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Campus Trees Mean Big Emissions Reductions for the University of California San Diego

The University of California San Diego, one of the nation’s greenest universities, discovered that the total effect of its 200,000 trees was a reduction of nearly 10,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year, or 5 percent of its annual emissions

20 Apr 2009

Coping With Climate Change Discussed By Indigenous Peoples at World Summit

With the first climate change-related relocation of an Inuit village already underway, some 400 Indigenous People and observers from 80 nations are convening in Alaska for a UN-affiliated conference April 20-24 to discuss ways in which traditional knowledge can be used to both mitigate and adapt to climate change

20 Apr 2009

Lead in the Air Helps Clouds Form More Easily

By sampling clouds - and making their own - researchers have shown for the first time a direct relation between lead in the sky and the formation of ice crystals that foster clouds

20 Apr 2009

Schools Improving Classroom Air Quality With Air Filters

Purifan, Inc. reported today that more than 85 schools have installed Purifan Classroom Air Filtration Systems. The patented Purifan converts a ceiling fan into a powerful air filtration system

19 Apr 2009

Sustainable Farms Being Examined by Urban Food Chain Class

Chicago and other cities have adopted green initiatives designed to foster more investment in local and regional agriculture. City officials and citizens alike often assume that by doing so they can help soften climate change by cutting greenhouse-gas emissions. But it’s not that simple.

19 Apr 2009

Overpopulation is the World's Worst Environmental Problem

Scientists at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry ranked a crowded planet as the biggest problem we face, followed by climate change and a need for renewable energy resources

19 Apr 2009

Engineers Use Wind and Motion to Sustainably Power Structural Monitoring Systems for Bridges

University of Miami engineers are using a wireless monitoring system for analyzing the safety of older bridges while harvesting wind and structural vibrations as its sources of power

17 Apr 2009

Ozone Layer Recovery to be Uneven Duet o Climate Change and Atmospheric Circulation

Earth's ozone layer should eventually recover from the destruction caused by the use of chlorofluorocarbons and other ozone-depleting chemicals. But new research suggests the ozone layer of the future is unlikely to look much like the past because greenhouse gases are changing the dynamics of the atmosphere

14 Apr 2009

Chickens Get New Sustainable Home at College Farm

A new hen house was just completed by faculty, staff and students at Green Mountain College, a four-year liberal arts school that emphasizes environmental sustainability throughout its curriculum

8 Apr 2009