© PiedType.com The MIT news office yesterday announced the discovery of a new way to store solar energy, overcoming the limitations that have until now limited its use. MIT’s Daniel Nocera, Henry Dreyfus Professor of Energy at MIT and senior author of a paper describing the work in the July 31 issue of Science, calls … Continue reading MIT solar energy storage project puts Big Oil on notice
Uh oh. Earthquake in Southern California. USGS is rating it a 5.4 on the Richter Scale. Aftershocks are still occurring. I hope those of you who live out there are safe and that damage remains minimal. Of all the natural disasters likely to occur in the U.S., earthquakes worry me the most. The idea that … Continue reading SoCal earthquake — stay safe, y’all
I’m sending out a big hug and kiss to U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy in Missoula, Montana. Friday he granted a preliminary injunction restoring endangered-species protection to gray wolves in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. The federal government had stripped the wolves of their protected status in March. There has been an intense effort by … Continue reading Judge ensures a safer autumn for gray wolves
I saw a story on CNN today about some guys sailing from California to Hawaii on a raft made from old plastic jugs and part of a Cessna. They set sail on June 1. I’m probably the last one in the world to hear about this environmentally oriented venture, but that doesn’t matter. They’re doing … Continue reading USS Junk sailing from California to Hawaii; so far so good
Today is Earth Day, and you don’t have to run barefoot in the park to appreciate it. It takes only a second to realize that without the earth beneath your feet, literally, you wouldn’t be here. And unless you have a plan to teleport yourself to another habitable planet, you might want to consider taking … Continue reading Today is Earth Day; do something for yourself
Links to some of my favorite webcams north and northwest of Denver, Colorado, can now be found in the Pied Type blogroll.
The Boulder camera has two live views of the University of Colorado campus and city of Boulder, looking west toward the mountains. Continue reading “Webcam links added to Pied Type blogroll”
