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Scientists Discover Another Reason Why Greenland's Ice is Melting

Scientists have discovered what they think may be another reason why Greenland 's ice is melting: a thin spot in Earth's crust is enabling underground magma to heat the ice.

13 Dec 2007

Understanding How Crude Oil Biodegrades Opens the Door to Clean-Burning Methane

An international team that includes University of Calgary scientists has shown how crude oil in oil deposits around the world - including in Alberta’s oil sands - are naturally broken down by microbes in the reservoir.

13 Dec 2007

New Carbon Calculator Benefiting Local People, Species and the Global Climate

A quick and cool way to help combat climate change is now available at www.conservation.org/carboncalculator.

13 Dec 2007

2007 Melt Extent on Greenland Ice Sheet Broke the 2005 Summer Melt Record

The 2007 melt extent on the Greenland ice sheet broke the 2005 summer melt record by 10 percent, making it the largest ever recorded there since satellite measurements began in 1979, according to a University of Colorado at Boulder climate scientist.

12 Dec 2007

New Model Explains How Plants and Soils Interact with Changing Atmosphere and Climate

Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a new model of global carbon and nitrogen cycling that will fundamentally transform the understanding of how plants and soils interact with a changing atmosphere and climate.

12 Dec 2007

New Model on Bio-Exploration - Sustainable and Non-Exploitive Research in Developing World

Two land-grant universities have developed a new approach to global bio-exploration, one that returns most of the fruits of discovery to the countries that provide the raw materials on which the research depends

12 Dec 2007

Studies Predict Wetter Storms for the Arctic and Northern Hemisphere Due to Global Warming

While two new studies by researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder's Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences predict wetter storms for the Arctic and for the Northern Hemisphere because of global warming, whether or not this means more net precipitation depends on the latitude.

12 Dec 2007

Fuel Cell Power Units Replaces Hot and Noisy Generator in a War Zone

Two core technologies developed at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - a fuel desulfurization system and a fuel reforming system - were instrumental in the demonstration of an electric power system operating on JP-8, a fuel commonly used in military operations.

12 Dec 2007

High-Rise Apartments with Integrated Greenhouses

A design for an apartment building with its own integrated greenhouse has netted a team headed by two Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning lecturers top honors in an international sustainable building design competition.

12 Dec 2007

Wind Turbines - An Increasingly Popular Source of Green Energy

Using smoke, laser light, model airplane propellers and a campus wind tunnel, a team led by Johns Hopkins University researchers is trying to solve the airflow mysteries that surround wind turbines, an increasingly popular source of “green” energy. The National Science Foundation recently awarded the team a three-year, $321,000 grant to support the project.

12 Dec 2007

Research Suggests No Connection Between Environmental Crises and Armed Conflict

Climate advocate Al Gore accepted the Nobel Peace Prize this December 10th. New Norwegian research suggests, however, that there is no connection between environmental crises and armed conflict.

12 Dec 2007

2007 as the Seventh Warmest Year on Record Dating Back to 1850

The University of East Anglia and the Met Office’s Hadley Centre have today released preliminary global temperature figures for 2007, which show the top 11 warmest years all occurring in the last 13 years.

12 Dec 2007

Reliability of Climate Model Raises New Concerns

A new study comparing the composite output of 22 leading global climate models with actual climate data finds that the models do an unsatisfactory job of mimicking climate change in key portions of the atmosphere.

12 Dec 2007

ExxonMobil Seeking Approval to Create Gateway to Global Supplies of Clean-Burning Natural Gas

Exxon Mobil Corporation today announced plans to seek regulatory approval for BlueOcean Energy, a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal that will create a gateway to global supplies of clean-burning natural gas to help meet the growing energy needs of New Jersey and New York.

12 Dec 2007

Aerospace Innovation Forum with the Environment on the Agenda

Aéro Montréal, the aerospace cluster of Metropolitan Montreal, in collaboration with the Consortium for Research and Innovation in Aerospace in Québec (CRIAQ), today opens Canada's first-ever aerospace innovation forum under the theme "Future Outlook."

12 Dec 2007