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Termite Insecticide Found to be Potent Greenhouse Gas

An insecticide used to fumigate termite-infested buildings is a strong greenhouse gas that lives in the atmosphere nearly 10 times longer than previously thought, UC Irvine research has found

21 Jan 2009

Climate Model Reliability Improved by Project MARGO

Project MARGO, which appears in an article published in the journal Nature Geoscience, offers more exhaustive data than that available at present and will serve to represent more exact models of the past and predict the climate's evolution in the future

21 Jan 2009

Antarctica Warming More Than Previously Thought

Scientists have long believed that while the world was getting warmer, most of Antarctica was getting colder. New research shows that for the last 50 years much of Antarctica has actually been warming at a rate comparable to the rest of the world

21 Jan 2009

Frogs are Being Eaten to Extinction

The global trade in frog legs for human consumption is threatening their extinction, according to a new study by an international team including University of Adelaide researchers

21 Jan 2009

2008 Global Frost and Sullivan Green Excellence of the Year Award Goes to SlurryCarb Process

EnerTech Environmental, Inc. announced today that its SlurryCarb process has received the 2008 Global Frost and Sullivan Green Excellence Award of the Year

20 Jan 2009

Scientists Agree That Human Induced Global Warming is Real

A broad poll of experts taken by UIC earth scientist Peter Doran finds that the vast majority of climatologists and other earth scientists believe in global warming and think human activity is a factor for the temperature rise. It dispels lingering doubts by some of a consensus among the scientists

19 Jan 2009

Team From University of Leicester Join Climate Change Study at Kruger Wildlife Park

Geographers from the University of Leicester are to use state-of-the-art technology to investigate how climate change is affecting the world famous Kruger National Park in South Africa

19 Jan 2009

Dipal C. Barua Recognized by Zayed Future Energy Prize

The first annual Zayed Future Energy Prize was awarded to Mr. Dipal Chandra Barua, Founding Managing Director of Grameen Shakti for his visionary efforts to bring renewable energy solutions to the rural population of Bangladesh

19 Jan 2009

Greening the Internet Economy Symposium to Look at Increasing the Energy Efficiency of Technology

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the University of California, San Diego, one of the nation's greenest universities, are joining for a groundbreaking symposium on January 22-23 to explore how to improve the technology sector’s energy efficiency

19 Jan 2009

Sustainable Business Practices on the Curriculum at UC San Diego

At a time when President-Elect Barack Obama is examining ways to launch a Green New Deal to reenergize the slumping economy and fight the threat of global warming, UC San Diego Extension has created a specialized certificate in Sustainable Business Practices

19 Jan 2009