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Heriot-Watt University Professor Gives Climate Change Adaptation Seminars in Mexico

Professor Hamish Mair from the School of Life Sciences recently visited the Universidad Autonoma de Campeche and Universidad Autonoma del Carmen in Mexico. As part of his visit, he gave four days of seminars on climate change adaptation.

19 Aug 2013

New Analysis of European Scrap Metal & Waste Recycling Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Scrap Metal & Waste Recycling (European)" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 19 Aug 2013

Colorado Residents Recycle Over 154,000 Pounds of Electronic Devices at Mile High Event

Approximately 1,300 Colorado residents recycled more than 154,000 pounds of electronic devices on Sunday, Aug. 11, at the Mile High Electronics Recycling Event hosted by Arrow Electronics Inc. in partnership with Comcast, the City and County of Denver Public Works/Denver Recycles and Sports Authority Field at Mile High.

19 Aug 2013

NASA Changes Pollution-Climate Science Flights Media Day to Aug. 22

NASA has changed the day for a behind-the-scenes look at the agency's airborne campaign to study how storm systems combine with air pollution from wildfires and other sources to affect our climate. NASA now will host its pollution-climate science flights media day from 1-3 p.m. CDT on Thursday, Aug. 22, in Houston.

19 Aug 2013

Distributed Sun and PwC US to Co-Host Solar Network Summit 2013

Distributed Sun LLC (D-SUN), a leading innovator in solar development and finance, today announced the inaugural Solar Network Summit. The summit, co-hosted by PwC US, will be held in Washington, DC, on October 8-9, at the landmark House of Sweden on the Georgetown waterfront.

17 Aug 2013

India e-Waste Recycle Market Revenue Potential Expected to Double by 2018

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "India Electronic Waste Recycle Market Opportunity Analysis" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 17 Aug 2013

Sierra Lists Three UC Campuses on Top 10 Coolest Schools Ranking for Green Buildings

How cool is UC? Well, three campuses just made the top 10 of Sierra magazine's Coolest Schools ranking, and nine campuses were included in its list of 162 greenest universities in the country for 2013.

17 Aug 2013

Novel Rechargeable Flow Battery Holds Promise for Large-Scale Energy Storage

MIT researchers have engineered a new rechargeable flow battery that doesn’t rely on expensive membranes to generate and store electricity. The device, they say, may one day enable cheaper, large-scale energy storage.

By Jennifer Chu 17 Aug 2013

NASA Science Mission to Measure and Forecast Air Quality from Space

A multi-year NASA science mission soon will be airborne over Houston to help scientists measure and forecast air quality from space.

17 Aug 2013

New Thermo-Chemical Process Holds Promise for Phosphate Fertilizer Extraction from Sewage Sludge

Researchers from the Plant Nutrition Group at ETH Zurich have been evaluating methods to develop an efficient and environmental friendly phosphate fertilizer from sewage sludge ashes. A new thermo-chemical process that extracts heavy metals could be the answer.

16 Aug 2013

Distinctive Chemistries Help Track Mountaintop Mining Pollution

Three elements commonly found at elevated levels in an Appalachian river polluted by runoff from mountaintop coal mining have distinctive chemistries that can be traced back to their source, according to a Duke University-led study.

16 Aug 2013

Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell Tactical Electrical Power Unit Cuts Fuel Consumption

Technology developed for tactical generators under an Office of Naval Research (ONR) program recently demonstrated the ability to cut fuel use nearly in half compared to diesel systems currently powering forward-operating bases.

16 Aug 2013

Terrestrial Ecosystems Absorb Less Carbon Dioxide Due to Extreme Climate Events

When the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere rises, the Earth not only heats up, but extreme weather events, such as lengthy droughts, heat waves, heavy rain and violent storms, may become more frequent.

16 Aug 2013

Antarctic Warming May Have Begun Much Earlier Than Previously Thought

For more than a century scientists have known that Earth’s ice ages are caused by the wobbling of the planet’s orbit, which changes its orientation to the sun and affects the amount of sunlight reaching higher latitudes, particularly the polar regions.

16 Aug 2013

First fully mobile, autonomous and sustainable Solar Electric Vehicle Charging Station to Launch

Envision Solar International today have announced the completion of the world's first fully autonomous, mobile, renewable, electic charging station, and is now ready for shipping.

15 Aug 2013