays in a tank, the result is methane. Is this natural gas a problem — or an opportunity?


    Thursday, November 6th, 2008
  • Questioning candidates
    Questioning candidates

    The candidates are skirting issues related to environment, energy and science policy. Heard promising plans for greener energy, solid science advice, or coping with the decline of oil? We neither…


    Thursday, August 28th, 2008
  • Electric Cars: Meet the plug-in Hybrid
    Electric Cars: Meet the plug-in Hybrid

    Hybrid cars and fuel cells increase auto efficiency and reduce pollution, but it’s a long struggle from the idea to the reality.


    Thursday, November 29th, 2007
  • Why do leaves change color in the fall?

    Many of the colors we see in fall are always present, but normally they’re hidden from view, says UW-Madison Arboretum native plant gardener Susan Carpenter.
    The leaves of trees and other plants contain three main pigments: carotene, anthocyanin, and the photosynthetic pigment, chlorophyll, which captures the sun’s energy to make food for plants. As the most [...]


    Thursday, October 11th, 2007
  • Miracle of winged migration

    Migration of songbirds, butterflies, turtles and seals. Where does the natural urge to move originate?


    Thursday, October 4th, 2007
  • New Trick for Water Pistol of the Sea

    How’s a hungry fish supposed to make a living in the shallow water below tropical mangrove trees? Hint: Squirt, squirt!


    Thursday, October 12th, 2006
  • Ash-crete: Concrete Process to Turn Ash into Cash!

    Coal ash is a giant garbage problem. Should we recycle more ash into concrete? A new process might save cement, rock, and landfill space.


    Thursday, June 8th, 2006


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