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Increasing High-Decibel Seismic Surveys Pose Threat to Marine Life – Researchers Recommend Setting of International Standards

As governments and industries expand their use of high-decibel seismic surveys to explore the ocean bottom for resources, experts from eight universities and environmental organizations are calling for new global standards and mitigation strategies.

2 Sep 2015

Climate Change Could Cause Ocean Bacteria Trichodesmium Into Overdrive Resulting in Irreversible Damage

Imagine being in a car with the gas pedal stuck to the floor, heading toward a cliff's edge. Metaphorically speaking, that's what climate change will do to the key group of ocean bacteria known as Trichodesmium, scientists have discovered.

2 Sep 2015

NASA’s Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment to Study Impact of Climate Change on Arctic and Boreal Ecosystems

As part of a broad effort to study the environmental and societal effects of climate change, NASA has begun a multi-year field campaign to investigate ecological impacts of the rapidly changing climate in Alaska and northwestern Canada, such as the thawing of permafrost, wildfires and changes to wildlife habitats.

2 Sep 2015

Grant Awarded to WSU Tri-Cities Professor for Studying Biomass-Derived Catalysts for Generating High-Energy Biofuels

Hanwu Lei, Washington State University Tri-Cities associate professor in biological systems engineering, was awarded a $494,000 grant this fall to research catalysts, which will be used to increase the energy output and performance of biofuels.

2 Sep 2015

High-Resolution Atmospheric Model to Help Understand Deforestation Impact and Climate Change on Amazon Basin

With the rise of CO2 in Earth's atmosphere, understanding the climate of tropical forests--the Amazon in particular--has become a critical research area. A recent NASA study showed that these regions are the biggest terrestrial carbon dioxide sinks on our planet, absorbing 1.4 billion metric tons of CO2 out of a total global terrestrial absorption of 2.5 billion.

1 Sep 2015

Berkeley Lab Energy Analysis – Electricity Consumption by Gaming Computers per Year is $10 Billion

In the world of computer gaming, bragging rights are accorded to those who can boast of blazing-fast graphics cards, the most powerful processors, the highest-resolution monitors, and the coolest decorative lighting. They are not bestowed upon those crowing about the energy efficiency of their system. If they were, gaming computers worldwide might well be consuming billions of dollars less in electricity use annually, with no loss in performance, according to new research from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).

1 Sep 2015

University of Exeter Research Observes Strange and Abrupt Ecosystem Shifts in the North Pacific

Longer, less frequent climate fluctuations may be contributing to abrupt and unexplained ecosystem shifts in the North Pacific, according to a study by the University of Exeter.

1 Sep 2015

NCEAS Study Estimates Consumption of Plastics by Almost All Seabirds

Plastic debris in the ocean has been an environmental issue for almost half a century. Now, for the first time, scientists can predict the global impact of plastics on avian marine species -- and it isn't pretty.

1 Sep 2015

New Study Suggests More and More Wind Turbines May Result in Lesser Energy Generation

Renewable wind energy is experiencing a boom, with more wind turbines popping up across landscapes in the U.S. and abroad. Indeed, wind energy accounted for 3.3 percent of electricity generation in the United States in 2011, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Globally, that number was 2.9 percent for the same year.

1 Sep 2015

Developing the Lynx Separator for Cleaning Ship Emissions

The world shipbuilding industry is facing drastically stricter requirements for emissions starting this year, and by 2020 emissions will need to be cut even more. Currently, as many as 60 per cent of the world's ports have voluntarily joined forces and agreed that they will refuse access to ships that fail to comply with the emission standards. By 2020, this restriction will apply to all ports.

1 Sep 2015

Researchers Develop Method to Precisely Measure Induced Temperature Drop During Large Vocanic Eruptions

Large volcanic eruptions inject considerable amounts of sulphur in the stratosphere which, once converted into aerosols, block sun rays and tend to cool the surface of the Earth down for several years. An international team of researchers has just developed a method, published in Nature Geoscience, to accurately measure and simulate the induced drop in temperature.

1 Sep 2015

EOLO Group Develops Method to Forecast Wave Energy in Advance

The EOLO group (UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country) has developed a technique to forecast wave energy several hours in advance

1 Sep 2015

Three Future Micro-Engineers Develop Interactive Website – Social Network on Energy

Summer series on student projects: Three future micro-engineers have developed an interactive website – a sort of social network about energy – in order to link grid operators with users and encourage users to reduce their electricity consumption and share their ideas.

1 Sep 2015

Weather Changes and Air Pollution Influence Outcomes Following Heart Attack

Pollution and weather influence outcomes after a heart attack, according to research presented at ESC Congress today by Ms Aneta Cislak, research fellow in the Silesian Centre for Heart Diseases, Medical University of Silesia in Zabrze, Poland.

31 Aug 2015

SIWI Proposes Integration of Water Resources in Global 2015 Climate Agreement During World Water Week

World Water Week closed on Friday, with SIWI urging climate negotiators to ensure that water is thoroughly integrated in the global 2015 climate agreement.

31 Aug 2015

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Increasing High-Decibel Seismic Surveys Pose Threat to Marine Life – Researchers Recommend Setting of International Standards

Climate Change Could Cause Ocean Bacteria Trichodesmium Into Overdrive Resulting in Irreversible Damage

NASA’s Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment to Study Impact of Climate Change on Arctic and Boreal Ecosystems

Grant Awarded to WSU Tri-Cities Professor for Studying Biomass-Derived Catalysts for Generating High-Energy Biofuels

High-Resolution Atmospheric Model to Help Understand Deforestation Impact and Climate Change on Amazon Basin

Berkeley Lab Energy Analysis – Electricity Consumption by Gaming Computers per Year is $10 Billion

University of Exeter Research Observes Strange and Abrupt Ecosystem Shifts in the North Pacific

NCEAS Study Estimates Consumption of Plastics by Almost All Seabirds

New Study Suggests More and More Wind Turbines May Result in Lesser Energy Generation

Developing the Lynx Separator for Cleaning Ship Emissions

Researchers Develop Method to Precisely Measure Induced Temperature Drop During Large Vocanic Eruptions

EOLO Group Develops Method to Forecast Wave Energy in Advance

Three Future Micro-Engineers Develop Interactive Website – Social Network on Energy

Weather Changes and Air Pollution Influence Outcomes Following Heart Attack

SIWI Proposes Integration of Water Resources in Global 2015 Climate Agreement During World Water Week

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