Unrecycled new light bulbs release mercury into the environment

Energy-efficient CFLs are increasingly popular but few people recycle the bulbs. As a result, U.S. landfills are releasing more than 4 tons of mercury annually into the atmosphere and storm water runoff, a study says...

Long-Sought Viking Settlement Found

In other news, work is finally calming down a bit; gardens are still insane. Details to follow, perhaps even soon.

Okay, not as a direct quote, but she is the lead scientist for the Natural Capital Project described a few paragraphs into this article, and it's her recent presentation that the author is referencing:

Green.view Price fixing: Why it is important to put a price on nature(No, I don't completely understand it either--I'm a geologist, not an ( Read more... )

A Rare Glimpse of the Cave of Crystals
from BBC News OnlineMexico's Cave of Crystals stunned geologists when it was first discovered in 2000. The underground chamber contains some of the largest natural crystals ever found--some of the selenite structures have grown to more than 10m long. Professor Iain Stewart got a rare glimpse of the ( Read more... )

Click the link for news release with bonus wicked cool video:
Scientists Discover and Image Explosive Deep-Ocean Volcano

Listen to a radio clip on my sister's work, including bonus audio of said sister somehow making a discussion involving a computer screen sound fun and interesting over the radio, here.

Rice-powered stove ignites new hope for poor farmers"Alexis Belonio’s obsession with rice husks began in 2003, when rising fuel prices and heavy dependence on foreign oil slammed his native Philippines with an energy crunch ( Read more... )

...because if I post about the meltdown/bailout of our investment banks, I will simply *pop*.

Dig Pinpoints Stonehenge Originsfrom BBC News Online ( Read more... )

Plant-inspired science FTW!

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/oxygen-0731.html

A scientific discovery on the trail of Homer
Experts using seismic tools and the poet's words say they've found the island of Ithaca"Using boreholes and seismic imaging to analyze subsurface geological features, British researchers have provided a key confirmation of their claim that Ithaca, the home of the legendary Greek warrior Odysseus, was ( Read more... )