| Blog Name: |
The Green Grok |
| Url: |
http://www.thegreengrok.com |
| Language: |
English |
| Topics: |
environment, science, sustainability |
| Description: |
We are on an unsustainable course. While world populations and consumption grow, resources diminish and global warming threatens our way of life. We must find a more sustainable path. But how?
In The Green Grok, Dr. Bill Chameides, a member of the National Academies of Sciences and dean of Duke University's environmental school, elucidates causes of and remedies for environmental change and identifies pathways towards a more sustainable future. |
| Popularity: |
84 Followers |
Statistically Speaking: Quoth the Raven
<img src=http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/birds/image_thumb/> In 1921, American ornithologist Edward Forbush wrote that thanks to birds, “forest and agricultural pests were reduced by 28 percent." The birds, he went on, helped prevent "$444,000,000 in crop and timber losses.” Let's take a look at some birds stats today.
To Geo-engineer or Not to Geo-engineer
<img src=http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/geo-engineering/image_thumb/> Imagine tinkering with the climate system to cancel out global warming — the stuff of mad scientists or global saviors?
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