photo: Samenwerkende Hulpoganisaties via flickr Though it’s de rigueur to say that any single weather event can’t be directly linked to climate change, and it’s true, what if we could determine how much of say massive flooding or a... 

The CDM can fund clean energy projects like concentrated solar farms (photo via flickr) The UN backed Executive Board of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has suspended carbon credits for shady chemical manufacturers in China that were producing... 

Photo via Weather.com After weeks of persistent flooding, the UN now estimates that at least a full one-fifth of Pakistan — a nation of 170 million people — is underwater. And the New York Times reports that estimate is probably lowballing... 

Screenshots via Reg Hardware Might augmented reality on smart phones bring a whole new interest in using public transportation? Well… it is really, really darn cool . Anyone who feels intimidated or frustrated by navigating a transportation system... 

Credit: Thinkstock/Getty Images High blood pressure, or hypertension , caused by stress, aging, a poor diet, not enough exercise, obesity, smoking or just plain genetics, can have lasting — and negative — effects on everything from your heart... 

Image credit: The Journey So i have clearly become mildly obsessed with The Journey TV —the travelling documentary project that has shown us videos on an underused train station turned gardening hub , activists’ work to restore 600 square... 

Image via NASA Okay, you get it. It’s hot. Perhaps I’ve been ticked off by one too many ‘global cooling’ myth purveyors, but here it is — another story about how hot it is this summer, and this year in general. NASA has... 

Image credit: Dominic Alves /Creative Commons A seasoned dumpster diver who lived without cash for a year , Mark Boyle—aka the Moneyless Man—knows more than most about getting by without money. Having explored how to travel without cash ,... 

Photo via the Guardian It’s been a hot, hot summer — as if you needed me to tell you that. Dramatic heat-related stories grabbed headlines around the globe: The worst heat waves to hit Russia in a thousand years, the flooding in Pakistan,... 

photo: praegerr via flickr Burning for some weeks now, the fires in Russia are not only causing Moscow’s daily death rate to double as smog engulfs the city, but are also emitting tons of greenhouse gas emissions as drained peatlands burn. What’s...