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...also described the surprising state of the region around Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which exploded in April 1986. Despite high levels of radioactivity in the area, biodiversity is flourishing and species are procreating. For Weisman, these examples show that while humans have irrevocably altered the earth??s ecosystem, the evolution of life will continue. Yesterday’s event was the first in a series of discussion-based talks called Green Conversations that are to be held this year by Harvard University Center for the Environment (HUCE). The goal of these conversations...
...writes a screenplay (with a porn star, no less) about the end of the world as we know it. What Santaros and his co-writer don’t realize, however, is that they have unwittingly predicted the real apocalypse, set in motion by the deceleration of the earth??s rotation and a war-related accident in Iraq. The premise behind the prediction, according to Santaros, is that “the rotation of the earth is slowing down at a rate of .00000006 miles per hour each day, disrupting the chemical equilibrium in the human brain, causing...
...Harvard researcher is devising a plan to take on two of the greatest threats to the Earth??s future—acid rain and global warming. Kurt Z. House, a research assistant in earth and planetary sciences, proposed a process known as electrochemical weathering, which increases the alkalinity—or basic pH level—of the Earth??s oceans to reduce the damage caused by acid rain and decrease carbon levels in the atmosphere. The natural ability of oceans to remove carbon from the air has suffered due to pollution-induced acid rain. House...
Bioengineer J. Craig Venter is expected to announce within the next few months, perhaps weeks, that he and his company, Synthetic Genomics of Rockvile, Md. and La Jolla, Calif., have created Earth??s first artificial life form. The feat will be an important milestone in the growing scientific world of “synthetic biology” (synbio). If you haven’t heard of synthetic biology yet, you are not alone. Research in this groundbreaking field is advancing light years ahead of public awareness, but decisions made now will have implications for everyone within the next...
...ratified the agreement. “The United States must switch from being a laggard in climate change policy to being a leader if the world as a whole is going to act in time,” he said. According to Holdren, the earth??s surface temperature has been rising steadily since the 1970s, with dramatic environmental effects, including more floods, droughts, and wildfires. “It’s very hard to look at this data and say that the surface temperature is not an important factor,” Holdren said. One exhibit focused...