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Economical Cooling Systems for Refrigeration Uses Magnets

An exotic metal alloy discovered by an international collaboration working at NIST's Center for Neutron Research may be the key to a new quieter, more economical class of home and commercial refrigeration systems based on magnetics rather than conventional gas compression and expansion

2 Feb 2009

Ocean islands fuel productivity and carbon sequestration through natural iron fertilization

An experiment to study the effects of naturally deposited iron in the Southern Ocean has filled in a key piece of the puzzle surrounding iron's role in locking atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) in the ocean

1 Feb 2009

Alcoa Named as One of the Most Sustainable Corporations in the World

Alcoa announced today that it was named as one of the most sustainable corporations in the world in the fifth annual Global 100 ranking of the top role models in sustainable business practices, during the World Economic Forum

29 Jan 2009

Scientists Say We Are Being Hurt By the Things We Don't Know About the Environment

Knowledge gaps continue to hobble scientists' assessments of the environment, a Michigan State University researcher and colleagues warn. Their warning follows sobering conclusions drawn from what they do know and could help set the global agenda for research funding in the years to come

29 Jan 2009

Propel Fuels Brings Renewable Fuel and Green Jobs to California

Propel Fuels, a leading retailer of clean, renewable fuels, officially launches the first of a state-wide network of low-carbon fueling stations today

29 Jan 2009

Ocean Fertilization Project Opposed by WWF

A recent decision by the German government to give the go-ahead to a controversial large-scale ocean fertilization experiment (LOHAFEX) in international waters of the Southern Ocean has left WWF doubting Germany's commitment to global agreements on the environment

29 Jan 2009

Research Aircraft Fly From the Arctic to the Antarctic to Study Greenhouse Gases

A team of scientists has successfully flown from the Arctic to the Antarctic this month aboard an advanced research aircraft, the first step in a three-year project to make the most extensive airborne measurements of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to date

29 Jan 2009

NASA Set to Launch Satellite for Studying Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere

NASA's first spacecraft dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide is in final preparations for a Feb. 23 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California

29 Jan 2009

Orbiting Carbon Observatory Data from NASA to be Used to Create Global Maps of Carbon Dioxide

The first global maps of atmospheric carbon dioxide levels based on data from NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory will be created by a University of Michigan researcher and her colleagues

29 Jan 2009

Burying Crop Residues at Sea Could Reduce CO2 in The Atmosphere by 15 Percent

Making bales with 30 percent of global crop residues – the stalks and such left after harvesting – and then sinking the bales into the deep ocean could reduce the build up of global carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by up to 15 percent a year, according to just published calculations

29 Jan 2009