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Largest Solar Power Plan in America is Coming to Los Angeles

Solar LA, the country’s largest solar power plan, has been unveiled which will jumpstart the green economy in Los Angeles with the installation of 1.3 gigawatts of solar power

25 Nov 2008

Organic Matter in Soil Being Changed by Global Warming

New research shows that we should be looking to the ground, not the sky, to see where climate change could have its most perilous impact on life on Earth

25 Nov 2008

Ocean Getting More Acidic Faster Than Previously Thought

University of Chicago scientists have documented that the ocean is growing more acidic faster than previously thought. In addition, they have found that the increasing acidity correlates with increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide

24 Nov 2008

Global Warming of the Future Predicted by Prehistoric Climate Change

Past warm periods provide real data on climate change and are natural laboratories for understanding the global climate system

24 Nov 2008

Building of the Future Shows Off Intelligent Construction, New Materials and Energy Saving Systems

November 5, 2008 saw the inauguration of an unusual building, inHaus2. For about one-and-a-half years, this building has been the subject of research and development concerning intelligent construction, new materials and energy-saving systems

24 Nov 2008

Road Transport Emissions to Dominate Emissions from All Transport Sources

The world's car park is growing. It has become so big that the impact of emissions from today's road traffic on the global temperature in 2100 will be six times greater than that from today's air traffic

24 Nov 2008

Ocean Currents and Their Role in Transporting Carbon Dioxide and Dampening Climate Change

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current is responsible for transporting a substantial fraction of the anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere to the deep ocean, thereby effectively damping the rate of global warming

24 Nov 2008

"Green" Electricity to Help Meet 2050 UK Carbon Emissions Target

Extensive use of low-carbon "green" electricity could help the UK dramatically cut its carbon emissions by 2050, say the leaders of a new research programme to be announced this week at Imperial College London....

24 Nov 2008

Understanding Why Maple Leaves Change Colour May Give Tourism Protection Against Climate Change

Two University of Vermont research groups are asking: why do leaves go red? The ecology and mechanisms are still unknown. The question has economic urgency since climate change may make New England's bright leaf season go dull, drying up the flow of tourists and their wallets

23 Nov 2008

South Eastern USA Water to be More Variable and Unreliable

A new report from National Wildlife Federation offers the latest scientific research on global warming and water supplies, competition for resources, demographic factors, and how to better prepare for managing the region’s water availability challenges

23 Nov 2008