Ask a Scientist Archive
Ask a Scientist is a monthly column from UCS. We invite you to read
these past issues.
2012
2011
- What Are the Differences in Water Usage between Various Energy Technologies?
- Have Scientists Seen Any Effects of Climate Change on Coffee Crops?
- Would U.S. Nuclear Experts Be Better Able to Avert a Meltdown Than the Japanese Experts Were?
- Why Are Most Fruits and Vegetables Still Classified as "Specialty Crops"?
- Can You Help Seperate Facts from the Hype on Electric Cars?
- How Much Ozone Depletion Has Occurred over the Past Two Decades?
- Are Other Science-Based Laws Under Attack Besides the Clean Air Act?
- Can We Realistically Retire Coal Plants and Still Have Enough Power to Meet Our Needs?
- Can We Produce Enough Energy with Green Sources or Must We Rely on Coal, Oil, and Nuclear?
- How Much CO2 Is in the Atmosphere and Can That Level Have Dramatic Effects?
- How Can We Recognize and Reward Sustainable Agricultural Practices Regardless of Farm Size?
- My Senators Claim We Aren't in the Right Part of the County to Benefit from Solar Energy; What Does Science Say?
2010
- Is There Any Truth to Claims That We Can't Afford Comprehensive Climate and Energy Legislation and It Would Cost Thousands of American Jobs?
- Aren't There Mechanisms in Place to Keep Corporations from Interfering in the Regulation of Their Own Products
- Do All-electric Cars Provide Global Warming and Pollution Reductions If They Get Their Energy from Power Plants That Use Natural Gas or Coal?
- What Is the Scientifically Accurate Response to Claims That Global Warming Is Only Related to Natural Changes in Earth's Climate?
- Is It Even Possible to Get the Entire World to Carbon Zero by 2050?
- Are There Serious Reservations in the Scientific Community Regarding Wind Energy?
- What Is the Connection between Growing Crops and Climate Change?
- How Does the Global Warming Pollution from Cars Compare to Other Major Sources Such As a Coal Power Plant?
- How Powerful Are Today's Nuclear Weapons and, If Used, How Would They Affect the World?
- What Has the Clean Air Act Done for Us Lately?
