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NASA's Kepler Telescope Discovers Earth Size Planet | The New York Times reports that NASA’s Kelper satellite has found a planet that is around 1.5 times the size of our own Earth and is orbiting around a sun. This planet is around 2,000 light years away, but the discovery is extremely important in showing that some of the key aspects of Earth in [...]
‘Missing Plastic’ In Atlantic
By Joe Patterson
Published: August 23, 2010
'Missing Plastic' In Atlantic | The New York Times Green blog reports that although the world production of plastics has increased by five times since the 1980’s, research done in the North Atlantic does not show this increase occurring. The study that was published in the journal Science detailed researchers tests of dragging plankton nets across the surface of the [...]
Colorado River Reservoir Levels Fall Again
By Joe Patterson
Published: August 17, 2010
Colorado River Reservoir Levels Fall Again | The New York Times Green blog reported that the water in the crucial Colorado River Reservoir have fallen yet again this summer. These levels could reportedly lead to the first water shortage in the river to be seen. The water levels in Lake Mead, the reservoir, are crucial to millions of homes throughout the West [...]
Crazy Weather Provides Case For Global Warming
By Joe Patterson
Published: August 16, 2010
Crazy Weather Provides Case For Global Warming | The New York Times reports that the crazy floods and weather patterns that have battered people throughout the world in terms of heat and devastation could provide evidence and a serious case for global warming. Many times weather patterns have been cited as a possible case for global warming, but this notion is coming back [...]
Genetically Modified Crop Establishes Itself In The Wild
By Joe Patterson
Published: August 12, 2010
Genetically Modified Crop Establishes Itself In The WildBicyclists carrying the Pan American Games torch pass a field of canola blooms in front of the Winnipeg skyline in Canada Wednesday, July 21, 1999, just two days before opening ceremonies begin. The torch's trip began June 23 near Mexico City and will cover nearly 10,150 miles by canoe, bicycle, air, rail and foot on its way to the opening ceremony on Friday, July 23. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) | read this item
The New York Times reports that the work of scientists to engineer a genetically modified crop seems to have led to one of the main problems others had hoped to avoid, as canola is beginning to establish itself in the wild. The crop is flourishing as a roadside weed in North Dakota, and thus affirms [...]
Churn That Butter For Some Perfectly Good BioDiesel Fuel
By Joe Patterson
Published: August 10, 2010
Churn That Butter For Some Perfectly Good BioDiesel Fuel | The New York Times reports that although butter is not and probably will never be the biodiesel fuel of any future, it is definitely a positive that scientists could succeed in making a successful substitute for oil. Apparently, scientists really just wanted to prove they could get it done. They said that although butter does [...]
Oil-Hungry Bacterium Helps Clean Up Spill
By Joe Patterson
Published: August 6, 2010
Oil-Hungry Bacterium Helps Clean Up Spill | The New York Times reports that the workers of the oil spill cleanup come in many shapes, and sizes that range from ships, to impossible to see microbes. Scientists have created a bacteria that is called Alcanivorax. It is one of the main agents fighting the oil spill in the Gulf by breaking down oil [...]
Oil Left From Spill Poses Smaller Risk Than Anticipated
By Joe Patterson
Published: August 4, 2010
Oil Left From Spill Poses Smaller Risk Than Anticipated | The New York Times reports that the government and BP are set to announce that the oil still left from the spill is so diluted that is does not pose any sort of foreseeable risk in the future. A government report fins that 26% of the oil leaked from the blown BP well is still in the [...]
BP Used Surface Oil Dispersant Widely Despite Restrictions
By Joe Patterson
Published: August 2, 2010
BP Used Surface Oil Dispersant Widely Despite Restrictions | The New York Times reports that the US Coast Guard approved BP’s use of surface oil dispersants in the Gulf time after time despite the ruling of the EPA that it should only be used sparingly. Sometimes the Coast Guard even approved BP’s requests when there was no upper limit to how much of the [...]
Gulf Has Been A Dump For Industry In The Past
By Joe Patterson
Published: July 30, 2010
Gulf Has Been A Dump For Industry In The Past | 
The New York Times reports that the current crisis in the Gulf is not the first time that the titans of industry have destroyed wildlife and habitats in the region. The Gulf of Mexico has actually been a virtual dump for industry for many years before. Now that the oil dissipating from the surface of [...]