Smartphones, cheap satellite imaging and crowdfunded enterprises have made citizen oversight possible that was undreamed of by past transparency advocates and environmentalists. David Biello reports

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Folge vom 01.04.2014Citizen Environmental Monitoring Could Keep Officials Honest
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Folge vom 24.03.2014Space-Based Solar Collectors Could Have a Sunny FutureThe U.S. Naval Research Laboratory has a working prototype for a space-based solar energy collector and distributor that would beat the cloudy-day problem. David Biello reports
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Folge vom 16.03.2014Realistic Climate Models Exhibit Greenhouse Gas SensitivityA consideration of the role of sootlike particulates and ozone implies that the climate should will not be insensitive to increasing levels of greenhouse gases. David Biello reports
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Folge vom 13.03.2014Lighting May Cut Seed-Rich Bat Guano ProductionBats ate less fruit in lit areas than in dark ones, which may lessen their seed-dispersal activities needed to bring back slashed rainforests. Cynthia Graber reports.