Entries in the ‘Pollution’ Category:
filed in Environment, Pollution on Jul.31, 2010
After creating the second largest oil spill in history in the Gulf of Mexico and destroying an entire ecosystem and local economies BP is going to pay. But no matter how much it pays up in fines some things like ecological damage can’t be bought off.
Tags: BOP, BP, Corexit, Gulf of Mexico, Macondo
filed in Environment, Green living, Musings, Pollution on Jun.02, 2010
The Big Bang Theory is hitting all the right buttons when it comes to comedy.But Sheldon and company has an obscene carbon footprint,considering the amount of plastic packaging in the takeout dinners they have every night while cracking Batman jokes and fighting over spots on the couch.
Tags: carbon footprint, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, plastic, The Big Bang Theory
filed in Economics, Environment, Geo-engineering, Pollution, R&D on Apr.22, 2010
Can greenhouse gases cool the earth?Under certain conditions,yes.Volcanoes release GHGs and while Mt. Eyjafjallajökull would have no such effect. Mt. Pinatubo in 1991 produced a cooling effect.Inspired by this scientists are pitching forward geo-engineering strategies to mimic that same effect.But is geo-engineering the solution to climate change?
Tags: AGW, atmosphere, Budyko's blanket, Earth Day, Geo-engineering, GHG, Ken Caldeira, Mt. Eyjafjallajökull, Mt. Pinatubo, Mt. Tambora, Paul Crutzen, volcanoes
filed in Clean Energy, Environment, Pollution, R&D on Apr.14, 2010
Bloated end-of-life batteries are like beached dead whales. Neglected, both of them tend to burst in an ugly, smelly manner.Only, in case of a whale, a whole town has to bear with the stink of putrefying flesh and blood running in the sewers. Also,plenty of entrails My story begins with a malfunctioning UPS whose[Continue Reading...]
Tags: CSR, Dell, e-waste, green batteries, humour, Nokia, recycling, scrap, Wipro