Penguins are hot heads, pelicans are cold hearted and the nose of a healthy sloth is cold and damp.

These astonishing pictures, taken with a state-of-the-art thermal camera, reveal a fascinating new side to some of the best known animals in London Zoo. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Analogous to the Earth's current situation, greenhouse warming 55 million years ago was caused by a relatively rapid increase of CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere. This phase, known as the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum (PETM), was studied using sediments that accumulated 55 million years ago on the ocean floor. The new study shows that a large proportion of the greenhouse gases was released ... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

What do beer cans, car tires and water bottles have in common? Not much unless you're renegade architect Michael Reynolds, in which case they are tools of choice for producing thermal mass and energy-independent housing.

More on self sustainable living and 'earthship' housing. picked by suebe 4 months ago

Scientists say a new bacteria species discovered in Yellowstone's thermal pools could improve the use of bacteria to produce ethanol, which can be burned like gasoline. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago