It's hard to avoid the word "green" these days. From policies to programs, it seems that green is cool -- and red hot. Scientists and engineers have long had important roles in the environmental movement. Their expertise is focused on a variety of issues, including increasing energy efficiency, improving air and water quality, and sustaining natural resources. And, with interest in such projects growing, there should be additional opportunities for these scientists and engineers in the future. Conservation scientists, environmental scientists, environmental engineers, and hydrologists are among the workers who apply their specialized knowledge to a variety of environmental issues. Environmental engineers develop methods, systems, and products to prevent or repair environmental harm. Hyd...
By Scott Harper | The Virginian-Pilot Today is Earth Day, the 41st anniversary of the unofficial start of the American environmental movement, a time when many roll up their sleeves and plant trees or clean up streams, or simply reflect on the state of the planet.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. - Millions of tons of debris that washed into the ocean during Japan's catastrophic earthquake and tsunami in March - everything from furniture to roofs to pieces of cars - are now moving steadily toward the United States and raising concerns about a potential environmental headache. Scientists using computer models say the wreckage, which is scattered across hundreds of miles of the Pacific Ocean, is expected to reach Midway and the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands by next spring and beaches in California, Oregon and Washington in 2013 or early 2014.
Ever since I worked in the National Park System in college, I've been a bit of a "greenie" environmentalist. To clarify, there are a couple types of environmentalists out there: There are environmental scientists, and then there are greenies -- hobbyists who occasionally try things like composting all of their coffee grounds for six months, or going a full year without eating beef. We don't really know what we're doing, but we're interested in helping. So if a greenie like me ever comes into money, she's likely to buy some solar panels. At least, that's what I did. I started reading about how much more advanced solar panel technology is today and how the energy grid was going to start working like the Internet, where it would use technology switches to distribute electricity where it's ...
It will be two years before a deep-water offshore wind turbine appears near the remote midcoast island of Monhegan, but already researchers and island residents are getting ready for the changes it might bring. Environmental scientists have set up bird radar arrays on Monhegan, deployed underwater microphones and cameras around the island, and begun analyzing data collected during earlier environmental studies. At the University of Maine in Orono, small- scale wind turbines less than 10 feet tall are being tested so that midscale prototypes can be developed for research off the island's southern shore.
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