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Carbon Pollution Needs Agressive Cap to Reduce Global Warming

Overwhelming scientific evidence supports reducing carbon pollution that causes global warming as much as possible and as quickly as possible

25 Mar 2009

Ecotourism the Key to Stopping Deforestation of the Amazon

Responsible ecotourism in the Amazon tributary of the Aripuana River, could help reduce deforestation and help to protect one in ten of the world's species

25 Mar 2009

Pyramids to Go Dark For Earth Hour

The Sphinx and the Great Pyramids of Giza, icons of ancient splendor, will stand as modern day symbols for action on climate change as they become the most ancient of numerous monuments to go dark for Earth Hour

24 Mar 2009

Perovskite to Bring Benefits to Fuel Cells, Carbon Dioxide Storage and Nanoelectronics

A new PhD thesis shows that the multifaceted material perovskite could be of benefit in three key applications, fuel cells, gas separation prior to the storage of carbon dioxide and nanocomponents in electronic products

23 Mar 2009

Energy Research Collaboration Between Europe and Japan Strengthened

The European Commission and Japan are going to deepen their collaboration in energy research

23 Mar 2009

Greenhouse Gas Analyzer Simultaneously Measures CO2, CH4 and H2O in Real-Time at High Altitudes

The new G1301-m flight-ready trace gas analyzer from Picarro is the first GHG monitor to provide high precision and accuracy for CO2, CH4 and H2O in a compact instrument designed for continuous operation at altitudes up to 10,000 meters

23 Mar 2009

Clean, Sustainable Bridge to Global Energy Future May Come From "Ice That Burns"

Natural gas derived from chunks of ice that workers collect from beneath the ocean floor and beneath the arctic permafrost may fuel cars, heat homes, and power factories. Researchers are reporting these "gas hydrates" or frozen natural gas, show promise as an abundant, untapped source of clean, sustainable energy

23 Mar 2009

Alternate Thinking the Only Way For New Orleans to Make a Sustainable Recovery from Hurricane Katrina and Withstand Future Storms

Calling New Orleans "the canary in the global warming coal mine," two Tulane professors say the Crescent City must embrace unconventional thinking in order to recover in a sustainable way from Hurricane Katrina while withstanding a continual threat from rising sea levels, diminishing wetlands and future storms

22 Mar 2009

Loading the Seas With Carbon Dioxide Set to Create Ocean Based Ecological Disaster

The loading of carbon dioxide into oceans is a consequence of fossil fuel use that has only begun to be widely recognized as problematic in the past decade. Its subsequent effects on seawater chemistry have the potential to spread ecological disaster to a variety of industries dependent on the seas

22 Mar 2009

Neglected Water Treaty Revitalised

Delegates of 14 countries attending the World Water Forum tonight signed pledges of support to a growing call to bring into force a global water treaty that has languished in limbo for more than a decade as anxiety grows about the increased potential for conflict in a world increasingly short of water

22 Mar 2009