Climate May 2, 2016 How to celebrate Earth Day 2015 with NASA Today (April 22) is the 45th anniversary of Earth Day, and NASA has a series of activities planned to celebrate the beauty of our home planet.
Science Education May 2, 2016 For Earth Day, Levi Strauss & Co. wants consumers to pledge to wash less Did you know that about 3,800 liters of water are used over the course of the lifetime of a pair of jeans? What about this statistic – consumer care, like washing, contributes 37 percent of the roughly 74 pounds of carbon dioxide emitted during a pair of jeans’ use. The figures come from a recent Levi Strauss & Co. study on the impact that jeans have on the environment, an update on a similar 2007 report from the company. The goal was to shed light on the fairly large-scale impact that wearing a pair of jeans – something most people just take for granted – can have.
Spaceflight May 2, 2016 Aral Sea looks like a painting from space The Aral Sea is shrinking, leaving a dried-up white lakebed where there used to be blue water.
Energy May 2, 2016 SunEdison touts renewable energy generator, aims to bring power to 20 million people by 2020 SunEdison unveiled its ambitious plan to bring power to 20 million people by 2020 at an event in New York this week, touting new renewable energy technology for remote areas.
Science Education May 2, 2016 Study: Global warming skeptics know more about climate science Are global warming skeptics simply ignorant about climate science? Not so, says a forthcoming paper in the journal Advances in Political Psychology by Yale professor Dan Kahan. He finds that skeptics score about the same (in fact slightly better) on climate science questions.
Plants May 2, 2016 Golden mussel poses threat to Amazon River The world's mightiest waterway, the Amazon River, is threatened by the most diminutive of foes — a tiny mussel invading from China.
AIR AND SPACE May 2, 2016 Solar Impulse 2 takes off from California, starts solar-powered trek across US Solar Impulse 2 has taken off from California on the tenth leg of its record-breaking solar-powered journey around the world.
Energy April 29, 2016 Solar Impulse 2 set to resume epic solar-powered journey around the world Solar Impulse 2 will resume its record-breaking solar-powered journey around the world Thursday when it takes off from Hawaii on a 62-hour flight to California.
Pollution April 28, 2016 Surfers invent floating trash bin to clean up world's oceans Two Australian surfers are trying to tackle the planet's water pollution problem head-on, by developing a device that functions as an automated floating trash bin for the world's oceans
AIR AND SPACE April 21, 2016 From high above the Pacific, Solar Impulse 2 pilot spreads Earth Day message Speaking from the cockpit of Solar Impulse 2 as it makes its journey over the Pacific, pilot Bertrand Piccard told FoxNews.com that the solar-powered plane proves the immense potential of clean technology.
AIR AND SPACE April 21, 2016 Solar Impulse 2 takes off from Hawaii, continues epic solar-powered journey Solar Impulse 2 has taken off from Hawaii on the ninth leg of its record-breaking solar-powered journey around the world.
