Things We're Doing to This Earth

Some Science Friday enviro-illos that need no comment beyond DarkSyde's captions.

July 7, 2006 : Science Friday: Bleach Beach

July 14, 2006 : Science Friday: Oil & Water

Left: The easy to find, large reserves of oil have been developed, but demand continues to grow. Right: As demand increases world-wide, and global production peaks, oil becomes more and more and expensive, and energy companies will find it profitable and necessary to resort to smaller, harder to recover reserves.

June 30, 2006 : Science Friday: Slippery When Wet

Greenland's evolving outlet glaciers: The right glacier moves faster because of greater lubrication and instability provided by the growing melt-water over which it rides.

Okay, I'll make this one comment: they're melting twice as fast now as they were just five years ago.