Greenland Ice Sheet Melting Faster and Raising Sea Levels Worldwide
The Greenland ice sheet is melting and losing mass at an accelerating rate, and has been doing so since the late 1990s, according to a new study reported in the journal Science and funded by the National Environment Research Council. Scientists who conducted used two different methods–satellite observations and a state-of-the-art regional atmospheric model–to independently confirm the results.
The Greenland ice sheet contains enough water
Chrysler Abandons Electric Vehicle Program After Pocketing Taxpayer Bailout
During the federal government’s bailout of the auto industry earlier this year, Chrysler Corporation received $15.3 billion in taxpayer money to keep its factories humming–partly in exchange for the company’s aggressive plan to produce a fleet of electric vehicles. Now that the money is safely in the Chrysler coffers, however, the automaker has announced a new plan to disband its electric vehicle team and to
How to Have a Green Thanksgiving
As part of your Thanksgiving celebration this year, why not offer thanks to the planet by having an eco-friendly Thanksgiving holiday that will be as good for the environment as it is for your friends and family?
There are a lot of things you can do–from choosing locally grown food for your table to reducing your energy consumption–that can make your Thanksgiving a little greener
