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Significant Water Vapor in Smog Comes from Fossil-Fuel Combustion

The chemical signature of water vapor emitted by combustion sources such as vehicles and furnaces has been found in the smoggy winter inversions that often choke Salt Lake City. The discovery may give researchers a new tool to track down the sources of pollutants and climate-changing carbon dioxide gas.

4 Mar 2015

Climate Change Could Worsen Impact of Pollution on Wildlife

The impact of pollution on wildlife could be made dramatically worse by climate change according to a new study published today in the journal PNAS.

4 Mar 2015

Climate Change Leads to More Frequent Drought in California

California has experienced more frequent drought years in the last two decades than it has in the past several centuries. That observed uptick is primarily the result of rising temperatures in the region, which have climbed to record highs as a result of climate change, Stanford scientists say.

4 Mar 2015

Plant-Eating Insects May Reduce Ability of Forests to Take up Elevated Levels of Carbon Dioxide

In a high carbon dioxide world, the trees would come out ahead. Except for the munching bugs.

4 Mar 2015

Manmade Climate Change Could Have Stoked Record Drought and Propelled Syrian Uprising

A new study says a record drought that ravaged Syria in 2006-2010 was likely stoked by ongoing manmade climate change, and that the drought may have helped propel the 2011 Syrian uprising.

4 Mar 2015

Rare Historic Records Help Understand Climate Change Response of Woodland Trees and Flowers

Rare historic records of the changing seasons are helping scientists better understand how woodland trees and flowers are responding to climate change.

4 Mar 2015

Conservation Organizations Must Be Bolder in Adaptation Efforts to Address Extent of Ecological Changes

Nature is on the move. As the impacts of climate change reveal themselves, species and ecosystems are moving in response. This poses a fundamental challenge to conservation organizations--how do you conserve something that won't stay still?

4 Mar 2015

Extensive Global Changes in Leaf Phenology May Have Significant Ecological Consequences

Extensive worldwide changes in the timing of leaf activity over the past few decades--which may have significant ecological and atmospheric consequences--have been revealed by a University of Otago, New Zealand research team analyzing satellite data from 1980 - 2012.

3 Mar 2015

NTU Singapore Students Earn Honors at Shell Eco-Marathon Asia

Students from Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) have done Singapore proud by coming in first in two categories at this year’s Shell Eco-marathon Asia, a competition for fuel efficiency and innovation.

3 Mar 2015

New Study on Role of Nuclear Power in Europe

A project investigating the role of nuclear power on the energy map of Europe is about to be started in the Lappeenranta University of Technology, LUT. The study will involve, in total, 26 European countries and is the most extensive project studying nuclear power in Europe. It is the first to form a comprehensive picture on the role of nuclear power in Europe.

3 Mar 2015

Potentials and Challenges of “Synthetic” Fuels

Last Wednesday the lecture theatre at the Empa Academy was filled to the very last seat as speakers from the automobile, energy and finance sectors as well as researchers and those involved in the politics of energy presented their views on the potentials and challenges of “synthetic” fuels.

3 Mar 2015

Satellite ‘Superhero Vision’ Helps Visualise Pollution Levels of Water on Earth

An international team of researchers has demonstrated a way to assess the quality of water on Earth from space by using satellite technology that can visualise pollution levels otherwise invisible to the human eye through ‘Superhero vision’.

3 Mar 2015

Effect of Nutrients Overwhelm Those of Global Warming in Development of Harmful Algae

Intensified land-use, sewage discharge, and climate change have likely favored disproportionate development of harmful algae in freshwaters. A new study found that blooms of one type of harmful algae, called cyanobacteria, have increased disproportionately over the past two centuries relative to other species, with the greatest increases since 1945.

3 Mar 2015

Innovative Solar Systems Secures Approval to Construct 80MW Solar Farm Project in Anson County, NC

A Massive 80MW Solar Farm Project in Anson County, NC has secured all necessary approvals, both state, local and federal and is ready for immediate construction. Innovative Solar 37, LLC is the solar farm project located in the middle of the state that will generate enough electricity to power approximately 20,000 medium sized homes.

2 Mar 2015

Star Energy Partners Promotes Clean Energy in Ohio Schools though Green Energy Give Back Program

Star Energy Partners (Star), a premier energy provider focusing on bringing green energy solutions to homes and businesses throughout Ohio, is partnering with private and charter schools across the state to promote clean energy though its newly launched Green Energy Give Back program.

2 Mar 2015