Polar science can be challenging, but satellites give scientists access to otherwise inaccessible regions.
Tracking a Changing Planet: The National Academies Releases its Decadal Survey on Earth Observations from Space
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has released the decadal survey for Earth sciences and applications from space, an ambitious road map to guide investments in Earth observation programs over the next 10 years.
Finding Hope at Home and in a Deep Ocean of Possibilities
In this annual series, IEEE Earthzine staff and guest contributors offer short essays on their sources of hope or inspiration in the face of widespread global change.
IEEE Earthzine: 10 Years of Science Communication, Community and Hope
In this annual series, IEEE Earthzine staff and guest contributors offer short essays on their sources of hope and inspiration in the face of widespread global change. With 2017 marking Earthzine’s 10th anniversary, the series takes on added meaning for all of us.
New catalyst paves way for carbon neutral fuel
Australian scientists have paved the way for carbon neutral fuel with the development of a new efficient catalyst that converts carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air into synthetic natural gas in a ‘clean’ process using solar energy.
Dutch toxic landfill site is now capturing and storing carbon
Precise carbon measurements indicate that peat is already being formed at the Volgermeerpolder near Amsterdam (NL), a toxic waste landfill site that was capped with foil with an artificial wetland on top.
Cold conversion of food waste into renewable energy and fertilizer
Researchers from Concordia’s Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering (BCEE) in collaboration with Bio-Terre Systems Inc. are taking the fight against global warming to colder climes.
GEO Plenary XIV and GEO Week 2017 to be Held in Washington, D.C.
GEO Plenary XIV and the associated GEO Week Conference and exhibition will be held Oct. 23-26.
How Douglas Adams' 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy' Challenges the Conceptualization of the Cosmos
The humor of Douglas Adams, the British author and satirist beloved for his “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” series invokes humility and opens a discourse on humanity and Earth’s relative place in the universe.