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Hubble Hits a Milestone – NASA Celebrates Millionth Space Observation

2:13 pm in evolution, geo-engineering, nasa, science by TreeHugger

Artists rendition of the planet Hubble is looking at during the millionth observation image Image: NASA; ESA; G. Bacon, STScI If good design means longevity, Hubble is well on its way to redeeming the missteps that required high-tech space missions for vision correction before it could serve its purpose. Could it be a coinicidence that Hubble took its millionth look into the depths of space on the 4th of July, America's Independence holiday? Well, probably not, but it is a beautiful milestone on any day for the 21 year old mission that shares its data with scientists over the interne...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Is Sunlight Unfairly Competing With Fossil Fuels?

12:33 pm in economics, fossil fuels, geo-engineering, Science & Technology by TreeHugger

via internet science tech We can and should go back and forth about the merits, demerits, risks and potential rewards of the spectrum of geoengineering techniques, from the simple but slow and effective (like afforestation) to the well, more fraught with potential catastrophic danger (like trying to block out the sun). It's the latter than renowned economist Herman Daly, the de facto father of ecological economics itself, witt...Read the full story on TreeHugger