http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment From biodiversity to biodegradables, this blog explores the data and discoveries about our environment - covering climate change, pollution, policy, green technologies, and more. http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/goodbye_and_thank_you After joining the Scitable team about two years ago and contributing to Eyes on ... Fri, 08 Jul 2016 12:18:31 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/goodbye_and_thank_you 2016-07-08T12:18:31Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/desert_dust_increases_harmful_marine I'm excited to put up a guest post by Emily Rhode this week! Emily is freelance... Thu, 16 Jun 2016 14:56:34 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/desert_dust_increases_harmful_marine 2016-06-16T14:56:34Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/the_greening_of_vancouver Aim a normal camera at a city skyline and you'll likely snapshot a bustling pano... Thu, 09 Jun 2016 11:48:09 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/the_greening_of_vancouver 2016-06-09T11:48:09Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/phosphorescent_concrete_could_light_the This post was originally published on GotScience.org, which translates complex... Fri, 03 Jun 2016 14:09:15 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/phosphorescent_concrete_could_light_the 2016-06-03T14:09:15Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/surfing_the_polar_front_how Black carbon aerosol is carbon dioxide's darker accomplice. Not as well known a... Fri, 27 May 2016 15:12:05 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/surfing_the_polar_front_how 2016-05-27T15:12:05Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/the_great_amazon_experiment_or If you happen to brew beer in Brazil, consider selling a tank or two of carbon d... Fri, 13 May 2016 19:08:54 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/the_great_amazon_experiment_or 2016-05-13T19:08:54Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/simple_ideas_for_going_green I'm happy to present a guest post today by Sam from Organic Lesson , his person... Fri, 29 Apr 2016 12:54:34 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/simple_ideas_for_going_green 2016-04-29T12:54:34Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/a_very_beautiful_and_unusual "We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sai... Fri, 22 Apr 2016 16:11:35 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/a_very_beautiful_and_unusual 2016-04-22T16:11:35Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/the_power_of_rooftop_solar The predicted ceiling for rooftop solar energy growth has nearly doubled. A ne... Fri, 08 Apr 2016 18:30:13 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/the_power_of_rooftop_solar 2016-04-08T18:30:13Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/fecal_fungi_may_lead_to This is a guest post by Neha Jain, an aspiring science writer and blogger based ... Sat, 02 Apr 2016 13:03:51 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/fecal_fungi_may_lead_to 2016-04-02T13:03:51Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/more_of_everything_increased_consumption Renewable energy production is truly starting to take off. Excluding hydropower... Fri, 25 Mar 2016 15:48:09 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/more_of_everything_increased_consumption 2016-03-25T15:48:09Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/vanishing_rice_paddies_mean_biodiversity The terraced ridges of rice paddies are an iconic image of the Japanese countrys... Fri, 18 Mar 2016 12:58:53 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/vanishing_rice_paddies_mean_biodiversity 2016-03-18T12:58:53Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/science_teachers_could_be_obstacle Regardless of new policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or the eventual ou... Fri, 04 Mar 2016 16:12:52 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/science_teachers_could_be_obstacle 2016-03-04T16:12:52Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/understanding_climate_change_skeptics As a physicist, I am usually hesitant to use the phrase "climate change believer... Fri, 26 Feb 2016 00:46:25 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/understanding_climate_change_skeptics 2016-02-26T00:46:25Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/so_you_want_to_make Imagine this solution to global warming: sucking all the anthropogenically creat... Fri, 12 Feb 2016 18:37:22 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/so_you_want_to_make 2016-02-12T18:37:22Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/greenland_ice_sheets_losing_ability This is a guest post by Neha Jain, an aspiring science writer and blogger based ... Fri, 29 Jan 2016 14:07:25 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/greenland_ice_sheets_losing_ability 2016-01-29T14:07:25Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/the_power_of_poop_revolutionizing All along we've been wasting all our waste! That's the message from a recent co... Fri, 22 Jan 2016 15:14:41 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/the_power_of_poop_revolutionizing 