Science
- 1081
- Desertification
- Describes the problems that desertification causes to humans, how it's monitored, and how we can fix it.
- 1083
- Desertification: A Threat to the Sahel
- Describes how desertification may ruin a lush region of Africa.
- 1084
- Reversing Desertification and Healing Damaged Land
- Offers ideas on how to reduce desertification by using natural methods.
- 1085
- Wikipedia: Desertification
- Encyclopedia article that describes the causes of desertification, and how it can be countered.
- 1086
- Economic Thought Question: What if We Eliminated Landfills?
- Looks at the economics associated with landfills.
- 1087
- Landfills
- A description of the technology, liners, leakage, and emissions. Includes photos, video clips, and maps.
- 1089
- The Basics of Landfills
- Construction information, including why landfills fail. Also offers articles and a look at landfill gas as green energy.
- 1092
- Solar Energy in Schools
- Fact sheet explains what individual students, classes, and whole schools can do to make the most of the sun's power. Includes ideas for projects and experiments.
- 1093
- World Solar Challenge
- Describes the annual competition to design and race a car for 3000 kilometers across Australia using only the power of the sun. Some teams come from high schools and colleges around the world.
- 1094
- Alliant Energy Kids: Wind Power
- Provides diagrams with description of the parts of a wind turbine, and how we get energy from them.
- 1095
- Scoop: Wind Energy Report Released
- New Zealand says the potential for wind-generated electricity appears to be more than previously thought.