National Research Council www.nap.edu/catalog/13152.html [Description] Sustainability is based on a simple and long-recognized factual premise: Everything that humans require for their survival and well-being depends, directly or indirectly, on the natural environment. The environment provides the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat. Recognizing the importance of sustainability to its … Continue reading »
Posted on August 4, 2011 …
Spatially Heterogeneous Wastage of Himalayan Glaciers
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (published ahead of print August 1 2011, doi:10.1073/pnas.1106242108) / by Koji Fujita and Takayuki Nuimura (open access article) http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/07/25/1106242108.abstract [Abstract] We describe volumetric changes in three benchmark glaciers in the Nepal Himalayas on which observations have been made since the 1970s. Compared with the global mean of glacier … Continue reading »
Cracks in the Façade: 25 Years Ago, EPA Linked “Fracking” to Water Contamination
Environmental Working Group http://www.ewg.org/reports/cracks-in-the-facade (website) http://static.ewg.org/reports/2011/fracking/cracks_in_the_facade.pdf (PDF) [From a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article by Don Hopey] The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency concluded in 1987 that hydraulic fracturing of a 4,000-foot-deep natural gas well in Jackson County, W.Va., contaminated shallower groundwater and private wells, according to a report by Environmental Working Group… The EPA’s 1987 finding, contained … Continue reading »
