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Impact of Climate Change on Lakes

Climate change will have different effects on lakes in warmer and colder regions of the globe. This is the conclusion reached by Japanese and German researchers following studies of very deep caldera lakes in Japan

21 Oct 2008

Examining the Risks of not Going Green at Sustainable Real Estate Development Conference

The Wisconsin School of Business Graaskamp Center for Real Estate will host a conference on Sustainable Real Estate Development on Thursday, October 30

21 Oct 2008

Climate Change is Moving Faster Than Scientists Previously Expected

Global warming is accelerating at a faster rate than climate change experts had previously predicted, according to a new compendium of scientific research released today by WWF

21 Oct 2008

Carbon Disclosure Project Recognises PPG as Environmental Leader

PPG Industries has been recognized by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) as one of the leading S and P 500 companies and as the No. 1 company in the chemicals and pharmaceuticals sector in the CDP’s 2008 Leadership Index

21 Oct 2008

Rural Americans Views on the Environment Divided Along Religious Lines

Reflecting the heterogeneous nature of rural America, rural Americans are divided – primarily along religious lines – on their perspectives of environmental conservation and climate change, a new brief from the Carsey Institute finds.

20 Oct 2008

Tommy Hilfiger Group to Host Al Gore's The Climate Project European Summit

The Climate Project announces that it will hold the first-ever summit in Europe of Al Gore's Climate Project

20 Oct 2008

Mapping Boreal Forests With Radar From Space

How best to map 'boreal' or northern forest with spaceborne radar is the focus of an ESA campaign currently underway in northern Sweden

20 Oct 2008

Energy Revolution in Sardinia Started by Greenpeace

Sardinian authorities have promised to revise the region's energy plans to meet EU climate protection targets, following a Greenpeace blockade at the E.ON owned Fiume Santo coal-fired power station to protest planned expansion of climate changing coal capacity in the region

20 Oct 2008

34 Million Year Model Shows Sensitivity of Earth to CO2 and Global Warming

In a new model of atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, sea level variation, Northern Hemisphere ice sheets and Antarctic ice over the past 34 million years climatologist Robert DeConto and colleagues cast new light on estimates of polar ice volume and the relationship to sea level. Their model has implications for understanding future effects of global warming

20 Oct 2008

Turning a 1930s Home into an Energy Efficient House of the Future

A three year research project is about to start at The University of Nottingham that will help people living in 1930s Semi's to meet the Government’s ambitions to reduce CO2 emissions from homes

20 Oct 2008