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Solar Radiation Management May Help Offset Warming Effect of Greenhouses Gases

A vast majority of scientists believe that the Earth is warming at an unprecedented rate and that human activity is almost certainly the dominant cause. But on the topics of response and mitigation, there is far less consensus.

18 Nov 2014

Different Tillage Methods Provide Similar Carbon Sequestration Outcomes

Reducing or eliminating tillage is one of the farming practices most frequently touted to improve carbon sequestration in soil. A new study by INRA and Arvalis-Institut du Végétal turns this paradigm on its head. This study, the result of a rigorous experiment conducted in the Ile-de-France region, shows that after a period of 41 years, three tillage methods led to similar carbon sequestration outcomes. However, variations were apparent over time based on climate conditions.

18 Nov 2014

Coral Reef Systems Threatened Long Before Danger of Extinction

Leading coral reef scientists in Australia and the USA say there needs to be a new approach to protecting the future of marine ecosystems, with a shift away from the current focus on extinction threat.

18 Nov 2014

UCLA Methanol Processing Method Could Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Lower Production Costs

Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed a more efficient way to turn methanol into useful chemicals, such as liquid fuels, and that would also reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

17 Nov 2014

First Wind Commemorates Fifth Anniversary of Commercial Operations at Milford Wind I Project

First Wind, an independent U.S.-based renewable energy company, today commemorated the fifth anniversary of successful commercial operations of its Milford Wind I project, which spans Beaver and Millard Counties, Utah. Stretching through the desert in southern Utah just outside the town of Milford, in Beaver County, Milford Wind I consists of 97 operating wind turbines with a capacity of 204 megawatts (MW).

17 Nov 2014

Climate Change Conference to Discuss Challenges Facing Cities

With the impact of climate change becoming more and more uncomfortably obvious, UCLA researchers are focused on making Los Angeles a sustainable model for other cities. At a climate change conference on campus today, UCLA researchers and other speakers are discussing the challenges facing cities around the world.

17 Nov 2014

UPM Researchers Characterize Environmental, Health Risks from Mercury Usage in Artisanal Gold Mining

Researchers from the UPM have characterized the health risks derived from the usage of mercury in artisanal gold mining in Colombia through probabilistic models.

17 Nov 2014

Autonomous Buoy Helps Study Optical Properties and Thickness of Diminishing Arctic Sea Ice

Arctic sea ice has diminished significantly in recent decades, particularly in summer. Researchers from Norway and China have collaborated on developing an autonomous buoy with instruments that can more precisely measure the optical properties of Arctic sea ice while also taking measurements of ice thickness and temperature.

17 Nov 2014

New Energy Technologies Advances Breakthrough SolarWindow towards Commercialization

New Energy Technologies, Inc. (NENE), developer of see-through SolarWindow coatings, capable of generating electricity on glass and flexible plastics, today announced that engineers and scientists have achieved important technical milestones in the Company's bid to advance its first-of-its-kind technology towards market-ready, commercial products.

17 Nov 2014

Global Solar Tracker Market Forecast to Reach $2.14 Billion by 2020

The global solar tracker market is expected to reach USD 2.14 billion by 2020, according to a new study by Grand View Research, Inc. Solar photovoltaic (PV) technology dominated the solar tracking market accounting for over 49 % of the total installed capacity in 2013. Solar PV is employed for to minimize the angle of incidence between a PV panel and the incident sun rays.

14 Nov 2014

SolarCity’s New Agreement to Provide Solar Power to San Diego Navy Residences

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced today that Navy and Marine Corps housing units in the San Diego area will receive rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) systems through a purchase power agreement between Lincoln Military Housing and SolarCity.

14 Nov 2014

CLWA and SunPower Announce Completion of 3.5MW PV Solar Plant

In their ongoing efforts to provide "reliable quality water at a reasonable cost to the Santa Clarita Valley," Castaic Lake Water Agency (CLWA) and its retail division, the Santa Clarita Water Division (SCWD), are always looking for innovative and sustainable ways to reduce the cost of transporting, treating and storing water. To that end, CLWA and SunPower today announced the completion of a 3.5-megawatt (MW) photovoltaic solar plant.

14 Nov 2014

Gaelectric Officially Launches Dunbeg Wind Farm in Ireland

Gaelectric, the renewable energy and energy storage group, officially launches its £58 million Dunbeg Wind Farm, which is located between Limavady and Coleraine in Northern Ireland.

14 Nov 2014

Biodiversity Loss as Serious as Climate Change

The tremendous value of diverse ecosystems is often invisible to the naked eye. The Research Council of Norway is encouraging research activities that draw closer connections between climate and biodiversity.

14 Nov 2014

Novelis Plans to Produce Only High-Recycled Content evercan Aluminum Sheet by 2017

Novelis, the global leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, today announced a new commitment to convert all of its beverage can body sheet production to its evercan™ sheet, the world's first certified high-recycled content aluminum for beverage cans, by the end of 2017. Novelis President and CEO Phil Martens announced this new commitment today at JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s Chief Sustainability Officers Summit in New York.

14 Nov 2014