2016-01-22T15:14:41Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/when_good_intentions_dont_mix Stringent climate policies are gaining traction in countries around the world to... Fri, 15 Jan 2016 17:54:43 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/when_good_intentions_dont_mix 2016-01-15T17:54:43Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/amazon_resilience_buoyed_by_diversity It's easy to imagine the Amazon Basin as a monotonous valley of deep green fores... Fri, 08 Jan 2016 16:15:24 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/amazon_resilience_buoyed_by_diversity 2016-01-08T16:15:24Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/beyond_the_headlines_clarifying_the Science communication is a tricky business. The goal sounds simple: translate s... Fri, 18 Dec 2015 16:18:43 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/beyond_the_headlines_clarifying_the 2015-12-18T16:18:43Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/where_fuel_goes_water_cannot Water has rarely been a more valuable resource. The drought in California has c... Thu, 10 Dec 2015 20:16:54 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/where_fuel_goes_water_cannot 2015-12-10T20:16:54Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/the_many_stories_of_climate Over 40,000 delegates from 195 countries meet in Paris this week to legally comm... Thu, 03 Dec 2015 00:37:22 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/the_many_stories_of_climate 2015-12-03T00:37:22Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/solving_the_silicon_swelling_problem This article was originally published on GotScience.org , a website that transl... Wed, 25 Nov 2015 14:03:56 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/solving_the_silicon_swelling_problem 2015-11-25T14:03:56Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/making_climate_change_local_how It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who c... Wed, 18 Nov 2015 20:09:36 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/making_climate_change_local_how 2015-11-18T20:09:36Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/shortterm_stability_and_longterm_collapse Yes, Antarctica is gaining ice. And yes, the Antarctic ice sheet is vulnerable ... Wed, 11 Nov 2015 12:41:58 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/shortterm_stability_and_longterm_collapse 2015-11-11T12:41:58Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/emission_pledges_from_us_eu What is the best way for the global community to set greenhouse gas emission goa... Thu, 29 Oct 2015 18:19:54 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/emission_pledges_from_us_eu 2015-10-29T18:19:54Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/climate_change_in_the_classroom Global warming is happening. The scientific community has reached consensus aft... Thu, 15 Oct 2015 13:38:04 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/climate_change_in_the_classroom 2015-10-15T13:38:04Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/radiation_or_human_intrusion_which In a time when countries are looking for any replacement for fossil fuels that a... Wed, 07 Oct 2015 18:51:47 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/radiation_or_human_intrusion_which 2015-10-07T18:51:47Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/sequester_in_numbers_zooplankton_migration If you wander off the east coast of Puerto Rico as the sun sets, there's a good ... Wed, 30 Sep 2015 12:57:28 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/sequester_in_numbers_zooplankton_migration 2015-09-30T12:57:28Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/falling_to_the_competition_how The Dalmatian toadflax may not strike terror in your heart, but many farmers cri... Fri, 18 Sep 2015 17:56:04 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/falling_to_the_competition_how 2015-09-18T17:56:04Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/carving_a_path_towards_carbon The carbon tax has long been touted as the holy grail for reducing greenhouse ga... Wed, 09 Sep 2015 22:16:39 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/carving_a_path_towards_carbon 2015-09-09T22:16:39Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/saving_seeds_and_genes_to As Nazis stormed Leningrad in 1941 and cut off food supplies, a team of scientis... Wed, 02 Sep 2015 19:32:38 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/saving_seeds_and_genes_to 2015-09-02T19:32:38Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/the_story_of_a_cave Among the foothills of a vast mountain range, a mayor guides his nervous citizen... Thu, 20 Aug 2015 21:52:14 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/the_story_of_a_cave 2015-08-20T21:52:14Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/human_evolution_the_discipline_that_228236 Part II: The Solution This is a guest post by Simon Hoyte, a biology gra... Wed, 05 Aug 2015 17:35:21 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/human_evolution_the_discipline_that_228236 2015-08-05T17:35:21Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/leave_endangered_bustards_wild_8211 When a species faces imminent extinction