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Global Warming Causes Devastating Effect on Coral and Fish

Research work reported on recently by an international research team1, including an IRD scientist, brought out evidence of the impact on the fish communities of a mass bleaching event resulting from the 1997-1998 El Niño climatic episode

28 Oct 2008

Industrial Environmental Pollution Influence on Childhood Health

Children are exposed to a wide range of environmental threats that can affect their health and development early in life, throughout their youth and into adulthood

27 Oct 2008

New Approach May Lead to Easier Recycling of Electronic Gadgets

A new approach to creating the fastenings and tabs for electronic devices based on the shape-memory effect in plastics could mean that disassembling such devices at end of life could be automated

27 Oct 2008

Understanding the Secrets Within Planets Could Lead to the Fusion Energy Clean Energy Solution

Research that has provided a deeper understanding into the centre of planets could also provide the way forward in the world’s quest for cleaner energy

27 Oct 2008

Earthworms Alter the Way Forests Hold Carbon

Earthworms can change the chemical nature of the carbon in North American forest litter and soils, potentially affecting the amount of carbon stored in forests, according to Purdue University researchers

27 Oct 2008

Report Released on Immune System Response to Toxic Environmental Chemical Dibutyltin or DBT

An international team of researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the University of Basel in Switzerland have issued a report on the mechanism of toxicity of a chemical compound called Dibutyltin (DBT)

27 Oct 2008

Recognition for the Inventor of the Hybrid Engine

Most people would be surprised to learn that the inventor of the advanced hybrid technology used in the Toyota Prius and other vehicles is an American. After all, American car companies have been slow to adopt hybrid technologies

27 Oct 2008

Green Design Work in Ecological Restoration, Conservation and Regenerative Design Wins Award for Biohabitats

Biohabitats, Inc., the nation's leading ecological restoration, conservation planning and regenerative design firm, was honored with an American Institute of Architects (AIA) Baltimore Chapter "Consultant of the Year" award

27 Oct 2008

Future of Low Carbon Home Heating Shown Off in Eco House

Mitsubishi Electric is using Interbuild to demonstrate its comprehensive range of Ecodan residential water and space heating products which offer UK households reduced running costs from a viable and sustainable low carbon alternative to gas and oil

27 Oct 2008

Good Design is Good Business, and Good Design is Green

Delegates to a recent conference on sustainable development heralded a recurring green urban theme: "Good design is good business, and good design is green." The group also pointed to innovative entrepreneurship in sustainable business as the cure for energy demands and an ailing US economy.

26 Oct 2008