Energy Outlook Offers Grim Fossil Fuel Forecast
The status quo guarantees future dominance of fossil fuels, according to an authoritative government projection.
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The Ghost Harbor at Santa Rosalillita
Foundering development plans for a yachters' paradise in remote Baja have created opportunities for conservation groups.
Standing in Line to Cap the Spill
Even for a proven energy innovator like James Dehlsen, the path to offer solutions to the Gulf oil spill is uphill and rocky.
Cataviña and the Water-Collecting Cacti
A lush desert — there is such a thing — teaches the value of water management in an almost waterless environment.
Observatories in a Remote National Park
A fruitless ascent to collect climate data at an observatory teaches that not all lessons can be viewed through human prisms.
Peak Wood: Nature Does Impose Limits
What lessons from the multiple experiences of Peak Wood can today’s society learn for addressing global peak oil?
Peak Oil and Apocalypse Then
Based on the past experience of Japan, North Korea and Cuba, an Oxford researcher identifies three possible responses to peak oil: Predatory militarism, totalitarian retrenchment and socioeconomic adaptation.
San Quintín and Brackish-Water Farming
Water issues inland present a challenge and a threat to agriculture and the economy.
Punta Cabras and a Shipwreck
An overturned fishing boat symbolizes the plight of the world's fisheries.
Phosphorus and the Oxygen Connection
In deep geologic time, it may have helped turned the sky from orange (!) to blue, a new study shows.