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KSU Researchers to Study Effect of Climate Change on Central Great Plains Water Systems

An outpouring of research funds is helping a group of Kansas State University researchers study how human activity and climate change affect Central Great Plains water systems.

30 Aug 2013

Each Year 200,000 Early Deaths Occur Due to Air Pollution

Researchers from MIT’s Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment have come out with some sobering new data on air pollution’s impact on Americans’ health.

By Jennifer Chu 30 Aug 2013

“An Inquiry into the Water Around Us” Curriculum Wins Science IBI Prize

When science educator Erin Saitta was a graduate student, she was invited to participate in a program in which students from kindergarten to high school age would do inquiry-based science — conducting real research labs without known outcomes, with the emphasis on learning how science works.

30 Aug 2013

Heavy Metal Pollution May Not be Affecting Fish Around Southern California Oil Platforms

A recent study by UC Santa Barbara scientists analyzed whole-body fish samples taken from oil-and-gas production platforms and natural sites for heavy metal pollutants. The results showed all but four elements were relatively consistent at both types of location. The findings were published in the Bulletin of Marine Science.

30 Aug 2013

MIT Team Develops Fog-Harvesting System with Improved Efficiency

In some of this planet’s driest regions, where rainfall is rare or even nonexistent, a few specialized plants and insects have devised ingenious strategies to provide themselves with the water necessary for life: They pull it right out of the air, from fog that drifts in from warm oceans nearby.

By David L. Chandler 30 Aug 2013

Fossil Fuel Emissions May Cause Coral Reef Ecosystems to Shift to the Sub-Tropics

The best real estate for coral reefs over the coming decades will no longer be around the equator but in the sub-tropics, new research from the University of Bristol suggests.

30 Aug 2013

Siemens Energy and GS E&C Hand Over Most Efficient Fossil-Fired Power Plant in Asia to South Korean Power Utility

Siemens Energy and its partner, GS Engineering & Construction (GS E&C), handed over the most efficient fossil-fired power plant in Asia to the South Korean power utility GS EPS Co. Ltd. The handover of Dangjin 3 (formerly Bugok 3) combined cycle power plant took place twelve days ahead of schedule.

29 Aug 2013

US Army Awards MATOC to 22 Qualified Solar Technology Contractors

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, working with the Army Energy Initiatives Task Force (EITF), awarded Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOC) to a group of 22 qualified solar technology contractors Aug. 27, 2013.

29 Aug 2013

Cooling of Eastern Pacific Ocean Waters Linked to Attenuation of Worldwide Temperature Increase

New research by Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego climate scientists attributes the attenuation of a worldwide temperature increase to a cooling of eastern Pacific Ocean waters, one that counteracts the warming effect of greenhouse gases.

29 Aug 2013

Salty Wastewater from Oil and Gas Production Made into Economical Potable Water

In the midst of an intensifying global water crisis, scientists are reporting development of a more economical way to use one form of the “ice that burns” to turn very salty wastewater from fracking and other oil and gas production methods into water for drinking and irrigation. The study on the method, which removes more than 90 percent of the salt, appears in the journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.

29 Aug 2013

Yingli Green Energy Announces Successful Completion of 2013 Asian Solar Market Workshop

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited, the world's largest vertically integrated photovoltaic manufacturer, which markets its products under the brand "Yingli Solar", today announced that its 2013 Asian Solar Market Workshop, held from August 27th – August 28th, 2013 was a resounding success.

29 Aug 2013

Management of Ultra-supercritical Coal Power Plants

The continued use of coal as a means of generating electricity and an increasing demand for cleaner, more efficient energy production has led to advances in power plant technology.

28 Aug 2013

New Efficient and Cheaper Method for Capturing Carbon Dioxide Granted US Patent

An innovative method for stripping greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide from industrial emissions is potentially cheaper and more efficient than current methods, according to a United States patent based on research by Dr. Jason E. Bara, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering at The University of Alabama.

28 Aug 2013

Restricting Polystyrene Foam Packaging for Serving Food May Kill Efforts to Recycle the Packaging

San Jose, CA City Council today moved to restrict the use of polystyrene foam packaging for serving food, which would effectively kill efforts to recycle the packaging in the city.

28 Aug 2013

Siemens Installs HelWin1 Offshore Platform to Link Nordsee Ost and Meerwind Wind Farms

Siemens has installed the HelWin1 offshore platform in the North Sea, marking the successful completion of a significant stage in German grid connection projects. HelWin1 will link the two offshore wind farms Nordsee Ost and Meerwind to the mainland.

28 Aug 2013