In which I share the five most interesting and important environmental stories (IMHO) that I’ve read this week on various environmental threats that birds face globally, the latest IPCC draft report leaked Tuesday, a mysterious blue substance born from the Mount Polley mine disaster and more.
Author: xiaozhi
9 Plant Diseases That Threaten Your Favorite Foods
Interactive: The 9 most menacing plant diseases that threaten our favorite foods from bread to bananas to beer.
How Crops Are Genetically Modified
Graphic: We’ve all heard about GMOs, and how ‘scary’ they can be. But really, humans have been genetically modifying crops since the beginning of agriculture, Here’s how we’ve been doing it.
Why Lobsters Turn Red When Cooked
Video: Have you ever wondered why lobsters (and crabs and shrimp) turn red when they’re cooked? The New England Aquarium’s director of research, Michael Tlusty, shows us his lobster lab and tells us why.
Why Do We Get Allergies?
Video: Many of us get allergies this time of the year. Calman Prussin at the National Institute of Health explains why.
Blogging for Energy Smarts
So I haven’t been here for a while.. because I’ve been blogging elsewhere! OK nowhere too exciting: the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources blog, Energy Smarts.
Help Ukraine With Tech, Not Gas
#FrackYouPutin? There’s a better option: Help Ukraine improve energy efficiency and reduce the amount of energy that they use.
Gina McCarthy and NESEA: “Partners-in-crime”
Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the EPA, speaks at the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association’s BuildingEnergy 14 conference, declaring the EPA “partner-in-crime” with the high-performance building and renewable energy professionals present.
Moving Beyond The Annual Flu Shot
Video: Annual flu shots might become a thing of a past with a new approach to vaccines. Researcher Masaru Kanekiyo from the National Institute of Health explains.
MIT’s Alcator C-Mod Reactor (A Big Machine)
Senator Elizabeth Warren, Representative Katherine Clark and research faculty at MIT restarted the Alcator C-Mod reactor for fusion energy officially yesterday morning. And then, we all wore hard hats and went into the big room where the big C-Mod machine is and saw it for ourselves: fusion does not just belong in the movies.