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Bonus for Agriculture from Nutrients in Water

Agriculture producers may find they don't have to bottle their water from the Seymour Aquifer in the Rolling Plains to make it more valuable, according to Texas AgriLife Research scientists

24 Nov 2008

Saving the Planet by Growing Trees on Garbage Dumps

Landfill sites produce the greenhouse gases, methane and carbon dioxide, as putrescible waste decays. Growing plants and trees on top of a landfill, a process known as 'Phytocapping', could reduce the production and release of these gases

24 Nov 2008

SaveATreeCards Saving the Environment at Christmas Time With Environmentally Friendly Holiday Season Greetings

Logica3, a provider of business e-cards, tools and solutions, announced today the launch of its SaveATreeCards.com Holiday 2008 e-card collection

24 Nov 2008

Westinghouse to Go Nuclear in India

Westinghouse Electric Company announced today that its expects its participation in a nuclear-focused trade mission to India next week to be the beginning of a long and mutually rewarding relationship with a wide range of Indian power companies, suppliers and academic institutions

24 Nov 2008

Using a Sustainable Garden Roof as an Environmentally Friendly Construction Material

Spanish research study has tested different combinations of supports and indigenous plants to determine which are the best for reducing energy consumption inside buildings

24 Nov 2008

Ocean Currents and Their Role in Transporting Carbon Dioxide and Dampening Climate Change

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current is responsible for transporting a substantial fraction of the anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere to the deep ocean, thereby effectively damping the rate of global warming

24 Nov 2008

Mining Company Breaks Bedrock, Destroys River and Gets Environmental Award

Peabody Energy' s Metropolitan Mine has earned a New South Wales (NSW) Minerals Council Environmental Excellence Award that has been heavily criticised by environmentalists

24 Nov 2008

Generating Energy from Slow Flowing Currents by Thinking Like a Fish

Low-moving ocean and river currents could be a new, reliable and affordable alternative energy source. A University of Michigan engineer has made a machine that works like a fish to turn potentially destructive vibrations in fluid flows into clean, renewable power

24 Nov 2008

Pollution of Freshwater Costing at Least $4.3 Billion Every Year

Kansas State University researchers found that freshwater pollution by phosphorous and nitrogen costs government agencies, drinking water facilities and individual Americans at least $4.3 billion annually.

24 Nov 2008

New Strategies for Effective Farm Irrigation

As California’s population continues to grow in the coming decades, freshwater supplies to farms, homes and businesses are expected to decline. Researchers at UC San Diego’s Jacobs School are using sensor technologies to devise new strategies for irrigating farmland more efficiently

23 Nov 2008