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New Pine Tree Growing Technique to Assist Forests to Get Adjusted to Climate Changes

A new discovery in pine tree breeding method is expected to assist forests to get adjusted to climate changes and boost bio-energy usage. The new technique appeared in New Phytologist, a scientific journal, which points out that new tree varieties can be created in half the time than the duration taken by the currently followed methods.

14 Oct 2011

Research and Development Center of Encore Wire Gets LEED Platinum Certification

Encore Wire, a manufacturer of copper electrical wires utilized for interior wiring at industrial buildings, production houses, apartments and homes, declared that its Research and Development Center measuring 13,000 sq.ft has been granted LEED Platinum Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council, which is verified by the Green Building Certification Institute (GBSI).

14 Oct 2011

University of Twente to Organize Multidisciplinary Conference on Water, Energy and Climate Change

The Research Institute for Innovation Governance Studies (IGS) of University of Twente in association with the Research School for Socio-Economic and Natural Sciences of the Environment (SENSE) is organizing a conference titled, 'Resilient Societies - Governing risk and vulnerability for water, energy and climate change' from 19th to 21st October at the University of Twente.

10 Oct 2011

New Research Finds Arctic Sea Ice Depletes Faster than Predicted

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Université Joseph Fourier and CNRS have explained the reasons for the striking level of ice shrinkage suffered by the Arctic sea ice during the last few decades, thus surpassing various climate model forecasts.

10 Oct 2011

Researchers Suggest New Methods to Forecast Soil Carbon Response to Climate Changes

A study brought out in the latest issue of Nature journal unveils the mystery of how certain organic compounds survive hundreds and thousands of years in soil while most of them quickly decay.

10 Oct 2011

Ecolab Included in 2011 Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Performance Leadership Index

The name of Ecolab has been included in the 2011 Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Performance Leadership Index recognizing its efforts to palliate climate change.

28 Sep 2011

Canopy Clock: Isoprene Emissions May Ozone Modelling

Ozone is not just created by human activities, the plant life on the planet also contribute to it. This is why most models that track emissions and predicted climate change have never come close to being accurate, until now!

26 Sep 2011

Power and Transport Sector Contribute to Increased Level of Global CO2 Emissions

A recent report titled, “Long-term trend in global CO2 emissions," indicates that worldwide discharges of carbon dioxide (CO2), which is considered to be an important reason for global warming has gone up by 45% between the period 1990 and 2010 and attained the maximum level of 33 Bt in 2010.

23 Sep 2011

Air Products to be Included in Global Disclosure and Performance Leadership Indexes of Carbon Disclosure Project

Air Products, a worldwide provider of technology and equipment solutions, materials and gases, has declared that its name figures among the 23 worldwide companies and one among the four U.S. - based companies to be named to the Global Disclosure and Performance Leadership Indexes for 2011 owned by Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP).

17 Sep 2011

IRD Researchers Explain the Reasons for the Melt of Andean Glacier

A recent publication in the journal, Nature explains the success of the IRD researchers and their associates in elucidating the reasons for the glacial melt in the Andes during the last 10,000 years.

14 Sep 2011