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Geoengineering May Help Counteract Political Polarization over Global Warming

Geoengineering, an emerging technology aimed at counteracting the effects of human-caused climate change, also has the potential to counteract political polarization over global warming, according to a new study.

11 Feb 2015

Antarctica Sea Ice Increases Do Not Make Up for Accelerated Arctic Sea Ice Loss

Sea ice increases in Antarctica do not make up for the accelerated Arctic sea ice loss of the last decades, a new NASA study finds. As a whole, the planet has been shedding sea ice at an average annual rate of 13,500 square miles (35,000 square kilometers) since 1979, the equivalent of losing an area of sea ice larger than the state of Maryland every year.

11 Feb 2015

Evidence of Human-Produced Air Pollution Found Within Ancient Ice

In the 16th century, during its conquest of South America, the Spanish Empire forced countless Incas to work extracting silver from the mountaintop mines of Potosí, in what is now Bolivia--then the largest source of silver in the world.

11 Feb 2015

Climate Change Mitigation Efforts Fail in Brazil's Steel Industry

New research shows that climate change mitigation efforts in Brazil's steel industry have failed. Instead of reducing greenhouse gas pollution, scientists discovered that programs under an international climate treaty led to an overall doubling of carbon dioxide emissions in the industry.

11 Feb 2015

Man-Made Industrial Emissions Contribute to Reduced Rainfall in the Northern Tropics

Scientists have produced a rainfall record strongly suggesting that man-made industrial emissions have contributed to less rainfall in the northern tropics.

11 Feb 2015

Analyzing Lead Content in Gasoline Using EDXRF - New Method Published By Rigaku

Applied Rigaku Technologies, Inc. announces the publication of a new application report covering the measurement of lead (Pb) in gasoline according to ASTM D5059-14, "Standard Test Methods for Lead in Gasoline by X-Ray Spectroscopy" using energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) spectrometry.

10 Feb 2015

New Research to Measure Impact of Climate Change on Thunderstorms

The Doomsday Clock, which measures the likelihood of global catastrophe, last week ticked a minute closer to "midnight"--- the apocalypse. The symbolic clock was set to 11:57 by a board of atomic scientists featuring 17 Nobel Laureates, who warned that the planet, beset by climate change and nuclear proliferation, faced extraordinary and undeniable threats to its continued existence.

10 Feb 2015

New Study Reveals Vulnerability of Tropical High Mountain Lakes to Global Climate Change

A study of three remote lakes in Ecuador led by Queen's University researchers has revealed the vulnerability of tropical high mountain lakes to global climate change - the first study of its kind to show this. The data explains how the lakes are changing due to the water warming as the result of climate change.

10 Feb 2015

Biomass Electricity Production Combined with Carbon Capture and Sequestration Could Contribute to Zero-Carbon Future

Generating electricity from biomass, such as urban waste and sustainably-sourced forest and crop residues, is one strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, because it is carbon-neutral: it produces as much carbon as the plants suck out of the atmosphere.

10 Feb 2015

Study Examines Financial Viability of Solar-Heated Biomass Gasification Technologies to Produce Natural Gas Substitute

Even at historically low natural gas prices, bioenergy may not be out of the running -- it just may need a little help from the sun. A new study from researchers at the University of Minnesota examining the financial viability of solar-heated biomass gasification technologies that produce a natural gas substitute product concludes that combining these renewable resources can make economic sense.

10 Feb 2015

ReneSola’s Jiangsu PV Testing Lab Achieves UL Witness Testing Data Program Certification

ReneSola Ltd, a leading brand and technology provider of solar photovoltaic products, today announced that its PV testing laboratory in Jiangsu, China has achieved Witness Testing Data Program (WTDP) certification from Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a globally renowned and independent safety science company.

10 Feb 2015

Yingli Singapore Selected as Panel Supplier for Sabah's First Solar Power Plant

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited, one of the world's leading solar panel manufacturers, known as "Yingli Solar," today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Yingli Green Energy Singapore Company Pte. Limited, has supplied one of East Malaysia's first solar power plants, a one megawatt (MW) solar farm located in the state of Sabah on the island of Borneo.

10 Feb 2015

Pelican Completes Feasibility Study of Energia Reino Verde Biomass Power Plant and Giant King® Grass Plantation

VIASPACE Inc. announced that the comprehensive, independent feasibility study conducted by Pelican SA of the 12 MW biomass power plant and co-located 834 hectare (2,060 acre) Giant King® Grass plantation project in Nicaragua has been completed. The feasibility study addresses the technical and economic issues of both the plantation and power plant, including connection to the Nicaraguan power grid.

10 Feb 2015

Professor Michael Grätzel Honored with 2015 King Faisal International Prize in Science

Professor Michael Grätzel has won the 2015 King Faisal International Prize in Science, recognizing his work in developing photo-electrochemical systems for solar energy conversion.

10 Feb 2015

Winnipeg Richardson International Airport Achieves LEED Silver Certification

Winnipeg Airports Authority and Stantec Architecture proudly announce that the Winnipeg Richardson International Airport is the first airport terminal in Canada to become LEED certified.

9 Feb 2015