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Plastic Bottle Recycling Report Outlines the Current State of the Plastic Bottle Recycling Industry

"Plastic Bottle Recycling: A Global Strategic Business Report" provides a comprehensive review of market trends, drivers, product profile, players, recent developments, mergers, acquisitions and other strategic industry activities

15 Apr 2009

Final Touches Being Made on Solar Powered Boat

An academic and a team of post graduate students at the University of Southampton are making final preparations to their solar-powered boat ahead of a major engineering competition

15 Apr 2009

Algae Genes Show How Carbon Is Managed in the World's Oceans

Scientists have decoded genomes of two algal strains, highlighting the genes enabling them to capture carbon and maintain its delicate balance in the oceans

14 Apr 2009

Gull Wing Doors and Hybrid Motor Feature in Hyundai Nuvis Concept Car

Hyundai Motor America unveiled the highly anticipated HCD-11 Nuvis concept at the New York International Auto Show. The Nuvis features Hyundai's Hybrid Blue Drive powertrain and large gull-wing doors in a future-generation crossover body, blending attributes of a tall urban car and a premium utility vehicle

14 Apr 2009

Orders Come In For Waste Heat Electricity Generator

Ener-G-Rotors announces their first order for a TGE50, a 50kW waste heat to electricity appliance

14 Apr 2009

New Tool Estimates the Amount of Pesticides, Fertilizers and Other Chemicals That Can Be Avoided Through Organic Dairy Farming

A calculator has been developed to help consumers, dairy farmers, and food companies estimate the avoided environmental, public health, and animal welfare impacts associated with shifting dairy cows from conventional to organic management

13 Apr 2009

California Climate Change Experts to Discuss Global Warming at Science Summit

Scripps to host leading state experts on wildfires, water supply, sea-level rise and societal and economic impacts of climate change

13 Apr 2009

Impact of Bioethanol on Water Supply Three Times Higher Than Previously Thought

Scientists in Minnesota are reporting that production of bioethanol — often regarded as the clean-burning energy source of the future — may consume up to three times more water than previously thought

13 Apr 2009

Sundarbans Inslanders Use Technology to Protect Against Climate Change Threats of Rising Sea Levels and Cyclones

The 20,000 residents of tiny, vulnerable Mousuni Island in the Indian Sundarbans are using technology to protect themselves from climate change-related threats – including deadly cyclones and rising sea levels – now impacting more and more severely upon them

13 Apr 2009

The Mathematics of Climate Change

Kenneth Golden, an expert in mathematical models of percolation in sea ice, is a leader in the international effort to model polar climate dynamics and has brought a new level of rigor and precision to this area of research. A forthcoming article describes the mathematics he and collaborators have developed to study sea ice

13 Apr 2009