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PG+E Joins The Climate Registry During United Nations Climate Change Conference

Participating today in the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Pacific Gas and Electric Company announced it has joined The Climate Registry (TCR), an organization dedicated to creating a common standard for measuring, reporting and verifying greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions consistently across industry sectors in North America.

19 Dec 2007

Housing Issues for the 21st Century to be Tackled at TMS 2008

Energy, housing and recycling solutions for the 21st century are among the research topics that will be presented at the TMS 2008 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, March 9-13, in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. These topics are part of the “Materials and Society” vein of the meeting, which focuses on engineering solutions to some of society’s most perplexing problems.

17 Dec 2007

Coral Reefs Under Rapid Climate Change and Ocean Acidification

The largest living structures on Earth and the millions of livelihoods which depend upon them are at risk, the most definitive review yet of the impact of rising carbon emissions on coral reefs has concluded

14 Dec 2007

FPL and NASA Explores the Use of Large Scale Solar Technology in Florida

From charting a clean energy future to trailblazing on the space frontier, they are respected leaders. Now Florida Power & Light Company and National Aeronautic and Space Administration’s Kennedy Space Center (NASA-KSC) are teaming up to jointly explore developing renewable energy projects. FPL Group owns and operates the largest solar facility in the world and Florida Power & Light has the proven energy expertise in Florida. NASA has the top space science experts with extensive experience using solar technology in space. Together they hope to advance and deploy the use of large scale solar technology in Florida as early as 2008.

14 Dec 2007

Scientists Discover Another Reason Why Greenland's Ice is Melting

Scientists have discovered what they think may be another reason why Greenland 's ice is melting: a thin spot in Earth's crust is enabling underground magma to heat the ice.

13 Dec 2007

Understanding How Crude Oil Biodegrades Opens the Door to Clean-Burning Methane

An international team that includes University of Calgary scientists has shown how crude oil in oil deposits around the world - including in Alberta’s oil sands - are naturally broken down by microbes in the reservoir.

13 Dec 2007

New Carbon Calculator Benefiting Local People, Species and the Global Climate

A quick and cool way to help combat climate change is now available at www.conservation.org/carboncalculator.

13 Dec 2007

2007 Melt Extent on Greenland Ice Sheet Broke the 2005 Summer Melt Record

The 2007 melt extent on the Greenland ice sheet broke the 2005 summer melt record by 10 percent, making it the largest ever recorded there since satellite measurements began in 1979, according to a University of Colorado at Boulder climate scientist.

12 Dec 2007

New Model Explains How Plants and Soils Interact with Changing Atmosphere and Climate

Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a new model of global carbon and nitrogen cycling that will fundamentally transform the understanding of how plants and soils interact with a changing atmosphere and climate.

12 Dec 2007

Studies Predict Wetter Storms for the Arctic and Northern Hemisphere Due to Global Warming

While two new studies by researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder's Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences predict wetter storms for the Arctic and for the Northern Hemisphere because of global warming, whether or not this means more net precipitation depends on the latitude.

12 Dec 2007