Is Desert Solar Power the Solution to Europe’s Energy Crisis?: A tiny fraction of the sun’s energy that shines upon the deserts of North Africa and the Middle East could meet all of Europe’s electricity demands. The technology to harness the energy already exists. So why is hardly anyone investing in it? [Spiegel]
Lots of climate-change studies, still few certainties: The Arctic can be frustrating for scientists trying to predict climate change. They know Arctic climate is changing faster than expected. Yet they don’t understand what’s happening today well enough to trust computer projections of what may happen there tomorrow. [CSM]
Can We Be as Smart as Bats?: So the question is: Can we humans adapt as effectively to the rain forest as vampire bats have? It doesn’t seem so. Instead of living in harmony with the rain forest — or only as parasitically as, say, a vampire bat — we’re destroying the jungle in ways that contribute hugely to global warming. [NYT]
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