The White House released its latest climate report this week, with much the same message as recent IPCC findings—climate change is real, and it's happening fast. But are Americans listening? Bill Nye, CEO of the Planetary Society, Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication, and Sheril Kirshenbaum, director of the Energy Poll at the University of Texas, talk about Americans' attitudes toward climate change—and how green energy is making friends of environmentalists and climate deniers.

Another Climate Report, But Who's Listening?

Ryan Rykaczewski describes one of the most massive migrations on the planet, driven by the sun. Image by Tintinnidguy (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons 

#ExplainTheSun  - The Largest Migration on The Planet

Once, there was the ordinary incandescent light bulb. It shone brightly, but wasted much of the energy put into it as heat. Then came the compact fluorescent. And as costs have dropped, consumers have increasingly been switching to light-emitting diode (LED) technology for many lighting applications, in an ongoing search for a more efficient bulb. Now, in work published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, researchers report that nanophotonic devices may be able to breathe new life into old incandescent technology. Marin Soljačić and Ognjen Ilic, two authors of the study, explain how they’ve been able to “recycle” some of the incandescent bulb’s wasted heat and re-emit it as visible light, boosting efficiency.

For the Lowly Incandescent Bulb, a Ray of Hope

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Another Climate Report, But Who's Listening?

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