Hit SciDev.Net stories of 2009
Which stories made a splash with our readers this year? That climate change was popular is no surprise, but there were unexpected results.
Which stories made a splash with our readers this year? That climate change was popular is no surprise, but there were unexpected results.
In a recent New York Times article, a research study on the runoff into overland water supplies from farms of atrazine, a chemical associated with birth defects, low birth weights and menstrual problems, demonstrates that really any concentration of atrazine is harmful.
The article goes on to discuss that some believe its not harmful at the [...]
Low temperature geothermal heat or process waste heat can generate the electricity needed to provide the energy independence being sought after.
When I watch this video, and others like it, that focus on nature and her magesty, her beauty, I can’t help but consider that while there is an argument waging on whether climate change is “mad made” or not, that wouldn’t it be terrible if when we do understand our impact, that it could be [...]
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia, 1732
Which stories made a splash with our readers this year? That climate change was popular is no surprise, but there were unexpected results.
Researchers in Africa and the Middle East are to use cloud computing to access facilities outside their own countries.
There have been notable successes in science for development over the past decade but still insufficient follow-through for key commitments.
To meet new biodiversity targets, African countries must plug science gaps and align goals with climate deals, says Linda Nordling.
Monsoon floods wash away up to two-thirds of the arsenic in affected soil, boosting efforts to target arsenic mitigation.
