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Headlines at 21st Century Tech for January 11, 2013
Welcome to our second weekly headlines for 2013. This week's stories include:
- A Science Rendezvous to Inspire the Next Generation
- Next Steps for the Mars One Project
- Feeding the Planet Would Be Easier if We Didn't Waste Half of What We Produce
Energy and Climate Change Update at 21st Century Tech Blog: How Big is the Carbon Bubble?
You are probably wondering what the heck I am talking about....a carbon bubble? What's that?In the 1970s we were "conditioned" to believe that the world would run out of fossil fuel resources early in the 21st century. Remember the term "peak oil?" Much policy and financial forecasting by government and business was predicated on the peak oil forecasts. Turned out the forecast was wrong.
Water Update: We Look for it on Mars, Mercury, Vesta and the Moon – We Need it Here on Earth
This last week we learned that there is frozen water at Mercury’s poles and that water has been detected by Curiosity in its exploration of Gale Crater. Water seems to be abundant in the Solar System but increasingly scarce here on Earth. I’m not talking about oceans of water but freshwater. In previous blogs on this subject we have looked at water stressed areas of the planet.
Keeping Toxins Out of Our Future
Chemical toxins are an increasingly serious threat to human and environmental health worldwide, according to Global Chemicals Outlook, a report that the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released on September 5.
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