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ecoDemonstrator Airplane to be Used For Validating Environmentally Progressive Technologies

Boeing has teamed up with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the American Airlines in the 2012 ecoDemonstrator program. The American Airlines 737-800 airplane is to be used for ascertaining environmentally progressive technologies.

11 Jul 2012

Pre-Industrial Carbon Emissions Still Have Negative Impact on Global Temperature

According to a climate model developed by a research team at the Carnegie Institution for Science, pre-industrial carbon emissions have a negative impact on global temperature over the years.

4 Jul 2012

Global Warming Causes Massive Algal Blooms and Low Oxygen Levels

Global warming may increase harmful algal blooms in the Baltic Sea. Increase in water temperature in the Baltic sea may lead to low oxygen levels which promotes blue-green algal blooms. This type of algae is also called as cyanobacteria.

3 Jul 2012

EU May Not Meet Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Target in Time

In the European Union, neither the cap & trade scheme nor the carbon taxes seem to have led to measurable reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

30 Jun 2012

Türk Telekom Continues to Work on Environmental Sustainability

Türk Telekom, a communication and convergence technologies company, has become the leading telecom company in Turkey for reporting to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). In 2011, it became the first company in Turkey to measure and report its carbon emission to the CDP.

29 Jun 2012

Diesel Soot Contributes to Global Warming

Researchers at Lund University have found that more than 50% of the inhaled diesel soot remains stuck in the lungs. It also contributes to global warming.

28 Jun 2012

Print on Paper is a Sustainable, Renewable and Recyclable Resource

Usage of paper is a sustainable environmental choice as it is both renewable and recyclable. Contrary to popular belief, print on paper is not causing climate change, global warming, or depleting our forests.

26 Jun 2012

Role of Earth Observation for Sustainable Development Featured at Rio+20 Summit

The role of Earth observation for sustainable development was analyzed during the Rio+20 Summit, a three-day conference held in Brazil.

25 Jun 2012

Sediment Cores Reveal Arctic has Gone Through Intense Warm Intervals

A new research from international scientists proves that the Arctic has undergone intensely warm periods. It showed that intense warm intervals happened in this region during the last 2.8 million years. Scientists from America, Russia and Germany, along with Peter Rosén och Hendrik Vogel from Umeå University, have published the first findings of the sediment core gathered on land in the Arctic in ‘Science’.

25 Jun 2012

Canadian Olympic Committee, Offsetters Join Forces on Sending Carbon-Neutral Team

Offsetters, a provider of carbon management solutions, and the Canadian Olympic Committee has reported that the 2012 Canadian Olympic Team will make a carbon neutral journey to London.

13 Jun 2012