December 2008 (December 2008)
Scientific American Earth 3.0

Cover; December 2008; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Table of Contents; December 2008; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

Editor's Letter; December 2008; by Mark Fischetti; 1 Page(s)

Aggressive Optimism

Inspirations; December 2008; by Melinda Wenner; Stephen D. Solomon; Ann Chin; Mark Fischetti; Barbara Juncosa; Susannah F. Locke; David Biello; 5 Page(s)

Crops Could Cleanse Soil; Intel Saves Air and Money; You, Too, Can Be a Hypermiler; Unselling Bottled Water; Wanted: Spare Computer Power; Greening the Supply Chain; Stock-Market Strategy Halts Fishing Collapse; Rooftop Solar on a Roll; Organic Farms Say ¿WWOOF¿; Singing in the Rain (Forest)

View; December 2008; by The Editors; 4 Page(s)

The profusion of paper bags. Vanishing mammals. Plastic in the Pacific

Front Lines; December 2008; by Shirley Ann Jackson; Peter Barnes, Jerome Ringo; Steven Kyle; Patricia Zaradi;, Cass R. Sunstein and Richard H. Thaler; 8 Page(s)

Obama's First 100 Days; Cap and Dividend, Not Trade; A Move to Green-Collar Jobs; Keep Oil Prices High, Please; Confronting Videophilia; Exploiting the Shame Meter

Can Nuclear Power Compete?; December 2008; by Matthew L. Wald; 8 Page(s)

Newly approved reactor designs could reduce global warming and fossil-fuel dependence, but utilities are grappling with whether better nukes make market sense

China's Energy Paradox; December 2008; by David Biello; 8 Page(s)

China is aggressively building cleaner cities and renewable power supplies, but the relentless expansion of dirty coal may suffocate those efforts. A firsthand look

The Need to Lead in Clean Tech; December 2008; by Steve Mirsky; 4 Page(s)

An interview with Thomas L. Friedman

Chicago Goes Green; December 2008; by Barbara Juncosa; 6 Page(s)

Mayor Richard Daley has unveiled an aggressive plan to transform the old, gritty city. If he can pull it off, other cities might follow

Carbon Cowboys; December 2008; by Ashley Ahearn; 6 Page(s)

Ranchers in Montana are being paid by polluters to let the grass grow

Sharking Guadalupe; December 2008; by Jim Cornfield; 6 Page(s)

Ecotourism has become the unlikely protector of an unexpectedly endangered species: the great white

Regrowing Borneo, Tree by Tree; December 2008; by Jane Braxton Little; 8 Page(s)

To save orangutans, scientist Willie Smits is restoring a rain forest¿and creating new livelihoods for the Indonesian families who help him

Turning the Tide; December 2008; by Larry Greenemeier; 2 Page(s)

Several companies are trying to convert experimental ocean energy plants into commercial powerhouses

The Behemoth and the Butterfly; December 2008; by Jim Cornfield; 4 Page(s)

Experience the awe of mass migrations

Being Green: Your Life, Your Choices; December 2008; by Dawn Stover; 2 Page(s)

Guilt-Free Christmas; This Grass Is Greener; Dark Sky at Night; Winter Weatherproofing; Smarter Seafood; Make the Call; Quiz: Are You an Eggs-pert?; Think Inside the Box

Buying Green; December 2008; by Susannah F. Locke; 4 Page(s)

Stuff for sustainable living

Resources; December 2008; by Rachel Mahan; 1 Page(s)

Cinema, books, brain games and more

The Greenery Overhead; December 2008; by John Rennie; 1 Page(s)

The green roof of the California Academy of Sciences