This January, on an exceptionally clear and cold day, scientists for the Sandia National Laboratory and Sterling Energy Systems recorded a 31.25% solar-to-grid effieciency, nearly 2% better than the 1989 record.
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Almost half of the world’s oceans have been seriously affected by over-fishing, pollution and climate change, according to a major study of Man’s impact on marine life.
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Vast ocean reserve conserves vital resources for human well-being.
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In the mid 1600s, people started to notice the environmental issues that deforestation had wrought in Japan. Who would have thought these issues came up back in those days? Also, things were not different in England, India, and the Roman Empire.
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Plans to establish a 5,000 mile-long “genetic corridor” from Bhutan to Burma that would allow tiger populations to roam freely across landscapes. The corridor would span eight countries and represent the largest block of tiger habitat left on earth.
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Except they did not say poo, they said shhh…
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"We started working on developing the site back in October 2004," Kevin Rose told ZDNet "We started toying around with the idea a couple of months prior to that, but it was early October when we actually started creating what would become the beta version of digg. The site launched to the world on December 5th 2004."
Kevin Rose's friend David Prager (The Screen Savers, This Week in Tech) originally wanted to call the site “Diggnation”, but Kevin wanted a simpler name. He chose the name "Digg", because users are able to "dig" stories, out of those submitted, up to the front page. The site was called “Digg” instead of “Dig” because the domain name “dig.com” was previously registered. “Diggnation” would eventually be used as the title of Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht's weekly podcast.