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The Search for the Loneliest Whale in the World (Pt. 1)

By Hannah Cheng
Posted: March 5, 2013
Category: bioacoustics, oceanography, zoology | Tagged 52 Hertz, Agnieszka Jurek, Andrew Revkin, baleen whales, blue whales, Deep Sea Research, fin whales, hydrophones, Joshua Zeman, Kate Micucci, Laura Ann Bates, Mary Ann Daher, Mike Ambs, New York Times, Psychadelic Monsters, Reuters, Thies Schwarz, tuba, U.S. Navy, William Watkins, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute | 2 Comments

For frack’s sake, stop calling natural gas “green”

By Stephen Craft
Posted: October 30, 2011
Category: Climatology, Energy policy, Fracking | Tagged acid rain, alternate energy, American Petroleum Institute, Boulder CO, carbon dioxide, environment, fossil fuel, methane, Natural gas, NCAR, New York Times, Scientific American, sulfer dioxide, Tom Wigley, Yahoo! News | 1 Comment
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