A team of scientists scrambles to better understand a gigantic cloud of methane looming over the Four Corners region of the U.S. Southwest. This single cloud is believed to comprise nearly 10 percent of all methane emissions derived from natural gas in the United States. But its origins remain a mystery. The following article on the subject from pbs.org was written by Laura Santhanam and posted June 3, 2015 with the title “Why...
Read MoreThe following article was written by Brian Kahn for Climate Central and was posted on June 1, 2015 with the title above: Let’s see if you can guess the source for the following quote. “We want to be a part of the solution and deliver energy to society sustainably for many decades to come.” If you guessed a major solar, wind, or renewable energy company, you’d be wrong. If you guessed six of the world’s...
Read MoreThe following is a Wired.com article written by Betsy Mason and posted on May 22, 2015: An unprecedented effort to map the seafloor bordering California’s coastline has produced some of the most detailed, beautiful, and useful maps of an underwater landscape ever made. No fewer than 18 state and federal agencies and institutions led by the US Geological Survey banded together to make these maps. A staggering amount of work went...
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