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... as a student, Todesco was inspired to address environmental issues through her science fair projects and, in her most recent experiment, went far beyond the paper maché volcano. In fact, she developed a system to filter toxic tailings created when mining for bitumen in tar sands, allowing these toxic acids to decompose fourteen times faster than they would otherwise.
[su_youtube url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6We2J422yow" width="620" height="440"] A hot topic for layperson and PhD alike, nobody will deny that the term Anthropocene is trending. One the one side, there are those who believe that the idea that humans are in...
The tree population in New York City has jumped from 500,000 to 650,000, and is set to increase to 1 million in 2015 from about 500,000 trees in the 1990s. In addition to beautifying the city, the trees will provide the natural services of filtering pollution,...
The semantic debate surrounding the idea of an Anthropocene revolves around two key concepts: have we entered a new geologic age as a result of human activity, and if we have, when did it start. More...
The Anthropocene, the term, formal or informal, appears to be making headway in terms of entering media consciousness as "go to" short hand for using a geologic lens to assess the impact of human activity on the earth. This recent article in The New Scientist...
Here's a link to a very accessible full-length video looking at climate change (complete with 60s-era slideshow-inspired graphics) and a cheeky sense of humor on the Imperial College London Youtube channel. A welcome relief to find this amidst the sea of more...