New University of Colorado at Boulder calculations indicate the record low minimum extent of sea ice across the Arctic last September has a three-in-five chance of being shattered again in 2008 because of continued warming temperatures and a preponderance of younger, thinner ice.
With consumer interest in energy-efficient lighting growing rapidly, the next wave of mass-market residential and business lighting could be coming from LEDs - light-emitting diodes, also known as solid-state lighting.
MIT Professor Dara Entekhabi will lead the science team designing a NASA satellite mission to make global soil moisture and freeze/thaw measurements, data essential to the accuracy of weather forecasts and predictions of global carbon cycle and climate.
In America, and in most developed countries of the world, we buy and discard lots and lots of packaging. In the United States 10 percent - one of every 10 dollars we spend on purchases - goes toward the packaging that contains the things we buy.
A new study supported by Earthwatch, the international environmental charity, reveals that hurricanes and storms limit the ability of corals in Belize to recruit new coral into their communities.
Calling green building "the next evolution in residential construction," the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) told Congress today that the best way to help small home builders promote residential energy efficiency and sustainability technology in home construction is by extending tax incentives for new energy-efficient homes.
Discovery is gearing up to launch Planet Green, a 24-hour original programming eco-friendly television network.
As the world becomes more vigilant and active about key environmental issues, many industries have renewed commitments to green initiatives.
Many common household cleaners on the market may clean your home, but they also contain carcinogenic chemicals that can cause a variety of health and environmental problems. Among the most dangerous chemicals in everyday household cleaners, glycol-containing ethers are perhaps the most prevalent.
Data from faint earth tremors caused by wind-driven ocean waves-often dismissed as "background noise" at seismographic stations around the world-suggest extreme ocean storms have become more frequent over the past three decades, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the Seismological Society of America.
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