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Scientists Say We Are Being Hurt By the Things We Don't Know About the Environment

Knowledge gaps continue to hobble scientists' assessments of the environment, a Michigan State University researcher and colleagues warn. Their warning follows sobering conclusions drawn from what they do know and could help set the global agenda for research funding in the years to come

29 Jan 2009

Propel Fuels Brings Renewable Fuel and Green Jobs to California

Propel Fuels, a leading retailer of clean, renewable fuels, officially launches the first of a state-wide network of low-carbon fueling stations today

29 Jan 2009

Ocean Fertilization Project Opposed by WWF

A recent decision by the German government to give the go-ahead to a controversial large-scale ocean fertilization experiment (LOHAFEX) in international waters of the Southern Ocean has left WWF doubting Germany's commitment to global agreements on the environment

29 Jan 2009

Research Aircraft Fly From the Arctic to the Antarctic to Study Greenhouse Gases

A team of scientists has successfully flown from the Arctic to the Antarctic this month aboard an advanced research aircraft, the first step in a three-year project to make the most extensive airborne measurements of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to date

29 Jan 2009

NASA Set to Launch Satellite for Studying Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere

NASA's first spacecraft dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide is in final preparations for a Feb. 23 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California

29 Jan 2009

Orbiting Carbon Observatory Data from NASA to be Used to Create Global Maps of Carbon Dioxide

The first global maps of atmospheric carbon dioxide levels based on data from NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory will be created by a University of Michigan researcher and her colleagues

29 Jan 2009

Burying Crop Residues at Sea Could Reduce CO2 in The Atmosphere by 15 Percent

Making bales with 30 percent of global crop residues – the stalks and such left after harvesting – and then sinking the bales into the deep ocean could reduce the build up of global carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by up to 15 percent a year, according to just published calculations

29 Jan 2009

Europe Needs to do More at This Year's Copenhagen Climate Conference

New European proposals for this year's crucial Copenhagen climate conference contain some rhetoric in the right direction but need to put forward more concrete commitments and accept a larger role in helping developing nations reduce their emissions and adapt to climate impacts

28 Jan 2009

Governments Must Lead and Be the Power Behind Renewable Energy and Sustainability

WWF has told an audience of energy experts and senior government officials from more than 20 countries that the world’s leading governments and businesses must lead the planet towards the benefits of renewable energy and a sustainable future

28 Jan 2009