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Renewable Energy Must Be Developed in Parallel with Nuclear and Coal

Renewable energy must be developed in parallel with nuclear power and a clean-up of coal-fired power station technology, if the UK is to meet increasing demand without relying on enormous and potentially debilitating natural gas imports. That is the conclusion drawn from a report to be published in Inderscience's International Journal of Nuclear Governance, Economy and Ecology.

21 Jan 2008

Google Reveals Initiatives to Combat Climate Change

Google.org today rolled out five core initiatives that will be the focus of its philanthropic efforts over the next five to ten years.

19 Jan 2008

Ecosystem-Based Management - Both Sides can Benefit

Mangroves in coastal Thailand are the main protection against deadly flooding from tsunamis, so it might seem wise to protect them at all costs.

17 Jan 2008

Ecosystems Response Could Lead Way Out of Environmental-vs-Economic Gridlock

The preservation of coastal ecosystem services such as clean water, storm buffers or fisheries protection does not have to be an all-or-nothing approach, a new study indicates, and a better understanding of how ecosystems actually respond to protection efforts in a “nonlinear” fashion could help lead the way out of environmental-versus-economic gridlock.

17 Jan 2008

Ecosystem-Based Management to Reconcile Decline of Worldwide Coastal Habitats

Worldwide coastal ecosystems and habitats will continue to decline unless economists and ecologists work together to improve current methods to assess coastal ecosystem benefits, according to an article today in the global scientific journal, Science.

17 Jan 2008

Campuses Nationwide Taking Significant Bite Out of Emissions

As Congress considers legislation that seeks to reduce the nation's greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by mid-century, colleges and universities may hold the key.

15 Jan 2008

Climate-Driven Phenomenon Controls Biological Processes of Deep-Sea Living Resource

In an article published in the January 16 issue of PLoS ONE, Joan B. Company and colleagues at the Institut de Ciències del Mar (CSIC) in Spain describe a mechanism of interaction across ecosystems showing how a climate-driven phenomenon originated in shelf environments controls the biological processes of a deep-sea living resource.

14 Jan 2008

Warmer Oceans with More CO2 No Longer Sustain World's Most Productive Fisheries

By 2100, warmer oceans with more carbon dioxide may no longer sustain 1 of the world's most productive fisheries, says USC marine ecologist.

12 Jan 2008

Alcoa Foundation Awards $200K Grant to South Carolina Nature Conservancy

Alcoa announced today that the Alcoa Foundation has awarded a $200,000 grant to the South Carolina Nature Conservancy to initiate a multi-year oyster restoration program. The program is part of The Nature Conservancy’s global mission to protect the Temperate Western Atlantic Coast, which extends from the Gulf of Maine to the Cape Canaveral, FL.

10 Jan 2008

UCSD Joins Consortium to Reduce Energy Use at Data Centers

UC San Diego, which has implemented a wide range of energy-reducing initiatives across all levels of campus operations, has joined The Green Grid, a global consortium of companies dedicated to advancing energy efficiency in data centers and computing ecosystems.

7 Jan 2008