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New battery technology means more power for electric cars From: AP August 10, 201211AN New battery technology means electric cars such as Chevrolet’s Volt could have double the range. Source: Getty Images A SMALL battery company backed by General Motors is working on breakthrough technology that could power an electric car more than 300km on Continue Reading →
Drivers of marine biodiversity: Tiny, freeloading clams find the key to evolutionary success Posted: 09 Aug 2012 06:03 AM PDT What mechanisms control the generation and maintenance of biological diversity on the planet? It’s a central question in evolutionary biology. For land-dwelling organisms such as insects and the flowers they pollinate, it’s clear that interactions between Continue Reading →
PRB’s 2012 World Population Data SheetNew Security Beat“The most rapid population growth in many ways [occurs in] the countries that can least afford it,” said Carl Haub in a webinar on July 19 to launch the Population Reference Bureau’s (PRB) 50th annual World Population Data Sheet. This year, the report …See all stories on this topic »
New atmospheric compound tied to climate change, human health Posted: 08 Aug 2012 10:27 AM PDT Scientists have discovered a surprising new chemical compound in Earth’s atmosphere that reacts with sulfur dioxide to form sulfuric acid, which is known to have significant impacts on climate and health. The new compound, a type of carbonyl oxide, is Continue Reading →
Unusual weather events identified during 2009 Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria, Australia Posted: 08 Aug 2012 07:45 AM PDT Research has revealed that the extremely hot, dry and windy conditions on Black Saturday in the Australian state of Victoria combined with structures in the atmosphere called ‘horizontal convective rolls’ — similar to streamers of wind flowing Continue Reading →
America’s drought of political will on climate change With US politics paralysed by the partisan divide on climate change, public concern about extreme weather cannot bear fruit Share114 Email Naomi Wolf guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 8 August 2012 18.50 BST Jump to comments (141) A field of corn drying up in a drought-stricken field near Vincennes, Indiana, Continue Reading →