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Mestex to Present Energy-Efficient Approaches for Data Center Cooling at CATEE 2014

Data centers, which consume vast amounts of energy, are expected to triple in the next few years as web traffic, cloud computing and the "Internet of Things" continues to grow. One company, Dallas-based Mestex, has developed innovative energy-efficient approaches for data center cooling, which accounts for more than 50 percent of all energy consumed by data centers.

19 Nov 2014

Climate Change could not Have Caused the Collapse of the Bronze Age

Scientists will have to find alternative explanations for a huge population collapse in Europe at the end of the Bronze Age as researchers prove definitively that climate change - commonly assumed to be responsible - could not have been the culprit.

19 Nov 2014

Remote Sensing Plays a Critical Role in Conserving Earth's Biological Diversity

Scientists from the WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society), NASA, and other organizations have partnered to focus global attention on the contribution of satellites to biodiversity conservation in a recently released study entitled "Ten Ways Remote Sensing Can Contribute to Conservation," featured in the latest edition of the scientific journal Conservation Biology.

19 Nov 2014

Imported Emissions in the EU Outweigh Achievements in Domestic Reductions

"The Kyoto Protocol has not met the expectations. Currently, global emissions are at a more than 50% higher level than during the Protocol’s reference year, 1990. In the light of current trends and the annual increase in emissions being around 2.5% on average, global emissions have been assumed to double by 2030.

18 Nov 2014

Climate has been a Roller Coaster over the Past Hundred Thousand Years

If you want to see into the future, you have to understand the past. An international consortium of researchers under the auspices of the University of Bonn has drilled deposits on the bed of Lake Van (Eastern Turkey) which provide unique insights into the last 600,000 years. The samples reveal that the climate has done its fair share of mischief-making in the past. Furthermore, there have been numerous earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

18 Nov 2014

Ynsect, a Climate-KIC Start-Up, Honoured at Cleantech Open Global Forum

The Climate-KIC start-up Ynsect from France has been honoured with the People’s Choice award at the Cleantech Open Global Forum in San Francisco. Using insects to bioconvert organic substrates, such as cereal by-products, Ynsect transforms those insects into sustainable nutrient resources for agro-industries and bioactive compounds for green chemistry.

18 Nov 2014

Solar Radiation Management May Help Offset Warming Effect of Greenhouses Gases

A vast majority of scientists believe that the Earth is warming at an unprecedented rate and that human activity is almost certainly the dominant cause. But on the topics of response and mitigation, there is far less consensus.

18 Nov 2014

Different Tillage Methods Provide Similar Carbon Sequestration Outcomes

Reducing or eliminating tillage is one of the farming practices most frequently touted to improve carbon sequestration in soil. A new study by INRA and Arvalis-Institut du Végétal turns this paradigm on its head. This study, the result of a rigorous experiment conducted in the Ile-de-France region, shows that after a period of 41 years, three tillage methods led to similar carbon sequestration outcomes. However, variations were apparent over time based on climate conditions.

18 Nov 2014

Coral Reef Systems Threatened Long Before Danger of Extinction

Leading coral reef scientists in Australia and the USA say there needs to be a new approach to protecting the future of marine ecosystems, with a shift away from the current focus on extinction threat.

18 Nov 2014

UCLA Methanol Processing Method Could Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Lower Production Costs

Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed a more efficient way to turn methanol into useful chemicals, such as liquid fuels, and that would also reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

17 Nov 2014

First Wind Commemorates Fifth Anniversary of Commercial Operations at Milford Wind I Project

First Wind, an independent U.S.-based renewable energy company, today commemorated the fifth anniversary of successful commercial operations of its Milford Wind I project, which spans Beaver and Millard Counties, Utah. Stretching through the desert in southern Utah just outside the town of Milford, in Beaver County, Milford Wind I consists of 97 operating wind turbines with a capacity of 204 megawatts (MW).

17 Nov 2014

Climate Change Conference to Discuss Challenges Facing Cities

With the impact of climate change becoming more and more uncomfortably obvious, UCLA researchers are focused on making Los Angeles a sustainable model for other cities. At a climate change conference on campus today, UCLA researchers and other speakers are discussing the challenges facing cities around the world.

17 Nov 2014

UPM Researchers Characterize Environmental, Health Risks from Mercury Usage in Artisanal Gold Mining

Researchers from the UPM have characterized the health risks derived from the usage of mercury in artisanal gold mining in Colombia through probabilistic models.

17 Nov 2014

Autonomous Buoy Helps Study Optical Properties and Thickness of Diminishing Arctic Sea Ice

Arctic sea ice has diminished significantly in recent decades, particularly in summer. Researchers from Norway and China have collaborated on developing an autonomous buoy with instruments that can more precisely measure the optical properties of Arctic sea ice while also taking measurements of ice thickness and temperature.

17 Nov 2014

New Energy Technologies Advances Breakthrough SolarWindow towards Commercialization

New Energy Technologies, Inc. (NENE), developer of see-through SolarWindow coatings, capable of generating electricity on glass and flexible plastics, today announced that engineers and scientists have achieved important technical milestones in the Company's bid to advance its first-of-its-kind technology towards market-ready, commercial products.

17 Nov 2014