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Software Quantifies Carbon Sequestration of Urban Trees

U.S. Forest Service scientists are providing online software that can show users how much carbon dioxide an urban tree in California has sequestered in its lifetime and the past year

9 Dec 2008

Environmentally Friendly Economic Stimulus Package to be Presented to Barack Obama Congress

The Nature Conservancy released a "green" economic stimulus package today, advocating for the funds to restore ecosystems, initiate green infrastructure construction, and create much-needed jobs in the process

9 Dec 2008

Ozone Pollution To Stunt Tree Growth

Modern day concentrations of ground level ozone pollution are decreasing the growth of trees in the northern and temperate mid-latitudes

9 Dec 2008

Unifying Concept of Movement Ecology Gets Scientific Recognition

Movement ecology has achieved significant international recognition. Movement ecology is a developing academic pursuit, combining expertise in a variety of fields, including biology, ecology, botany, environmental science, physics, mathematics, virology and others

9 Dec 2008

World Leading Wave Power Comes From Dissertation

A technology that is adapted to the special conditions for wave energy places the wave energy technology from Uppsala on the absolute cutting edge in the world

9 Dec 2008

Including Tropical Deforestation Carbon Emissions In Climate Change Regulations Not Enough to Save Rainforests

Including carbon emissions from tropical deforestation in a future international climate regime will not suffice to protect the world's remaining tropical forests from expanding palm oil plantations

9 Dec 2008

Scottish Climate Change Bill to be World Leader

The newly published Scottish Climate Change Bill has the potential to become a world leading piece of legislation if it receives cross-party backing from Scottish MPs

9 Dec 2008

Carbon Dioxide Found on a Planet Outside Our Solar System

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star. This is an important step along the trail of finding the chemical biotracers of extraterrestrial life, as we know it

9 Dec 2008

Hurricane Proof Homes to Battle Climate Change Head On

Home foundations and frames built of a lightweight composite material that may bend - but won't break - in a hurricane and can simply float on the rising tide of a storm's coastal surge

9 Dec 2008

Chi-Chang Kao Appointed Director of Joint Photon Sciences Institute at DoE Brookhaven Lab

Chi-Chang Kao, a physicist and leader in synchrotron light research, has been named founding Director of the Joint Photon Sciences Institute (JPSI) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory

9 Dec 2008

Young People Choosing Cars Over Green Transport Options

Young people find the prospect of driving cars more attractive than other modes of travel that are kinder to the environment, according to research conducted by a researcher at the University of the West of England

8 Dec 2008

Chemical Contamination in School Air May Be Making Your Child Sick

This morning USA TODAY released their study of schools where the outside air poses an unacceptable health risk from chemical contamination to young children and school staff

8 Dec 2008

Fair Weather Clouds Helping With Climate Change Predictions

Research at the Delft University of Technology has led to better understanding of clouds, the unknown quantity in current climate models

8 Dec 2008

Ener1 to Develop Batteries for Hybrid Electric Buses

Ener1, Inc. today announced a cooperative partnership to develop high-energy batteries for hybrid bus and heavy duty vehicle markets

8 Dec 2008

When Choosing a Christmas Tree, Take a Moment to Think About the Environment

Christmas trees come in many shapes and sizes - and materials - real or fake. Depending on which tree you choose this Christmas, the impact on the environment may be large or small

8 Dec 2008