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Scientists Use Salts to Turn Carbohydrates into Biofuels

Scientists have used imidazolium salts (IMSs) to convert carbohydrates into versatile chemical compounds for biofuel production

1 Dec 2008

Threat to Wilkins Ice Shelf

New rifts have developed on the Wilkins Ice Shelf that could lead to the opening of the ice bridge that has been preventing the ice shelf from disintegrating and breaking away from the Antarctic Peninsula

30 Nov 2008

Global Warming Greenhouse Gas Saved Ancient Earth From Becoming Ice Ball

The planet's present day greenhouse scourge, carbon dioxide, may have played a vital role in helping ancient Earth to escape from complete glaciation, say scientists

30 Nov 2008

Counting and Cutting CO2 Emissions With WWF Travel Helper

WWF and Swiss firm routeRANK have launched an online European travel planner designed to help fight climate change

27 Nov 2008

Forests and People at Risk From Climate Change Crisis

Unless immediate action is taken, climate change could have a devastating effect on the world's forests and the nearly 1 billion people who depend on them for their livelihoods, warned a leading group of forest scientists in a report to be released next week

27 Nov 2008

Sea Levels To Rise Even Faster Than Expected

Even warming of less than 2 C might be enough to trigger the loss of Arctic sea ice and the meltdown of the Greenland Ice Sheet, causing global sea levels to rise by several metres

26 Nov 2008

Cave Bears Wiped Out by Climate Change

Enormous cave bears, Ursus spelaeus, that once inhabited a large swathe of Europe, from Spain to the Urals, died out 27,800 years ago, around 13 millennia earlier than was previously believed, scientists have reported

25 Nov 2008

National Wooden Pallet and Container Association Say Environmental Principles of National Forest Foundation President are for Sale

According to National Wooden Pallet and Container Association, the principles of the president of the National Forest Foundation (NFF) Bill Possiel are clearly for sale to the highest donor. The evidence of this is his recent misinformation campaign promoting the use of plastic pallets over wood

25 Nov 2008

Cleantech Called the Sixth Technology Revolution by Merrill Lynch Research

Energy concerns will not disappear despite the falling price of oil, so investors can expect significant long-term opportunities in the cleantech space, according to a new thematic report published by Steven Milunovich, Merrill Lynch Cleantech Strategist

25 Nov 2008