California to help climate by curbing sprawl

California gets solar thermal power plant
Calling it a sign of things to come, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday helped unveil a facility that concentrates the sun's rays via mirrors to produce electricity.

Replacing corn with perennial grasses improves carbon...
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Converting forests or fields to biofuel crops can increase or decrease greenhouse gas emissions, depending on where -- and which -- biofuel crops...

Science in the News - Tuesday 2 December 2008
Britain should adopt the world’s toughest climate change target and slash nearly half of its greenhouse gas emissions in the next 12 years, the Government’s new climate advisory committee...

Soapmaker's Companion: A Comprehensive Guide with...
Basic soapmaking instruction and specialty techniques like marbling, layering, and making transparent and liquid soaps.

The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to...
What happens when something is sucked into a black hole? Does it disappear? Three decades ago, a young physicist named Stephen Hawking claimed it did-and in doing so put at risk everything we...