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Essential Biodiversity Variables Used to Analyse Gaps Between Policy Objectives and Available Data

Reporting under policy instruments to inform on the trends in biodiversity requires information from a range of different elements of biodiversity, from genetically viable populations to the structure of ecosystems. A new research looks into the Essential Biodiversity Variables as an analytic framework to identify ways in which gaps between biodiversity data and policy reporting needs could be bridged. The study was published in the Journal of Applied Ecology.

6 Apr 2015

Algae Grown on Wastewater also Removes Nitrates and Phosphorous

In one of the first studies to examine the potential for using municipal wastewater as a feedstock for algae-based biofuels, Rice University scientists found they could easily grow high-value strains of oil-rich algae while simultaneously removing more than 90 percent of nitrates and more than 50 percent of phosphorous from wastewater.

6 Apr 2015

Inexpensive, Environmentally Beneficial Solar Cooling System to Maintain Food

Maintaining food in places where high temperatures prevail, using little energy at a low cost, it is now possible with Mexican technology, thanks to the creation of a solar cooling system designed by Susana Elvia Toledo Flores.

6 Apr 2015

Poultry Diet Instead of Beef May Help Reduce Impact on the Climate

Beef on our plates is one of the biggest climate villains, but that does not mean we have to adopt a vegan diet to reach climate goals. Research results from Chalmers University of Technology show that adopting a diet in which the protein derives from poultry is a smart and inexpensive way to reduce our impact on the climate.

3 Apr 2015

Steroids Used on Livestock Affect Sexual Behaviours of Fish

A common growth-promoting hormone used worldwide in the cattle industry has been found to affect the sexual behaviours of fish at a very low concentration in waterways – with potentially serious ecological and evolutionary consequences.

3 Apr 2015

Oxygen Depletion, Hydrogen Sulphide Poisoning of the Ocean May Have Contributed to End-Triassic Mass Extinction

Changes in the biochemical balance of the ocean were a crucial factor in the end-Triassic mass extinction, during which half of all plant, animal and marine life on Earth perished, according to new research involving the University of Southampton.

3 Apr 2015

Diminishing Waste is the Main Advantage of Implementing Sustainable Development

Diminishing or eliminating of waste is the main advantage of implementing sustainable development in business. It enables recycling, efficient usage of natural resources, allows businesses to save funds and improve life quality.

3 Apr 2015

Computer Game Helps Experience and Explore Complexities of Sustainable Fishing

A new and innovative computer game has been developed that allows players to experience and explore the complexities of sustainable fishing. The game has been used as an interactive stakeholder communication measure by the EC-funded SOCIOEC project, an initiative that was dedicated to investigating the socio economic effects of fisheries management measures of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).

3 Apr 2015

Children Measure Air Pollution During Daily Commute to School

A group of schoolchildren from Oasis Academy Brightstowe in Bristol have been utilising Ashtead Technology’s air quality monitors to measure air pollution during their daily commute to school.

3 Apr 2015

CITyFiED Project Aims to Find Most Efficient Route to Achieving Near Zero Energy Districts

Making substantial reductions in energy demand, green house gas emissions and incorporating renewable technologies at district and city level is a tricky task. A new community of cities is discovering real solutions with real impact as part of the CITyFiED project

2 Apr 2015

Rapid Agricultural Expansion Could Cause Rapid Further Losses of Biodiversity

Humanity’s use of land for agricultural production has come at a cost to local ecosystems worldwide, but some of the damage can be reversed, according to a major collaborative research project from the Natural History Museum, United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), and British universities.

2 Apr 2015

New Data About Northern and Arctic Climate Needed to Understand Climate Change

Novel data from the Artic and The North is needed to understand the changing climate. European, Russian and Chinese scientific leaders and researchers in climate issues gathered only recently in Helsinki, Finland for a conference on the Pan-Eurasian Experiment (PEEX).

2 Apr 2015

Apex Clean Energy Places 130 Wind Turbine Order for Kay Wind Project with Siemens

Siemens has been awarded an order from Apex Clean Energy to supply, support installation and provide long-term service for 130 wind turbines for the Kay Wind project to be located in Kay County, Oklahoma, approximately two hours north of Oklahoma City.

2 Apr 2015

Flowers Bloom Earlier When the Sweet Spot for Seeds Comes Earlier Due to Climate Change

Scientists at the John Innes Centre have discovered why the first buds of spring come increasingly earlier as the climate changes.

2 Apr 2015

Soil Organic Matter May Be Much More Vulnerable to Climate Change than Suspected

Soil organic matter, long thought to be a semi-permanent storehouse for ancient carbon, may be much more vulnerable to climate change than previously thought.

2 Apr 2015