Eco-Briefs
Water rights in Aspen; Lawsuit in Peru
Damming the beauty of Aspen
Faced with concern over a growing population and rising temperatures due to climate change, Aspen City Council recently voted to...
Dam releases dirty energy; CSU continues to study methane
Dam releases dirty energy
The U.S. Department of the Interior released its Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) regarding the Glen Canyon Dam, admitting the dam...
Saving bison; Free trade palm oil
Wild ‘N Free event focuses on saving bison
Hundreds of bison are removed every year from the Yellowstone area in what land managers say is...
Reacting to climate change; Banning fracking in Latin America
How species could react to a changing climate
New research from scientists at the University of Wisconsin Madison and Aarhus University in Denmark shows where...
Low-cost solar observatory; New Superfund sites
Test flight of low-cost miniature solar observatory
The Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) tested its Solar Instrument Pointing Platform (SSIPP) on Aug. 29, in San Antonio,...
Banning uranium mining; Dropping grid-use fee
Colorado rally adds to voices calling to ban uranium mining in the Grand Canyon
On Aug. 23 in Fort Collins, environmentalists from Environment Colorado joined...
Former NIST director and notable physicist Katharine Gebbie dies at 84
Dr. Katharine Blodgett Gebbie, former director of the Physics Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and mentor to four Nobel...
Vanishing ice; Planting trees
Putting numbers to vanishing ice
A paper published in Geographical Review in July announced the development of a database for all research about sea ice...
Signs of recovery; Settled spill dispute
Signs of atmospheric recovery
New research shows that the ozone hole above Antarctica is shrinking. The study, led by Massachusetts Institute of Technology chemist Susan...
Hotter and hotter; Earth’s quasi satellite
Summers to get hotter and hotter
New research from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NOAA) shows that at the planet’s current heating rate, in...
Light pollution; Fracking regs shut down
Night sky becomes light sky
A new map of the sky reveals that light pollution is so prevalent, most Americans can’t see the Milky...
Pollination and pollution
High temps interfere with pollination
Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem looked into the effect temperature has on floral smells, a method flowers use...