captive breeding is often the go-to met... Fri, 31 Jul 2015 16:29:32 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/leave_endangered_bustards_wild_8211 2015-07-31T16:29:32Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/plastic_rock_the_new_anthropogenic How can we measure the influence of human civilization on the story of planet Ea... Wed, 22 Jul 2015 12:01:10 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/plastic_rock_the_new_anthropogenic 2015-07-22T12:01:10Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/human_evolution_the_discipline_that Part I: The Problem This is a guest post by Simon Hoyte, a biology gr... Thu, 09 Jul 2015 15:17:23 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/human_evolution_the_discipline_that 2015-07-09T15:17:23Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/surface_matters_using_earthabundant_materials The hydrogen fuel cell - the name elicits the fantasy of a future world where cl... Wed, 01 Jul 2015 03:06:32 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/surface_matters_using_earthabundant_materials 2015-07-01T03:06:32Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/methanemunching_microbes_limit_global_warming This is a guest post by Kate Stone, who is the Founder and Editor in Chief of ... Wed, 24 Jun 2015 12:01:29 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/methanemunching_microbes_limit_global_warming 2015-06-24T12:01:29Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/braving_the_amazon_to_understand Scientists may not be known as the most courageous folk. They deserve such reco... Wed, 17 Jun 2015 12:26:46 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/braving_the_amazon_to_understand 2015-06-17T12:26:46Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/corals_complex_resilience_to_global Coral reefs are the metropolises of the underwater world, housing more than a qu... Wed, 03 Jun 2015 11:58:59 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/corals_complex_resilience_to_global 2015-06-03T11:58:59Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/back_in_black_record_efficiency Crystalline silicon solar cells have been around for a long time, and their blue... Wed, 27 May 2015 12:44:07 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/back_in_black_record_efficiency 2015-05-27T12:44:07Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/repeating_the_history_of_economic " We speak of farmers and plows on the plains and the damage they did [to the Gr... Wed, 20 May 2015 11:35:38 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/repeating_the_history_of_economic 2015-05-20T11:35:38Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/commuting_kites_conservation_success_or Almost half of UK households regularly feed wild birds, but would you invite a r... Wed, 13 May 2015 22:50:41 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/commuting_kites_conservation_success_or 2015-05-13T22:50:41Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/the_search_for_artificial_photosynthesis " Natural selection is not a master engineer, but a tinkerer. It doesn't produc... Fri, 01 May 2015 04:00:31 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/the_search_for_artificial_photosynthesis 2015-05-01T04:00:31Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/the_road_to_recovery_a To honor Earth Day, Kate and I have co-written a post looking at the status of e... Wed, 22 Apr 2015 15:33:56 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/the_road_to_recovery_a 2015-04-22T15:33:56Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/the_organic_side_of_fracking Let's begin with a riddle - what do insecticides, make-up removers, and antipers... Thu, 16 Apr 2015 23:23:40 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/the_organic_side_of_fracking 2015-04-16T23:23:40Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/a_matter_of_scale_the Eighty miles east of Palm Springs, California, eight million solar panels lean t... Wed, 01 Apr 2015 12:07:31 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/a_matter_of_scale_the 2015-04-01T12:07:31Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/edna_the_next_big_thing Gathering data on the distribution and abundance of species is essential for bio... Fri, 27 Mar 2015 18:50:42 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/edna_the_next_big_thing 2015-03-27T18:50:42Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/the_biofuel_controversy Buses powered by soybeans. Agricultural waste transformed into car fuel . The... Wed, 25 Feb 2015 21:32:19 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/the_biofuel_controversy 2015-02-25T21:32:19Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/mitigation_translocations Translocation - taking animals from one place and moving them to another - is be... Wed, 11 Feb 2015 17:19:38 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/mitigation_translocations 2015-02-11T17:19:38Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/how_to_keep_the_lights This guest post is by Jonathan Trinastic, a physics graduate student interested... Wed, 04 Feb 2015 15:16:58 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/how_to_keep_the_lights 