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Fish Get Anxious When Exposed to Acidified Ocean Conditions

A new research study combining marine physiology, neuroscience, pharmacology and behavioral psychology has revealed a surprising outcome from increases of carbon dioxide uptake in the oceans: anxious fish.

5 Dec 2013

Rapid Regional Climate Changes Had Occurred with a Time Difference of 120 Years

Regional climate changes can be very rapid. A German-British team of geoscientists now reports that such a rapid climate change occurred in different regions with a time difference of 120 years. Investigation in the west German Eifel region and in southern Norway demonstrated that at the end of the last glaciation about 12,240 years before present climate became warmer, first recognised in the Eifel region and 120 years later in southern Norway. Nonetheless, the warming was equally rapid in both regions.

5 Dec 2013

SunEdison and New York City Launch Innovative Solar Energy Project

SunEdison, one of the world's largest solar energy providers, last week introduced an innovative renewable energy project in partnership with America's largest city.

5 Dec 2013

Pollutec Horizons 2013: Ontario Clean Technology Alliance Invites Global Investments

As Canada enjoys a $350 billion “infrastructure supercycle” over the next five years, the Ontario Clean Technology Alliance – a collective of regional and municipal economic development organizations across Ontario – is attending Pollutec Horizons 2013 in Paris.

5 Dec 2013

Uniflare and Allison Engineering Introduce New Micro-biological Desulphurisation System at the Cory Waste Management Site

The commissioning of a new cost-saving micro-biological desulphurisation system at the Cory Waste Management site in Weston-super-Mare is the result of a successful collaboration between Uniflare, the Warwickshire based environmental technology specialists and Allison Engineering.

4 Dec 2013

Geochemistry Researchers Provide Benchmarks for Monitoring Shale Gas Pollution

As a result of the fracking revolution, North America has overtaken Saudi Arabia as the world's largest producer of oil and gas. This, despite endless protests from environmentalists. But does drilling for natural gas really cause pollution levels to skyrocket?

4 Dec 2013

Highly Efficient Design of Novel Thermoelectronic Generator

Through a process known as thermionic conversion, heat energy -- such as light from the sun or heat from burned fossil fuels -- can be converted into electricity with very high efficiency. Because of its promise, researchers have been trying for more than half a century to develop a practical thermionic generator, with little luck. That luck may soon change, thanks to a new design -- dubbed a thermoelectronic generator -- described in AIP Publishing's Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy (JRSE).

4 Dec 2013

Penn State Researchers Report Companies Can Switch to Wood Boilers for Heat and Power

Some companies could economically convert their operations to wood boilers for heat and power, according to a team of forestry researchers.

4 Dec 2013

Report Calls for Development of Early Warning System to Counter Abrupt Climate Change

Climate change has increased concern over possible large and rapid changes in the physical climate system, which includes the Earth's atmosphere, land surfaces, and oceans. Some of these changes could occur within a few decades or even years, leaving little time for society and ecosystems to adapt.

4 Dec 2013

Plos One Calls for Papers on Response to Climate Change

PLOS ONE publishes "Assessing Dangerous Climate Change: Required Reductions of Carbon Emissions to Protect Young People, Future Generations and Nature" from James Hansen and colleagues, and announces call for papers on responses to climate change:

4 Dec 2013

Toshiba to Enter Solar Power Business and Work with Leading German Real Estate Company

Toshiba Corporation today announced that the company will enter the solar power business in Germany with a new on-site consumption model for apartment buildings. It will initiate the business in March next year after installing systems in apartment buildings in Villingen-Schwenningen and Ostfildern, in Baden-Wuerttemberg, operated by GAGFAH, Germany’s largest real-estate company.

4 Dec 2013

Researchers to Uncover the Minute Workings of Photosynthetic Protein, Photosystem II

With support from the Photosynthetic Systems Division at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), researchers in the School of Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are expanding a successful research program to uncover the minute workings of the photosynthetic protein, Photosystem II. The high-impact research, led by professor K.V. Lakshmi, seeks to adapt photosynthesis for artificial use as an abundant source of renewable energy.

4 Dec 2013

UC Researchers Report Fishing Impacts Coral Reef Health

In the first global assessment of its kind, a science team led by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has produced a landmark report on the impact of fishing on a group of fish known to protect the health of coral reefs. The report, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B (Biological Sciences), offers key data for setting management and conservation targets to protect and preserve fragile coral reefs.

4 Dec 2013

IDTechEx Forecasts Significant Increase in Electric Vehicles Market by 2023

The total global gross value market for electric vehicles will reach US$334 Billion within the decade, from a current value of US$69 Billion, forecast analysts IDTechEx. This will primarily consist of large or very heavy duty vehicles, neither of which is primarily bought on up-front price. These military, industrial and commercial vehicles are evenly split between on-road and off-road types, but with a multi-billion dollar marine sector coming up fast.

4 Dec 2013

Government of Ontario Indicates Wind Energy to Significantly Contribute to Ontario’s Electricity Demand

The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) is pleased the Government of Ontario has today indicated that wind energy will make an important contribution to Ontario's limited, short-term needs for new electricity supply. As part of the Long-Term Energy Plan update announced today, the Ontario Government will request proposals for the supply of 600 megawatts of new, clean wind energy over the next two years.

3 Dec 2013