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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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February also saw the publication of a Los Angeles Times interview with US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu ( earlier post ), in which he voiced concern that the effects of climate change could decimate California’s agriculture as well as its urban water supplies. Reuters , 14/15 November 2009. [ Reuters UK, 15 November 2009. [

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With this Ruby Laser, George Porter Sped up Photochemistry

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It ran on 110 volts DC supplied by a large army diesel engine that sat on the back of a truck parked outside. As if to prove his point about thermodynamics, Porter wrote and presented a 10-part TV series called “The Laws of Disorder” for the BBC. (He He also worked with BBC television to broadcast the Christmas Lectures.

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