Environmental

Recent Posts

Natural gas development poses a risk of enhancing GHG emissions due to "leakage", note new studies
Posted on 11 Apr 2011 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

Several prior posts have noted the greenhouse impact of methane (aka natural gas); it has many times the warming effect as carbon dioxide (CO2), which seems to be the focus of so much discussion about global warming. The posts have focused on the numerous... Read More

The foundations of life may have formed in cold environments, not hot or temperant
Posted on 30 Nov 2010 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

The scientific debate over the origins of life have found support for molecular formation and replication in boiling hot deep-sea hydrothermal vents and volcanic hot springs, as well as the warm little ponds postulated by Darwin. Now comes evidence for... Read More