Posts in: Environment
Amateur Birders Become Scientists Online
Fledgling birding project is the next generation in citizen science
![University of Washington electrical engineers demonstrate a circuit that runs entirely off tree power [Credit: Dustin Schroeder, University of Washington]](http://www.scienceline.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/electric-trees-160x90.jpg)
The Shocking Truth: Trees are Electric
New circuits tap into electric currents generated by bigleaf maple trees
Researchers Make Hydrogen Fuel Progress
Study Shows Promising Chemical Hydrogen Storage System Can Be Recycled
Oil Fields: Predators’ Boon, Birds’ Bane
Human infrastructure associated with oil field development gives some species an advantage over others.
One Small Step for Bioheat
Switching to greener heating fuel could take cities one giant leap away from fossil fuel dependence.
Warming World, Potent Poppies
Rising carbon dioxide levels lead to higher concentrations of opiates in poppies.
Clam Power in Numbers
Scientists at the Nature Conservancy move a new batch of mollusks into Great South Bay to shore up the clam comeback.
More than Hot Air
Solar thermal energy, or “solar hot water,” may not get much hype, but don’t count it out of the renewable energy equation.
