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Study May Help Predict What Ecosystems Will Look Like in the Future

Humans are rapidly changing the look and function of earth's ecosystems, from the increase of greenhouse gases to the unintentional and harmful spread of plants and animals to new environments. A major challenge for ecologists is to understand how and why communities respond to factors that underlie global change.

8 Dec 2014

UNSW Researchers Achieve Record 40% Efficiency in Converting Sunlight into Electricity

UNSW Australia's solar researchers have converted over 40% of the sunlight hitting a solar system into electricity, the highest efficiency ever reported.

8 Dec 2014

Algae Harvests Precious Heavy Metals from Cornish Tin Mine

A ground breaking research project by the GW4 Alliance aims to clean up water from a Cornish tin mine, using algae to harvest the precious heavy metals and produce biofuel at the same time.

8 Dec 2014

Economists, Lawyers Urge Several Improvements to U.S. Government's Social Cost of Carbon Figure

The Social Cost of Carbon puts a dollar value on the climate damages per ton of CO2 released, and is used by - among others -policymakers to help determine the costs and benefits of climate policies. In the latest issue of the journal Science, a group of economists and lawyers urge several improvements to the government's Social Cost of Carbon figure that would impose a regular, transparent and peer-reviewed process to ensure the figure is reliable and well-supported by the latest facts.

5 Dec 2014

Researchers Detail Role of Localized Climate Change in Ancient Depopulation of Southwest Colorado

Washington State University researchers have detailed the role of localized climate change in one of the great mysteries of North American archaeology: the depopulation of southwest Colorado by ancestral Pueblo people in the late 1200s.

5 Dec 2014

New Research Reveals Rise in Temperature of Seawater Around Antarctica

The temperature of the seawater around Antarctica is rising according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

5 Dec 2014

New Global Wetland Suitability Map Developed by Chinese Scientists

Wetlands are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth. Yet with increasing urbanization and agricultural expansion, wetlands around the globe are in danger. Better mapping of wetlands worldwide will help in their protection.

5 Dec 2014

Increase in Greenhouse Gases will have an Important Impact on Future Climate in Africa

New research demonstrates for the first time that an increase in greenhouse gas concentrations thousands of years ago was a key factor in causing substantially more rainfall in two major regions of Africa. The finding provides new evidence that the current increase in greenhouse gases will have an important impact on Africa’s future climate.

5 Dec 2014

New Analysis Report on Solar PV Power Generation Technology Costs

Capital costs, the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE), economics, costs and future outlook for solar photovoltaic power generation

5 Dec 2014

JinkoSolar Supplies 21.4MW of Solar PV Modules to Harsha Abakus for Project in India

JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd., a global leader in the PV industry, today announced that it has supplied 21.4MW of solar PV modules to Harsha Abakus Solar Pvt. Ltd., a solar energy solutions provider and a subsidiary of Harsha Engineers Group, for a ground mounted solar PV project in Gujarat, India.

5 Dec 2014

World's First Flight Using Sustainable Green Diesel

Boeing has completed the world's first flight using "green diesel," a sustainable biofuel that is widely available and used in ground transportation. The company powered its ecoDemonstrator 787 flight test airplane yesterday with a blend of 15 percent green diesel and 85 percent petroleum jet fuel in the left engine.

From Boeing 5 Dec 2014

Market Outlook Report on Wind Power in France

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Wind Power in France, Market Outlook to 2025, Update 2014 - Capacity, Generation, Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), Investment Trends, Regulations and Company Profiles" report to their offering.

4 Dec 2014

Penn State Receives 8% of its Energy from Mahoning Creek Hydroelectric Facility

A partnership in support of the creation of a hydroelectric facility has provided Penn State with both sustainable energy and educational opportunities for students. The Mahoning Creek Hydroelectric Facility -- a certified low-impact plant, built using existing infrastructure -- now supplies Penn State with 8 percent of its energy.

4 Dec 2014

Shark-Shaped Sampler Measure Levels of Fugitive Pollutants

Industrial sites and highways could become cleaner in the future thanks to shark-shaped samplers that hunt ‘fugitive’ air pollutants.

4 Dec 2014

Ocean Heat Uptake May be the Cause of Decade-Long Slowdown in Global Surface Warming

New research shows that ocean heat uptake across three oceans is the likely cause of the 'warming hiatus' - the current decade-long slowdown in global surface warming.

4 Dec 2014