https://www.earthmagazine.org/tags/highlights-2010/ Recent content in Highlights 2010 on EARTH Magazine Hugo en-US American Geosciences Institute. All rights reserved. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:51:09 -0500 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/highlights-2010-definitive-statements-new-trend/ Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:51:09 -0500 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/highlights-2010-definitive-statements-new-trend/ <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/highlights-2010-definitive-statements-new-trend/i-3d0-7da-6-18.jpg" alt="AGI" loading="eager" decoding="async"> <figcaption>AGI</figcaption> </figure> <p>&ldquo;This is the way it was.&rdquo; Or: &ldquo;This is what is happening.&rdquo; Hmmm. Scientists don&rsquo;t usually make such definitive statements, given that in science, there are almost always caveats. Yet in the last year, such statements have been issued by several large groups of scientists who have come together to support a certain point of view. Are scientists feeling the need to dig in their heels because of public pressures? Or are we actually reaching some consensus?</p> https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/highlights-2010-offshore-wind-texas-and-curious-case-massachusetts/ Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:41:58 -0500 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/highlights-2010-offshore-wind-texas-and-curious-case-massachusetts/ <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/highlights-2010-offshore-wind-texas-and-curious-case-massachusetts/i-42b-7da-c-7.jpg" alt="The primary hurdles have finally been cleared to allow Cape Wind to put a wind farm similar to this one in Nantucket Sound. Siemens" loading="eager" decoding="async"> <figcaption>The primary hurdles have finally been cleared to allow Cape Wind to put a wind farm similar to this one in Nantucket Sound. Siemens</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/highlights-2010-offshore-wind-texas-and-curious-case-massachusetts/Mooneydriver" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </figure> <p>Humans have harnessed wind energy throughout history for milling, pumping and transportation &mdash; in a way you could say it&rsquo;s the &ldquo;original&rdquo; form of industrial energy. But only recently have we built massive, powerful turbines to convert that wind into electricity. As concerns about pollution, carbon emissions, resource depletion and energy security mount, wind farms are an increasingly attractive alternative for meeting growing energy demand.</p>