Solar Geoengineering—Global Solution or Lock-in?
What is solar geoengineering? Imagine a not-to-distant future scene in which a fleet of small jets is flying on a regular schedule loaded with a cargo of some chemical compound that can be sprayed into the atmosphere where it converts to an aerosol of particles that...
Eyes in the Sky—SkyTruth Delivers Spill Data
The oil industry self-reports to various agencies with reports of oil spill data for offshore drilling rigs. But there are no objective observers at sea to verify the data or spot unreported events at remote platforms. Until now. The human impact on the planet becomes...
Smart Cities Readiness Grant Winners
Smart Cities Council, a smart cities network, announced Austin, Indianapolis, Miami, Orlando and Philadelphia as this year’s winners of the Smart Cities Council Readiness Challenge Grant program. Over 130 cities participated in the application process. The...
When Hunger Becomes Famine
Famine. In a world of plenty, the brutality of famine continues to afflict. When acute malnutrition rates among children exceed 30 percent, more than 2 people per 10,000 die per day, and one in five households in an area are not able to access food. It is never...