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Puerto Rican Lizard Tolerates Temperature Variations Caused by Climate Change

One tropical lizard's tolerance to cold is stiffer than scientists had suspected.

27 Nov 2012

Active Bacteria Found in Salty, Dark, Cold, Isolated Ecosystem within Antarctic Ice

Shedding light on the limits of life in extreme environments, scientists have discovered abundant and diverse metabolically active bacteria in the brine of an Antarctic lake sealed under more than 65 feet of ice.

27 Nov 2012

Gene Manipulation Techniques Improve Properties of Biofuel Feedstocks

With increasing demands for sustainable energy, being able to cost-efficiently produce biofuels from plant biomass is more important than ever.

27 Nov 2012

Saltwater Algae Viable for Biofuels

The Algae Biomass Organization, the trade association for the U.S. algae industry today hailed the findings of a University of California at San Diego study that concludes, for the first time, that marine (saltwater) algae can be just as capable as freshwater algae in producing biofuels.

27 Nov 2012

Water Resources Are Becoming More Precious than Gold

Scientists at American Geophysical Union conference present new findings on a resource becoming more precious than gold

27 Nov 2012

Chameleon-Like Light Harvesting Process in Phytoplanktons Linked to Climate Change

An international team of biologists led by Indiana University's David M. Kehoe has identified both the enzyme and molecular mechanism critical for controlling a chameleon-like process that allows one of the world's most abundant ocean phytoplankton, once known as blue-green algae, to maximize light harvesting for photosynthesis.

27 Nov 2012

New Report Analyzes Italian Solar PV Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of GlobalData's new report "Solar PV in Italy, Market Outlook to 2025 - Capacity, Generation, Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), Investment Trends, Regulations and Company Profiles" to their offering.

From Research and Markets 26 Nov 2012

Plant-Microbial Fuel Cell Generates Clean Energy from Marshlands

An unexpected source of new, clean energy has been found: the Plant-Microbial Fuel Cell that can generate electricity from the natural interaction between living plant roots and soil bacteria. The technique already works on a small scale and will soon be applied in larger marshland areas throughout the world.

23 Nov 2012

Consumers Energy's $250M Lake Winds Energy Park Begins Operation

Consumers Energy's $250 million Lake Winds Energy Park began serving electric customers today with a formal declaration that it has begun commercial operation.

23 Nov 2012

Global Fuel Ethanol Market to Reach $98.5B by 2017

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Growth Opportunities in the Global Fuel Ethanol Market 2012-2017: Trends, Forecast and Market Share Analysis" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 23 Nov 2012

Resolute Forest Products Plans to Build Industrial Wood Pellet Plant in Thunder Bay, Ontario

Resolute Forest Products today announced plans to build an industrial wood pellet plant that will convert a currently underutilized residual material into a reliable source of renewable energy. Construction of the plant is expected to begin shortly and is scheduled for completion in 2014. The Company has signed a ten-year agreement to supply Ontario Power Generation with 45,000 metric tons of pellets annually.

23 Nov 2012

Hydro Ottawa Acquires Three Chaudière Falls Hydroelectric Plants from Domtar

Hydro Ottawa has completed the purchase, first announced in June 2012, of three hydroelectric plants and a 38.3 percent interest in the Ring Dam and remaining water rights at Chaudière Falls from Domtar Corporation for $46 million.

23 Nov 2012

Holiday Tips on Lightening Environmental Footprint

For many Americans, the holiday season is the happiest time of year—but it can also be the most wasteful. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Americans generate approximately 25 percent more waste—an extra million tons—between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day.

23 Nov 2012

Elemo Program Delivers Preliminary Results on Pollution in Lake Geneva

One year after the MIR submersibles dove into the depths of Lake Geneva, the elemo program is delivering its first scientific results. And with the support of Ferring Pharmaceuticals, the operation will be extended with a campaign to make observations above the lake surface from a sensor-packed ultralight aircraft. The same experiments are planned above Lake Baikal in Russia.

22 Nov 2012

State of the West Symposium Discusses Impact of Climate Change

Intense heat. Disappearing snowpack. We know that the environment of the American West is going to be hard-hit by climate change. Rising temperatures aren't good if you're, say, a delicate salmon egg or a mountain yellow-legged frog. But these changes also carry consequences for the region's economy.

22 Nov 2012