2015-02-04T15:16:58Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/not_all_renewables_are_created This guest post is by Jonathan Trinastic, a physics graduate student interested ... Wed, 21 Jan 2015 14:55:13 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/not_all_renewables_are_created 2015-01-21T14:55:13Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/the_green_marketing_fa231ade This is a guest post by Simon C. Moore , a Biology graduate and science writer ... Fri, 14 Nov 2014 11:57:17 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/the_green_marketing_fa231ade 2014-11-14T11:57:17Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/corruption_the_greatest_obstacle_to When it comes to charismatic megafauna the African elephant is one of our best... Sun, 14 Sep 2014 11:39:12 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/corruption_the_greatest_obstacle_to 2014-09-14T11:39:12Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/unique_and_alone_on_the This is a guest post by Simon C. Moore , a Biology graduate and science writer ... Wed, 20 Aug 2014 19:09:09 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/unique_and_alone_on_the 2014-08-20T19:09:09Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/detrimental_dissent_8211_impacts_of Environmental issues are inherently complex and multi-faceted. The innate variab... Sat, 09 Aug 2014 10:18:16 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/detrimental_dissent_8211_impacts_of 2014-08-09T10:18:16Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/antarctic_tipping_points_the_fate This is a guest post by Richard J. Blaustein , a freelance science and environ... Fri, 25 Jul 2014 08:29:34 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/antarctic_tipping_points_the_fate 2014-07-25T08:29:34Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/how_bats_make_decisions Ben Affleck notwithstanding, bats haven't had it so good in recent months. Life... Thu, 28 Nov 2013 23:02:56 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/how_bats_make_decisions 2013-11-28T23:02:56Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/tree_diseases What would you say is the greatest threat to the survival of our trees? Deforest... Sat, 23 Nov 2013 01:08:32 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/tree_diseases 2013-11-23T01:08:32Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/legalising_trade_in_endangered_species A legal trade in rhino, elephant and tiger products. Morally bankrupt? Or the on... Fri, 25 Oct 2013 18:15:05 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/legalising_trade_in_endangered_species 2013-10-25T18:15:05Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/fleeing_the_effects_of_climate ______________ As our climate changes, many different species are already begi... Mon, 09 Sep 2013 12:30:58 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/fleeing_the_effects_of_climate 2013-09-09T12:30:58Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/butterflies_citizen_science The sun was blazing and the air was alive with insects when I visited a local na... Tue, 06 Aug 2013 16:55:48 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/butterflies_citizen_science 2013-08-06T16:55:48Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/water_world Soon there will be no more water. When the water runs out, so will our food. A ... Thu, 25 Jul 2013 09:38:30 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/water_world 2013-07-25T09:38:30Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/japanese_whaling_the_future_of This Tuesday (16 th July) saw the conclusion of the public hearings at the In... Sat, 20 Jul 2013 09:35:59 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/japanese_whaling_the_future_of 2013-07-20T09:35:59Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/the_japanese_whaling_controversy_8211 The media spotlight has been hovering over The Hague in the past week as Austral... Tue, 02 Jul 2013 23:07:55 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/the_japanese_whaling_controversy_8211 2013-07-02T23:07:55Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/climate_fiction The buzzword du jour is a new type of literary genre that has been coming to t... Thu, 27 Jun 2013 09:02:53 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/climate_fiction 2013-06-27T09:02:53Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/rewilding_how_far_is_too The U.K media's gone a bit re-wilding mad in the last couple of weeks after noto... Sat, 08 Jun 2013 17:01:59 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/rewilding_how_far_is_too 2013-06-08T17:01:59Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/the_greenest_place_on_earth Welcome to Hammarby Sjöstad , a part of the Stockholm municipality and a region... Fri, 31 May 2013 13:08:13 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/the_greenest_place_on_earth 2013-05-31T13:08:13Z http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/seasonal_mismatch_the_fight_to For the relaunch of Scitable and its 12 shiny new blogs bursting with fresh cont... Thu, 16 May 2013 23:44:34 GMT http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/eyes-on-environment/seasonal_mismatch_the_fight_to 2013-05-16T23:44:34Z