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Ice That Burns, Water and Sunshine Set to be Fuels of the Future

Move over, oil, gasoline, and coal. Researchers are describing key advances in developing new fuels to help supply an energy-hungry world in the 21st Century

3 Nov 2008

Wireless Technology Being Used to Produce Better Wine With Less Resource Demand

European researchers are offering the continent’s winemaking industry the opportunity to improve quality, save water and reduce pesticide use without giving up age-old practices

3 Nov 2008

Water Isotype Analyzer Deployed at 11000ft By Climate Scientists

Climate scientists from the University of Colorado and the University of New Mexico studying the water cycle have successfully deployed a Picarro precision water isotope analyzer at a remote monitoring station near the top of Mauna Loa, Hawaii

3 Nov 2008

Spruce Forest Mushrooms Slowing Climate Change in Northern Forests

The fight against climate warming has an unexpected ally in mushrooms growing in dry spruce forests covering Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia and other northern regions, a new University of California, Irvine study finds

3 Nov 2008

More Research Required to Understand What is Happening to the Greenland Ice Cap

The Greenland ice cap has been a focal point of recent climate change research because it is much more exposed to immediate global warming than the larger Antarctic ice sheet. Yet while the southern Greenland ice cap has been melting, it is still not clear how much this is contributing to rising sea levels, and much further research is needed

3 Nov 2008

AirGenerate Conducts an Efficient Water Heater Pilot Program With One of the Largest Utility Companies

AirGenerate, makers of AirTap™, today announced they successfully conducted a heat pump water heater pilot program with Southern Company. The pilot was conducted over a 2-week period last month and included customers from Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi

3 Nov 2008

Researcher Finds Boom and Bust Cycles in Ecology, Plants and Animal Populations

The natural world behaves a lot like the stock market, with periods of relative stability interspersed with dramatic swings in population size and competition between individuals and species

3 Nov 2008

Swiss Centre for Applied Ecotoxicology Opened at Event Focussed on Nanoparticles in the Environment

At an inaugural event in Dubendorf (Zurich) today focusing on nanoparticles in the environment, the Swiss Centre for Applied Ecotoxicology was officially opened

2 Nov 2008

New System Cleans Oil Polluted Water at a Fraction of the Cost

A Eureka project has succeeded in developing a water treatment system for industrial oil polluted water at a tenth of the cost of other commercially available tertiary treatments, leaving water so clean it can be pumped safely back out to sea without endangering flora or fauna

2 Nov 2008

Mitsubishi Micropower Generation Heat Pump Certified

BRE Global is delighted to announce that Mitsubishi Electric has become the latest manufacturer to gain Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) Product Certification for its range of Ecodan Air Source Heat Pumps

2 Nov 2008