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Nanotechnology Researchers Increase Efficiency of Equipment That Uses the Power of the Sun to Produce Hydrogen Fuel

Researchers find great promise in a process that could use solar energy to use hydrogen, the third most abundant element on earth's surface, as the ultimate alternative to fossil fuels. This process increase dramatically the efficiency of titania photoanodes used to convert solar energy into hydrogen in fuel cells

22 Mar 2009

Loading the Seas With Carbon Dioxide Set to Create Ocean Based Ecological Disaster

The loading of carbon dioxide into oceans is a consequence of fossil fuel use that has only begun to be widely recognized as problematic in the past decade. Its subsequent effects on seawater chemistry have the potential to spread ecological disaster to a variety of industries dependent on the seas

22 Mar 2009

Neglected Water Treaty Revitalised

Delegates of 14 countries attending the World Water Forum tonight signed pledges of support to a growing call to bring into force a global water treaty that has languished in limbo for more than a decade as anxiety grows about the increased potential for conflict in a world increasingly short of water

22 Mar 2009

Model to Protect Water Resources From Unwanted Medicines

As part of Stony Brook University's ongoing campaign to promote environmental education and advocacy, the University, Stony Brook University Medical Center, and the surrounding community are sponsoring a special pharmaceutical recycling event where residents can safely dispose of unwanted or expired medicines

22 Mar 2009

Demand Keeps Increasing for Environmentaly Friendly UV Coatings For Wood and Furniture

The demand for waterborne UV coatings in the wood and furniture protection market has been steadily increasing during the last few years. This is mainly due to the environmental benefits offered by these products

20 Mar 2009

SOLON Makes Breakthrough in Simpler and Better Solar Electricity Systems

SOLON SE, which is based in Berlin, has achieved a breakthrough in the development of simpler and faster fitting processes. During the "Symposium on Photovoltaic Solar Energy" in Bad Staffelstein, Germany, the company was awarded a prestigious innovation award for its SOLON Black in-roof module

20 Mar 2009

Lessons Still Not Learned Twenty Years After Exxon Valdez Disaster

Two decades after the Exxon Valdez oil tanker struck an iceberg and spilt millions of litres of oil into the delicate Arctic environment, governments and industry in the region remain unprepared to deal with another such disaster

19 Mar 2009

Warming of the Antarctic Has Raised Sea Levels In The Past

Geoscientists say a small rise in past ocean temperature undercut and melted Antarctic ice, raising global sea levels many feet. New data from modeling and sediment cores converge to show the Western Antarctic Ice Sheet can retreat to near complete collapse much more rapidly than believed possible

19 Mar 2009

Third Generation Solar Cells to be Built Into Products Like Building Materials and Consumer Electronics

The third-generation of photovoltaics (PV - organic PV (OPV) and dye
sensitized cells (DSC) - are in the early stages of development but hold out the promise of cheap solar power that can be integrated into consumer electronics and building materials, according to a Webinar presented this morning by NanoMarkets

19 Mar 2009

Geoscientists Set to Gather and Discuss Water Resources, Climate Change and More

The Geological Society of America will host its NE regional meeting jointly with the Maine Water Conference in Portland, Maine, on March 22-24. More than 900 geoscientists will participate. An overarching theme for the meeting is climate change, and technical sessions will highlight cutting-edge scientific research on a wide variety of topics

18 Mar 2009