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Study Determines Importance of Denitrification in Patches of Shallow Groundwater

Even during summer dry spells, some isolated patches of soil in forested watersheds remain waterlogged. These patches act as hot spots of microbial activity that remove nitrogen from groundwater and return it to the atmosphere, researchers from several institutions, including Virginia Tech, report in a leading scientific journal.

4 Nov 2014

aQysta Named Europe’s Most Innovative Clean-Tech Venture

Climate-KIC, the EU’s main climate innovation initiative, has announced that Dutch start-up aQysta has been named Europe’s most innovative clean-tech venture by a jury of esteemed entrepreneurs, financiers and business people in its Europe-wide Venture Competition.

4 Nov 2014

Neglecting Linkages Between SLCFs and CO2 Overestimates Long-Term Climate Benefits

Targeting emissions of non-CO2 gases and air pollutants with climate effects might produce smaller benefits for long-term climate change than previously estimated, according to a new integrated study of the potential of air pollution and carbon dioxide mitigation.

4 Nov 2014

Reduction in Carbon Dioxide Emissions Definitely Needed to Address Global Warming

When fossil fuels are burned, other climate-forcing gases are produced in addition to long-lasting carbon dioxide. Diesel combustion in vehicles or coal in power plants creates soot particles, which also contribute to global warming, albeit only briefly as they disappear quickly from the atmosphere.

4 Nov 2014

Arctic Ocean Traps Far-Infrared Radiation That Could be Contributing to Polar Climate Warming

Scientists have identified a mechanism that could turn out to be a big contributor to warming in the Arctic region and melting sea ice.

4 Nov 2014

Thirdhand Smoke Continues to be Harmful Long after a Cigarette Has Been Extinguished

Ever walked into a hotel room and smelled old cigarette smoke? While the last smoker may have left the room hours or even days ago, the lingering odors—resulting from noxious residue that clings to walls, carpets, furniture, or dust particles—are thanks to thirdhand smoke.

4 Nov 2014

Market Outlook Report on Solar PV Power in India

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Solar PV Power in India, Market Outlook to 2025, Update 2014 - Capacity, Generation, Levelized Cost of Energy, Equipment Market, Regulations and Company Profiles" report to their offering.

3 Nov 2014

Ross Solar Group Completes Five Commercial Rooftop Solar Systems Totaling 660kW for Town of Stafford

The Ross Solar Group has completed five commercial rooftop solar systems for the Town of Stafford, Conn., totaling 660 kilowatts. Each system is expected to generate a large percent of the buildings' electricity needs on which it's installed and operating.

3 Nov 2014

Inexpensive Tidal Simulation Units Could Help Preserve, Restore Environmentally Important Tidal Wetlands

Rachel MacTavish is growing salt marsh plants in microcosms that replicate the tide. She assembled them in an outdoor greenhouse at the Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve in Georgia, USA, with buckets from a hardware store, aquarium tubing, and pumps. Her tidal simulation units could be an important tool for preserving and restoring environmentally important wetlands, because they enable researchers to investigate tidal marsh plant growth in a controlled setting.

3 Nov 2014

NPC Installs 2,280 Panel Solar Array on Cyanotech’s Microalgae Farm

Cyanotech Corporation, a global producer of effective, natural microalgae nutritional supplements, announced the installation of its new solar array by Neighborhood Power Company (NPC).

3 Nov 2014

UC Riverside Hosted Panel to Discuss Sustainability Issues of Salton Sea

Created by accident and once a popular tourist destination, the Salton Sea has been the receptacle for run-off of salt, fertilizers and pesticides from the nearly half a million acres of agricultural land that surrounds it. The Salton Sea Initiative at the University of California, Irvine is a multidisciplinary group investigating the sustainability challenges that face the Salton Sea region.

3 Nov 2014

Extreme Events in the Future Pose Hazards to NASA’s Mission, Infrastructure and Workforce

A new study in the latest issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society provides an in-depth look at how NASA facilities have been affected by climate extremes and climate change in recent years and how the agency is preparing for the future.

3 Nov 2014

Researchers Accurately Measure Concentrations of PCB Pollutants in Ice of Alpine Glacier

As glaciers increasingly melt in the wake of climate change, it is not only the landscape that is affected. Thawing glaciers also release many industrial pollutants stored in the ice into the environment.

3 Nov 2014

KREDL Awards 5 Solar PV Projects Totaling 150MW to SunEdison

SunEdison, Inc., a leading global solar technology manufacturer and provider of solar energy services, today announced that it has won 5 solar photovoltaic (PV) projects totaling 150 megawatts (MW) from Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Limited (KREDL) as announced by the Government of Karnataka.

31 Oct 2014

SolarWorld to Increase Annual Solar-Panel Production Capacity to 530MW

SolarWorld, the largest crystalline silicon solar producer in the Americas for nearly 40 years, announced that in 2015, it would add a solar-panel production line in Hillsboro to bring the panel-assembly factory’s capacity up to 530 megawatts (MW), expand advanced cell production capacity by 100 MW and add 200 jobs.

31 Oct 2014