Climate Change: Cooler on the farm.

Autor: Jerch, Kirsten, McKenna, Brendan, Rezek, John, Habiger, Eugene, Kalven, Jamie1, Lyman, Edwin2, Meidell, Pamela S.3, Neuneck, Gotz4, Holloway, David5
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Zdroj: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Nov/Dec2007, Vol. 63 Issue 6, p9-15. 7p. 3 Color Photographs, 5 Black and White Photographs, 1 Illustration.
Abstrakt: This article presents news briefs on scientific issues. A study by David Lobell of the impact of intensive agricultural practices on local aberrations to the climate relative to models used in the study of global warming is noted. The use of rumen fluid from the digestive tracts of cows to power small microbial fuel cells is described. Work at the Preventive Defense Project by Harvard and Stanford Universities on civil defense planning for a nuclear attack by terrorists is discussed.
Databáze: GreenFILE