The Green Grok http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok blogging towards a more sustainable path with Dr. Bill Chameides daily 1 2009-03-10T17:29:39Z Visualizing Climate Science http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/visualizingclimatescience <img src=http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/visualizingclimatescience/image_thumb/> Having trouble finding that perfect image or video to explain the impact of melting sea ice or rising CO2 levels to Uncle Vern over the Thanksgiving holiday? NASA is here to help. No publisher wendy climate science climate NASA 2009-11-24T18:28:14Z Blog entry Truth in Advertising? http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/oilad-62 No publisher erica energy Grok Image glaciers 2009-11-23T19:25:03Z Blog entry Building Hope One House at a Time http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/buildersofhope <img src=http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/buildersofhope/image_thumb/> Nancy Murray has taken recycling to a whole new level — she recycles houses. No publisher erica Nancy Murray buildings greenhouse gas emissions business climate change housing recycling global warming Builders of Hope sustainability homelessness waste 2009-11-20T20:27:10Z Blog entry Speaking of Coal and Natural Gas http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/futurecoal No publisher erica natural gas electricity economics coal carbon dioxide emissions 2009-11-19T14:35:53Z Blog entry Changing Climate Change Legislation http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/webb-alexander No publisher erica cap and trade U.S. Congress Lamar Alexander greenhouse gas emissions climate change energy economics legislation green investments global warming Kerry-Boxer climate bill Waxman-Markey climate bill Jim Webb nuclear policy politics carbon dioxide emissions United States Jimmy Carter 2009-11-17T19:27:17Z Blog entry World Cries Uncle on Climate Deal http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/climate2009 No publisher erica UNFCCC U.S. Congress greenhouse gas emissions climate change legislation global warming Nancy Pelosi United States Barack Obama politics policy international 2009-11-16T16:56:25Z Blog entry Another Volcano, Another Cold Snap http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/volcanoes <img src=http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/volcanoes/image_thumb/> Analysis of sulfur isotopes in ice cores fingers a volcano in the 19th-century dip in global temperatures. No publisher erica Greenland volcanoes El Nino-Southern Oscillation solar cycle La Nina Mount Tambora global warming Antarctica Pulse of the Planet sulfur dioxide Mount Pinatubo global cooling solar variation 2009-11-13T19:05:41Z Blog entry Small Underwater Changes May Be Big Deal for Life Everywhere http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/lake-phytoplankton-make-the-switch <img src=http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/lake-phytoplankton-make-the-switch/image_thumb/> Air pollution is causing a fundamental change in the way lakes work. No publisher erica C cycle N cycle phytoplankton lakes nitrogen ecosystems carbon photosynthesis pollution 2009-11-12T16:53:34Z Blog entry Whither Wilderness? http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/rodericknash <img src=http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/rodericknash/image_thumb/> Wilderness is a state of mind, argues environmental historian Roderick Nash. No publisher erica Roderick Nash wilderness John Muir conservation Theodore Roosevelt American history 2009-11-11T17:05:19Z Blog entry A Global Diet on Livestock Emissions http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/recc <img src=http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/recc/image_thumb/> You’ve heard about REDD, the program to "reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation." Why not RECC, an effort to Reduce Emissions from Cows and Cattle? No publisher erica Reductions in Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation fossil fuels animals waste climate change nitrogen oxides forests meat deforestation REDD cows greenhouse gas emissions carbon dioxide emissions methane 2009-11-10T19:11:45Z Blog entry