Energy and Climate Change

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Arctic Ice Makes Comeback From Record Low, but Long-Term Decline May Continue

"I’m not at all surprised there was a jump upward — we’ve never set two record lows in a row," said Walt Meier, a NASA scientist who has monitored sea ice for years. "I would say I’m a little surprised the jump is as big as it is."

Warming lull haunts authors of key climate report

Scientists working on a landmark U.N. report on climate change are struggling to explain why global warming appears to have slowed down in the past 15 years even as greenhouse gas emissions keep rising.

Companies Unplug From the Electric Grid, Delivering a Jolt to Utilities

Experts say the trend is gaining momentum, spurred by falling prices for solar panels and natural gas, as well as a fear that power outages caused by major storms will become more common.

From sunlight to farm waste, small cities create energy from what’s on hand

Whether looking to establish a reputation for forward-thinking to attract residents and businesses, hoping to save money on utility bills or wishing to mitigate carbon footprints while creating local jobs, cities across Minnesota are installing green-energy projects.

Research Cites Role of Warming in Extremes

Scientists performing a similar comparison for the heat wave that blanketed much of the United States in July last year estimated that such heat waves now occur four times as frequently because of the influence of greenhouse gas emissions.

Harvard Business School – Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics

"We’ve got obesity as a problem, we’ve got government debt as a problem, we’ve got carbon as a problem," he says. "All of those things are problems in large part because we so value current consumption over future consumption. As many have observed, we are creatures of the Pleistocene who have evolved to survive in the present, and now suddenly we have to think in terms of a world that’s far in the future. And that’s tough.

Going and going and going: MassChallenge finalist EnerLeap developing super long-lasting battery

EnerLeap claims its battery will provide 10 times more power and five times more energy capacity than today’s lithium ion batteries.

Climate perils of population growth

For various reasons, linking the world’s rapid population growth to its deepening environmental crisis, including climate change, is politically taboo.

University of Alberta nano-tech discovery would make solar panels cheaper, lighter

Wouldn’t it be great if they could use some of the most abundant materials on Earth, like zinc and phosphorus, to build cheaper, lighter solar panels?

Novel nuclear reactors atop MIT energy contest finalists – Vote Today!

Nuclear fusion and "fast" reactors are currently the two top contenders in a competition run by MIT’s Climate CoLab group, with fast reactors the leading vote-getter to date.