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Improved Understanding of Forest Dynamics is Needed to Predict Environmental Change

Two papers published in the journal Science today* by Microsoft Research ecologist Drew Purves together with research colleagues at Princeton University and universities in Madrid, Spain, highlight how an improved understanding of forest dynamics is needed to better predict environmental change.

13 Jun 2008

Ozone Recovery Should be Integrated as Significant Factor in Climate Change Studies

A new study led by Columbia University researchers has found that the closing of the ozone hole, which is projected to occur sometime in the second half of the 21st century, may significantly affect climate change in the Southern Hemisphere, and therefore, the global climate. The study appears in the June 13th issue of Science.

13 Jun 2008

Industry Maintain Ethanol is Not Source of Food Inflation and World Hunger

More than 4,000 international ethanol industry professionals will gather at the 24th Annual International Fuel Ethanol Workshop + Expo (FEW), June 16 - 19, at the Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville to improve and expand an industry on the defense, according to conference organizers BBI International, a service company providing worldwide renewable energy solutions and specializing in project development, media, and events.

12 Jun 2008

Working to Provide Customers with the Cleanest Energy in the Nation

Continuing its momentum of adding utility-scale solar power to its energy mix, Pacific Gas and Electric Company announced today that it has entered into two contracts with San Joaquin Solar LLC, a subsidiary of Martifer Renewables Electricity LLC, for a combined 106.8 megawatts (MW) of solar thermal-biofuel hybrid power.

12 Jun 2008

Scientists Studying Region of the Atmosphere that Influences Climate Change

Scientists are deploying an advanced research aircraft to study a region of the atmosphere that influences climate change by affecting the amount of solar heat that reaches Earth's surface.

12 Jun 2008

$45 Trillion is Needed to Prevent Energy Shortages and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Mantra Venture Group Ltd. (Mantra) releases its latest information on the on-going commercialization of its ERC technology.

12 Jun 2008

How Forests Impact Global Climate

There are roughly 42 million square kilometers of forest on Earth, a swath that covers almost a third of the land surface, and those wooded environments play a key role in both mitigating and enhancing global warming.

12 Jun 2008

Greenland Ice Sheet is Melting Faster than Previously Calculated

The Greenland Ice Sheet is melting faster than previously calculated according to a recently released scientific paper by University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher Sebastian H. Mernild.

12 Jun 2008

Flexible Fuel Capability Reduces Plug-in Hybrid's Fuel Consumption and CO2 Emissions

Ford Motor Company broke new ground by delivering its first-ever flexible fuel capable plug-in hybrid SUV to the U.S. Department of Energy.

11 Jun 2008

CNX Gas Announces Registration of Greenhouse Gas Emission Offsets with CCX

CNX Gas Corporation today announced the company's registration of greenhouse gas emission offsets with the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX(R)). Governor Timothy M. Kaine joined the company and recognized CNX Gas Corporation for the significant impact its coalbed methane capture project in southwest Virginia is having on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in Virginia.

11 Jun 2008