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Geotimes
November 2003
Naomi Lubick |
Biosphere 2 bubble burst Next month, Columbia University will relinquish its ties to Biosphere 2. The glass bubble in Oracle, Ariz., was once a visionary Earth atmosphere with eight "terranauts" living inside its confines.   |
Smithsonian
May 2005
Carl Zimmer |
Life on Mars? It's hard enough to identify fossilized microbes on Earth. How would we ever recognize them on Mars? |
Chemistry World
April 16, 2009
Jon Cartwright |
Isolated microbes survive for millions of years Researchers in the US and the UK have found microbes in the Antarctic that appear to have survived in isolation, without sunlight or new supplies of nutrients, for more than a million years. |
Geotimes
July 2003
Lisa M. Pinsker |
Watching the planet green A new generation of satellites is allowing scientists to, every week, watch the grass grow, literally. Combining data of vegetation density with digital data of global weather observations, they can see Earth's metabolism -- the rate at which plants are absorbing carbon out of the atmosphere. |
Science News
May 12, 2007 |
Science Safari: X-treme Microbes This graphics-heavy website tells the stories of microbes that survive and even thrive in inhospitable environments. |
Popular Mechanics
March 2007
Jennifer Bogo |
NASA Mission Statement Q&A: Eyes on Earth Interview with a professor involved in a study to find out how Earth scientists view NASA's shifting priorities and how it may affect the study of the planet. |
CRM
April 2010
Jessica Tsai |
Required Reading: Sustainability Is the Ultimate Business Practice Gregory Unruh's new book Earth, Inc. attempts to examine, identify, and replicate the genius behind a system that's succeeded and sustained itself for 2.5 billion years: the planet's biosphere. |
Geotimes
December 2004
Sara Pratt |
Acidic Waters Threaten Sea Life High acidity in the world's oceans may be threatening coral populations, such as those in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. |
Chemistry World
November 18, 2008
Matt Wilkinson |
The promise of algae As the hype surrounding corn-derived ethanol fades, interest in liquid fuels harvested from an alternative biological source - algae - is rapidly increasing. Several companies' efforts are detailed. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2008
Willie D. Jones |
The Power of Pond Scum: Biodiesel and Hydrogen From Algae A start-up may have the key to boosting algae's chances as a future fuel, and scientists see a path to hydrogen production from pond scum. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2010
Erik Sofge |
How 4 Climate Control Plans Could Crash and Burn The term geo-engineering -- direct technological interventions to reshape the planet -- calls to mind the dark laughter of a science-fiction villain. |
National Defense
May 2008
Grace V. Jean |
Water, Climate Change: Recipe for Trouble? We still lack a comprehensive understanding of how the world's water possibly could be affected by the phenomenon of climate change. |
Scientific American
August 29, 2005
Patrick DiJusto |
Blue-Green Acres Fighting factory CO 2 emissions with cyanobacteria (blue-green algae). |
The Motley Fool
July 15, 2010
Bruce Bigelow |
ExxonMobil and Synthetic Genomics Open Greenhouse for Algae Biofuels Development Searching for sustainable alternative energy sources. |
Popular Mechanics
November 20, 2009
Erin McCarthy |
Dwayne Johnson Promotes Space Exploration for NASA (Video!) NASA felt he was the perfect person to spearhead the agency's new series of public service announcements. |
Outside
May 2008
Elizabeth Hightower |
The Slime Solution Ethanol is so 2007. The future of biofuels is all about chocolate, chicken litter, and, yes, algae. |
Chemistry World
April 10, 2013
Akshat Rathi |
Engineered extremophile brews bulk chemical US researchers have engineered a heat-loving microbe to produce a bulk chemical from carbon dioxide and hydrogen. Their results may provide a viable industrial alternative to blue-green algae. |
