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more about #terraforming zenpoet: "You live in a desert! You know what it's going to a be a hundred years from now? It's going to be a ------- desert! We have deserts in America we jus... more » ParryLost: There are probably upsides and downsides to this idea. What I can't comprehend is people who argue that the way the climate naturally changes is in so... more » ThisDudeRufus: I know it isn't quite the same thing, but I thought this was pretty neat... more » Anekanta - Go Play!: But where will Shai-Hulud live? more » Cory Gross: I remember seeing this in Disney's "Eyes in Outer Space", which was released 50 years ago. After the animated weather control sequence, Paul Frees int... more » iliad2099: But if you make the desert moist, it will kill Shai-hulud, and with Him, the spice. The spice must flow. Really, Is there a specific reason that ther... more » J_Frank_Parnell: A proper scientist wouldn't bother with planting trees to change the climate, he'd invent a damn weather control machine and do whatever the hell he w... more » MonkeyT: We have yet to come up with enough cheap desalination to provide drinking water to parts of africa, but they think they can reliably irrigate forests ... more » RoboBagins: Geez Science. This is why you get a bad rap. How about planting forests in places that need them. more » CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): Sounds like these Geohackers want to start kick start the appocalypse! A plague of locusts! Whats next....Molten fire, boils, first born dead!! I thin... more » Dayburner: Considering how much our atmosphere depends on the oceans, cutting off a major source of nutrients for them sounds like a bad idea. more » Dr Emilio Lizardo: Didn't Kim Stanley Robinson propose something similar in the 40/50/60 trilogy? more » Smeagol92055: Screw the marine life! How can we ever hope to terraform other planets if we can't even subjugate our own ecosystem? more » Log1c: What negative ecological consequences? It used to be a forest. more » LucyNuggler: Uh, I think you should look up the definition of "terraforming". "Terraforming. To transform (a landscape) on another planet into one having the chara... more » Liz Weinbloom: Don't forget to speak for the trees (and pick up a thneed): [homepage.mac.com] (btw, what happened to the "preview post" button?) more » jesustonighter: Someone told me terraforming mars would be impossible because of its weak magnetosphere.shame more » LittleDragon: The great pyrimids were not tombs or landing pads for space ships, they were early attempts at green houses. I knew it! any one else see the red laser... more » crashedpc - Haifisch: Is there anyone I can hire to do this on my backyard? I have enough undergrowth there to start my own rain forest. more » barb95: This reminds me of the X-Files and bees! more » -
#madscience
Geohackers Want to Transform the Sahara into a Forest
A group of scientists have a radical idea for combating climate change: terraforming the Sahara Desert and replacing it with a lush forest. But will its carbon capturing potential outweigh the negative ecological consequences? More » -
#gallery
Amazing Terraforming Projects - Real and Imaginary
Humans have been terraforming since the earliest days of agriculture. We've got a gallery showing some of the Earth's most incredible terraforming projects - as well as what terraforming might look like on other worlds. More » -
#domedcities
Spring Came Early to the Domed Gardens of England
England suffered through a very cold winter this year, but thanks to its vast biodomes flowers are already blooming just at the cusp of spring. Check out what these artificial environments look like inside. More » -
#terraforming
Farmers Put 220 Acres Under Glass to Create Vast Artificial Environment
On the chilly Isle of Thanet in Kent, England, farmers are placing 220 acres of land under glass so they can grow vegetables all year round. The greenhouse, when completed, will house 1.3 million plants and increase the UK's crop of green vegetables by 15%. Called Thanet Earth, the project will be a series of 7 connected grenhouses with a relatively small carbon footprint. And nothing grown inside Thanet Earth will ever touch soil. More » -
#conceptart
Forget The Earth, Let's Terraform The Moon!
Artist James Clyne, who already wowed us with what turned out to be a racer lost in Antarctica, also has a gorgeous vision of what it would be like if we started modifying and hacking the moon into a place to live and do business. But what's up with that giant ball in the middle of downtown? City-to-city low-gravity volleyball? Find out the answer, along with details of http://www.jamesclyne.com/artist's vision, after the jump. More » -
#conceptart
Refugees from the Halo Wars
The massive juggernaut of gaming that is the Halo trilogy has a strategy game prequel coming out this year, and while there hasn't been much news about it since last summer's E3, the developers have quietly been putting up new concept art over the past few months. This newest piece shows what seems to be a mass exodus from one of the human colonies before all hell breaks loose. We've got even more concept art that fills in the Halo backstory. More » -
