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Study Results Help Assess Potential Impacts of Ocean Acidification

Next to global warming, ocean acidification is currently considered as the second major carbon dioxide problem. With the increase of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere larger quantities of the gas are getting into the seawater, too. There it forms carbonic acid, which lowers the pH value of the oceans.

24 Feb 2015

Study Reveals Importance of Diversity of Species that Attack and Eat Parasite

Biodiversity, including small predators such as dragonflies and other aquatic bugs that attack and consume parasites, may improve the health of amphibians, according to a team of researchers. Amphibians have experienced marked declines in the wild around the world in recent decades, the team added.

24 Feb 2015

Limetec Group Exhibits Eco-Efficient Building Products at National Self Build & Renovation Centre

Sustainable building systems company Limetec Group has become a permanent exhibitor at the National Self Build & Renovation Centre in Swindon, providing an opportunity for visitors to learn about its eco-efficient building products and solutions.

24 Feb 2015

Southern Power Acquires Two PV Solar Projects Totaling 99MW in Georgia

Southern Company subsidiary Southern Power today announced the acquisition of two photovoltaic (PV) solar projects totaling 99 megawatts (MW) in Georgia – the 80-MW Decatur Parkway Solar Project and the 19-MW Decatur County Solar Project – from Tradewind Energy, Inc.

23 Feb 2015

Scientists Quantify how the Greenland Ice Sheet Reacted to Past Warming

A team of scientists lead by Danish geologist Nicolaj Krog Larsen have managed to quantify how the Greenland Ice Sheet reacted to a warm period 8,000-5,000 years ago. Back then temperatures were 2-4 degrees C warmer than present. Their results have just been published in the scientific journal Geology, and are important as we are rapidly closing in on similar temperatures.

23 Feb 2015

Climate Change Affects Flow of Organic Pollutants and May Affect the Marine Ecosystem

Regional climate change models predict an increased freshwater runoff into the Baltic Sea. This will result in increased inflow of terrestrial dissolved organic carbon.

23 Feb 2015

Concrete Measures to Boost Production of Renewable Energy in Norway

The Norwegian energy supply can be sustainable by 2030, according to new research. Politicians simply have to keep their promises.

23 Feb 2015

Olkaria Geothermal Power Plant in Kenya Commences Commercial Operation

Toshiba Corporation today announced that the Olkaria Geothermal Power Plant, Kenya’s largest geothermal power complex, has started commercial operation. The official opening ceremony was held at the site on February 19, in the presence of President Uhuru Kenyatta and government officials.

23 Feb 2015

Researchers Study High Power Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Switches as Part of MMPSiC Project

The objective of the new cooperation project “MMPSiC” is to significantly enhance the efficiency of power supplies for industrial processes and, hence, to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emission.

23 Feb 2015

NPL Adapts Innovative Fuel Cell Reference Electrode for use in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Water Electrolysers

Scientists from the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have developed a novel reference electrode, and are working with hydrogen energy system manufacturer ITM Power to aid the development of hydrogen production technologies for renewable energy storage.

23 Feb 2015

Researchers Develop More Efficient Bio-Battery with Inorganic Components

UBC microbiologist J. Thomas Beatty, bioengineer John Madden and chemist Curtis Berlinguette are working across disciplines to develop a new generation of solar cells. Their inspiration? Mother nature.

23 Feb 2015

Corals May Be Better Equipped to Tolerate Climate Change

Corals may be better equipped to tolerate climate change than previously believed, according to research led by Dr Emma Kennedy from Griffith University (Queensland, Australia).

23 Feb 2015

Extreme Weather from Climate Change will Affect World's Wheat Production

A recent study involving Kansas State University researchers finds that in the coming decades at least one-quarter of the world's wheat production will be lost to extreme weather from climate change if no adaptive measures are taken.

23 Feb 2015

Global Warming May Increase Ocean Current Upwelling and Cause Major Changes in Marine Biodiversity

A report to be published Thursday in the journal Nature suggests that global warming may increase upwelling in several ocean current systems around the world by the end of this century, especially at high latitudes, and will cause major changes in marine biodiversity.

20 Feb 2015

Climate Change May Influence Geographic Distribution of Marine Biodiversity

By the end of the 21st century, climate change will significantly alter an important oceanographic process that regulates the productivity of fisheries and marine ecosystems, Northeastern researchers report in a new paper in published online Wednesday in the journal Nature. These changes are likely to influence the geographic distribution of marine biodiversity.

20 Feb 2015