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Spruce Forest Mushrooms Slowing Climate Change in Northern Forests

The fight against climate warming has an unexpected ally in mushrooms growing in dry spruce forests covering Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia and other northern regions, a new University of California, Irvine study finds

3 Nov 2008

Making Diesel Using a Rainforest Fungus

A unique fungus that makes diesel compounds has been discovered living in trees in the rainforest

3 Nov 2008

More Research Required to Understand What is Happening to the Greenland Ice Cap

The Greenland ice cap has been a focal point of recent climate change research because it is much more exposed to immediate global warming than the larger Antarctic ice sheet. Yet while the southern Greenland ice cap has been melting, it is still not clear how much this is contributing to rising sea levels, and much further research is needed

3 Nov 2008

Electronic Mouse Trap Is a Power Tool for Controlling Rodents

Victor introduces the latest innovation in rodent control. The Victor Multi-Kill Electronic Mouse Trap is the fastest, easiest, most effective rodent control solution available

3 Nov 2008

AirGenerate Conducts an Efficient Water Heater Pilot Program With One of the Largest Utility Companies

AirGenerate, makers of AirTap™, today announced they successfully conducted a heat pump water heater pilot program with Southern Company. The pilot was conducted over a 2-week period last month and included customers from Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi

3 Nov 2008

Green and Sustainable Building Education from Environmental Center

Sustainable building practices let the Bellevue, WA Environmental Education Center blend with the surrounding environment it aims to teach about

3 Nov 2008

Project to Save the Endangered Tasmanian Devil From Extinction

University of Adelaide zoologist Dr Jeremy Austin will lead a national project to help save the endangered Tasmanian devil from extinction

3 Nov 2008

Changing the Face of Solar Power With Coating that Boosts the Amount of Captured Solar Energy

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered and demonstrated a new method for overcoming two major hurdles facing solar energy. By developing a new antireflective coating that boosts the amount of sunlight captured by solar panels and allows those panels to absorb the entire solar spectrum from nearly any angle

3 Nov 2008

Volvo Environment Prize Winner Says Financial Markets Can Learn From Ecosystems and Climate Crisis

Politicians and policy-makers all over the world struggle to stabilize the global financial system. But perhaps regulations and command-and-control won’t do much good. Instead, governments should take a closer look at the research on resilience – the capacity of an eco-system to cope with shock and then rebuild and renew itself

3 Nov 2008