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Researcher Works to Bring Greener Gardens, Cleaner Waterways and Even Healthier Astroturf

Dan Brabander wants to put the green in – and take the lead out of – urban gardens. His focus is on environmental geochemistry and public health, has received funding from the U.S. EPA and has formed a partnership with Boston's Food Project, a nonprofit organization that helps foster organic urban gardens

22 Mar 2009

Loading the Seas With Carbon Dioxide Set to Create Ocean Based Ecological Disaster

The loading of carbon dioxide into oceans is a consequence of fossil fuel use that has only begun to be widely recognized as problematic in the past decade. Its subsequent effects on seawater chemistry have the potential to spread ecological disaster to a variety of industries dependent on the seas

22 Mar 2009

Neglected Water Treaty Revitalised

Delegates of 14 countries attending the World Water Forum tonight signed pledges of support to a growing call to bring into force a global water treaty that has languished in limbo for more than a decade as anxiety grows about the increased potential for conflict in a world increasingly short of water

22 Mar 2009

Researchers in Ghana Work to Create Biofuels From Native Tree Seeds

Kansas State University biologists are working with a researcher in Ghana to create biodiesel from the seeds of trees that are common and well adapted to the climate of northern Ghana

19 Mar 2009

London Seminar to Focus on the Use of Nanotechnology in Foods

The latest developments in nanotechnology and its potential for use in the food industry is the subject of a seminar on April 30 in London

17 Mar 2009

Nitrogen Loss From Forests Influenced by Tree Species Composition

Anyone who grows plants for food, fiber, or flowers, knows that nitrogen is crucial for healthy plant growth. But excess nitrogen that leaches from a forest can acidify the soils and streams and decrease water quality

16 Mar 2009

Climate Change is Affecting Life at Both Ends of the Antarctic Food Chain

New research using detailed satellite data indicates that the changing Antarctic climate is affecting not just the penguins at the apex of the food chain, but simultaneously the microscopic life that is the base of the ecosystem

16 Mar 2009

Microscopic Research Shows How Bacteria Breathe in Toxic Materials and Breathe Out Harmless Substances

Researchers are studying some common soil bacteria that "inhale" toxic metals and "exhale" them in a non-toxic form. The bacteria might one day be used to clean up toxic chemicals left over from nuclear weapons production decades ago

16 Mar 2009

Wild Ocean Wins Earthwatch 2009 Film Award

Earthwatch is pleased to announce that Wild Ocean, a production of Giant Screen Films and the creators of STOMP, is the recipient of its 23rd annual Film of the Year Award, given in cooperation with the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital and The Smithsonian Associate

16 Mar 2009

FRX Polymers Develops Environmentally Friendly, Flame Retardant Polymer

A technology developed by FRX Polymers, Inc. for producing engineering thermoplastics that are inherently flame retardant and environmentally friendly has received the first-place award in the Clean Technology Business Forum and Competition

15 Mar 2009