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Forests Shown to Influence Climate Change in Ways Not Previously Understood

In a study to be published next week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists led by a team at the University of New Hampshire show that forests may influence the Earth's climate in important ways that have not previously been recognized

17 Nov 2008

Safe Storage of Carbon Dioxide Greenhouse Gases

MIT engineers have come up with a new software tool to determine how much CO2 can be sequestered safely in geological formations

17 Nov 2008

Ethanol Production Will Not Result in Deforestation or Less Land for Food Production

The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) released a report this week systematically refuting claims that ethanol production will divert land from agricultural use

17 Nov 2008

Satellite Observations of Water on Earth Being Used to Monitor Climate Change

Observations from satellites now allow scientists to monitor changes to water levels in the sea, in rivers and lakes, in ice sheets and even under the ground

16 Nov 2008

NASA's First Spacecraft for Monitoring Greenhouse Gas Arrives for Launch

NASA's first spacecraft dedicated to studying carbon dioxide, the leading human-produced greenhouse gas driving changes in Earth's climate, has arrived for final launch preparations

16 Nov 2008

Coal Fired Electricity Is the Biggest Threat to the World's Climate Says IEA and WWF

WWF has welcomed the International Energy Agency's call for an 'energy revolution' when the inter-governmental organisation presented its new World Energy Outlook in London today

12 Nov 2008

Class Preaches Carbon Footprint Reduction While Reducing Emissions

Indiana University students and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service professionals are learning together this semester in an IU course on conservation and global climate change -- without contributing to further climate change

12 Nov 2008

Sustainable Palm Oil Shipment Marks the Possible End of Rainforest Destruction

The arrival of the first certified sustainable palm oil shipment in Europe opens up possibilities for palm oil users to move away from subsidising forest destruction and social disruption from expanding palm oil plantations

12 Nov 2008

Airport Malaria Causing Problems in the US

Airport malaria is transmitted when a mosquito infected with the disease bites a human in the vicinity of an international airport. Warmer climate changes in major U.S. cities with a large presence of international air traffic, seem to have created a more welcoming environment where these infected mosquitoes can survive

11 Nov 2008

Green Building Speaker Wated Globally to Talk About Green Building

Green building speaker and consultant Jerry Yudelson keynoted an awards ceremony at Europe's largest real estate conference and at four other conferences around the world

11 Nov 2008