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Study Finds Miscanthus as Ideal Ethanol Source Compared to Switchgrass and Stover

A recent study simulated a side-by-side comparison of the yields and costs of producing ethanol using miscanthus, switchgrass, and corn stover. The fast-growing energy grass miscanthus was the clear winner. Models predict that miscanthus will have higher yield and profit, particularly when grown in poor-quality soil. It also outperformed corn stover and switchgrass in its ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

5 Mar 2015

Natural Gas-Powered Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Could Increase Power Reliability, Reduce Carbon Emissions

Large facilities like big box stores or hospitals could keep the lights on by using a fuel cell that runs off the natural gas that already flows in pipelines below most city streets.

5 Mar 2015

New Patented Technology Could Significantly Reduce Pollution Worldwide

A new provisionally patented technology from a New Mexico State University researcher could revolutionize carbon dioxide capture and have a significant impact on reducing pollution worldwide.

5 Mar 2015

Traffic-Related Air Pollution Slows Cognitive Development among School Children

Attendance at schools exposed to high levels of traffic-related air pollution is linked to slower cognitive development among 7-10-year-old children in Barcelona, according to a study published by Jordi Sunyer and colleagues from the Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Spain, published in this week's PLOS Medicine.

5 Mar 2015

New Technique Could Help Generate More Sustainable Biofuels

Researchers at the Institute of Food Research have developed a new way of rapidly screening yeasts that could help produce more sustainable biofuels.

5 Mar 2015

Climate Change Has Negative Impact on Patients' Health

The American Thoracic Society has published the results of a survey of the ATS membership on climate change which found that the majority of ATS members believe that climate change is real and that it is having a negative impact on the health of the patients that they care for.

5 Mar 2015

Significant Water Vapor in Smog Comes from Fossil-Fuel Combustion

The chemical signature of water vapor emitted by combustion sources such as vehicles and furnaces has been found in the smoggy winter inversions that often choke Salt Lake City. The discovery may give researchers a new tool to track down the sources of pollutants and climate-changing carbon dioxide gas.

4 Mar 2015

Climate Change Could Worsen Impact of Pollution on Wildlife

The impact of pollution on wildlife could be made dramatically worse by climate change according to a new study published today in the journal PNAS.

4 Mar 2015

Climate Change Leads to More Frequent Drought in California

California has experienced more frequent drought years in the last two decades than it has in the past several centuries. That observed uptick is primarily the result of rising temperatures in the region, which have climbed to record highs as a result of climate change, Stanford scientists say.

4 Mar 2015

Plant-Eating Insects May Reduce Ability of Forests to Take up Elevated Levels of Carbon Dioxide

In a high carbon dioxide world, the trees would come out ahead. Except for the munching bugs.

4 Mar 2015

Manmade Climate Change Could Have Stoked Record Drought and Propelled Syrian Uprising

A new study says a record drought that ravaged Syria in 2006-2010 was likely stoked by ongoing manmade climate change, and that the drought may have helped propel the 2011 Syrian uprising.

4 Mar 2015

Rare Historic Records Help Understand Climate Change Response of Woodland Trees and Flowers

Rare historic records of the changing seasons are helping scientists better understand how woodland trees and flowers are responding to climate change.

4 Mar 2015

Conservation Organizations Must Be Bolder in Adaptation Efforts to Address Extent of Ecological Changes

Nature is on the move. As the impacts of climate change reveal themselves, species and ecosystems are moving in response. This poses a fundamental challenge to conservation organizations--how do you conserve something that won't stay still?

4 Mar 2015

Extensive Global Changes in Leaf Phenology May Have Significant Ecological Consequences

Extensive worldwide changes in the timing of leaf activity over the past few decades--which may have significant ecological and atmospheric consequences--have been revealed by a University of Otago, New Zealand research team analyzing satellite data from 1980 - 2012.

3 Mar 2015

NTU Singapore Students Earn Honors at Shell Eco-Marathon Asia

Students from Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) have done Singapore proud by coming in first in two categories at this year’s Shell Eco-marathon Asia, a competition for fuel efficiency and innovation.

3 Mar 2015