Showing posts with label ENVIRONMENT. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ENVIRONMENT. Show all posts

November 23, 2008

Potential Sources Of 'Rain-Making' Bacteria In The Atmosphere Identified

Further research might help to control both rainfall and frost damage to plants.

Male Sperm Counts Way Down

Video. It is partially because of the widespread use of estrogen-mimicking plastics.

November 16, 2008

Waves Could Power the World 2 Times Over

Sounds like something a surfer dude would say.

Boulder, Colo.: America's First 'Smart Grid City'

"Soon, 50,000 homes in Boulder will soon be decked out with the latest in environmentally-friendly, energy-saving technology -- including solar panels, electric cars and, for some, a specialized heating, cooling and lighting system -- all of which will be integrated into a monitoring system that reports the home's carbon footprint to the homeowner."

Europe, Japan Face $46 Billion Global-Warming Penalty

_For violation the Kyoto Protocol.

Gas Flat-Panel Displays Exhaust Is 17,200 Times Worse for the Planet than Carbon Dioxide.

HDTVs.

'Jelly Balls' May Slow Global Warming

The jellyfish-like animals absorb the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in the top level of the ocean, and "sequester" it on the ocean floor.

More than Three Km-thick Layer of Soot and Other Manmade Particles Stretches from the Arabian Peninsula to China and the Western Pacific Ocean

"Brown clouds".

The World has Never Seen Such Freezing Heat

Embarasment for climate change scientists.

November 14, 2008

There Is A Type Of Rock With A Voracious Appetite For Carbon Dioxide

From the Economist.

An Armada of Tub Toys Sets Sail in New Research Discipline, 'Flotsam Science,' and Helps Unravel Enduring Planetary Mysteries

Complete with video.

The Fate Of Scores Of New Coal-Burning Power Plants Is Now In Limbo

"The uncertainty resulted when an Environmental Protection Agency appeals panel on Thursday rejected a federal permit for a Utah plant, leaving the issue for the Obama administration to resolve."

November 10, 2008

Plasma Turns Garbage into Gas

Another energy breakthrough.

November 4, 2008

Scientists Discover Patagonian Diesel that Grows on Trees

"A tree fungus could provide green fuel that can be pumped directly into vehicle tanks, US scientists say. The organism, found in the Patagonian rainforest, naturally produces a mixture of chemicals that is remarkably similar to diesel."