Tag Archives: energy

Some flu science posts, I. : Effect Measure

Over the years we’ve written a lot about the basic science of influenza. Much of it centered on avian influenza H5N1 (“bird flu”), an extremely nasty and worrisome virus that is bubbling away in a rich stew of humans and livestock on …

Energy and Global Warming News for August 14th: US marines in …

Decades of languishing industrial pollution, combined with emerging threats like invasive species and a spike in a new chemical compounds known as endocrine disrupters, have rendered large sections of the Great Lakes inhospitable to …

Energy and Global Warming News for August 13th: “Historical …

U.S. policies are subsidizing new energy crops that are likely to spread off the farm and wreak economic and ecological havoc, a federal advisory board cautioned yesterday. For years, researchers have worked to develop “advanced” …