Featured Tiny Algae Could Be a Big Source of Power (Mose Buchele – StateImpact News, 12/09/2011) Dr. Robert Hebner, director of the UT’s Center for Electromechanics and at the forefront of algae research, does not see algae as pond scum but as “fuel, cures for cancer nutricuticals, sources of chemicals that are greener than we’ve ever had before.” Last summer,…
Featured Near-term and long-term, projections include more dry conditions in Texas (Texas Climate News, 11/28/2011) The National Weather Service and the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released reports this month on climate change and extreme weather events. Both reports predicted that very dry conditions are to remain for Texas. Meanwhile, the latest U.S. Drought Monitor map shows…
Featured Health of Galveston Bay in jeopardy (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle, 11/13/2011) There are regulations that set aside water in a river for the benefit of the environment. Concerns have grown that these regulations for the Trinity and San Jacinto rivers are not strong enough to ensure the protection of Galveston Bay. With less water flowing into the bay,…