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Coral Reefs May Be Saved By Proposed New Conservation Rules

An international team of scientists has proposed a set of basic rules to help save the world's imperiled coral reefs from ultimate destruction

11 May 2009

Caltech To Get Energy Frontier Research Center

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science has announced that it will fund the creation of 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) over the next five years, including one that will be housed at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

11 May 2009

Environmental Changes Being Indicated By River Delta Sediment Clues

Sediments released by many of the world's largest river deltas to the global oceans have been changed drastically in the last 50 years, largely as a result of human activity

11 May 2009

Microbial Nitrogen Measured in Soil Nitrogen Test

The Illinois Soil Nitrogen Test was recently studied at the University of Illinois to clarify the chemical nature of what the test measures and its relationship to microbial growth in soils, determining that the test does not estimate total soil nitrogen and is selective for certain forms of microbial nitrogen

11 May 2009

Maximum Efficiency Comes From Bioelectricity Not Ethanol For Powering Vehicles

How can we maximize our "miles per acre" from biomass? Researchers writing in the online edition of the May 7 Science magazine say the best bet is to convert the biomass to electricity, rather than ethanol

10 May 2009

Turning Biomass Into Electricity More Efficient Than Using Ethanol for Vehicles

A new study suggests that biomass used to generate electricity could be more efficient than converting the biomass to ethanol for internal combustion engines

10 May 2009

Researchers Develop New System For Storing Hydrogen For Hydrogen Powered Vehicles

Sandia researchers have successfully designed and demonstrated key features of a hydrogen storage system. The system stores 3 kilograms of hydrogen and is large enough to evaluate control strategies suitable for use in vehicle applications

7 May 2009

Construction Supply Companies Commit To Halving Landfill Waste

In just six months, 100 leading organisations from across the construction supply chain have committed to WRAP’s Halving Waste
to Landfill voluntary agreement

6 May 2009

BASF Opens Fuel Cell Production Facility in New Jersey

Furthering its leadership position in the development of energy management solutions, BASF today announced it has officially opened its BASF Fuel Cell production facility in Somerset, New Jersey

6 May 2009

Land Degradation in Abu Dhabi Being Indicated by Wind, Salt and Water

Desert environments are characterized by poor vegetative cover, strong winds, dry, non-cohesive sandy soils, and hyper-arid conditions. In this context, the land resources of Abu Dhabi Emirate in the United Arab Emirates are subjected to various land degradation stresses

6 May 2009