Nuclear future on balance: world has not responded to Fukushima, Europe has

nuclear energy scienceAnd of course Japan has too – as suffering such damage demands a general policy reevaluation.

Apparently different political systems apply different forms of logic, a new report states. But we have just one investment market…

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Mercury: a new culprit in end-Permian mass extinction event

Historical variations of mercuryVolcanic eruptions have already been appointed as the main culprit of the Permian-Triassic mass extinction.

Previous research indicated that the resulting rise in atmospheric and oceanic carbon lead to the Great dying. But new findings in the journal Geology point to a large influx of mercury as a another cause likely involved in the annihilation.

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New polyamine CO2 adsorbent may be step forward for CCS technology – and CDR geoengineering

Policy makers find CCS too expensive, climate activists call it an excuse for coal and none of us want it applied in our own backyards. But fortunately science also has a way of silently progressing, as we will be needing carbon capture technology anyway.

CO2 adsorption from air - CDR geoengineering?
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Today’s paradox: Russian ice is melting, water becomes saltier

As the climate changes, so does the face of local meteorology. In the Arctic it appears the Beaufort high is gradually making place for increased dominance of low pressure systems, leading to a more dominant positive phase in the Arctic Oscillation (AO). And this in turn may have large climatic relevance…

Arctic salinity chart University of Washington
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54,000 gallons of spilled bunker oil can be enough to devastate a commercial herring population

Such an oil spill, which occurred during the 2007 Cosco Busan collision (container ship vs bridge) in San Francisco Bay, is (supposed to be) peanuts compared to for instance the 1989 Exxon Valdez’s 32,000,000 gallons of crude, or the BP Gulf spill of 2010 – which released an estimated 53.000 to 68,000 barrels per day – for 5 months on end.

But to local ecology that can be a very poisonous peanut, new research shows.

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