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Tropical Rabbitfish Pose a Major Threat to the Mediterranean Ecosystem

The tropical rabbitfish which have devastated algal forests in the eastern Mediterranean Sea pose a major threat to the entire Mediterranean basin if their distribution continues to expand as the climate warms, a new study warns.

22 Sep 2014

High Level of Microplastic Pollution in St. Lawrence River

Previously undocumented in North American rivers, concentrations of microplastic particles in the St. Lawrence are as high as has been observed in the world’s most contaminated marine sediments.

22 Sep 2014

Iowa State Engineers to Study High-Strength Concrete for Taller Wind Turbine Towers

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded Iowa State engineers $1 million to study how high-strength concrete can be used to build taller wind turbine towers.

19 Sep 2014

DTE Energy Dedicates Echo Wind Park in Huron County

DTE Energy's Echo Wind Park has reached commercial operation and company officials celebrated its dedication today in the shadow of one of 70 wind turbines in the park.

From DTE Energy 19 Sep 2014

Xinwei to Purchase and Develop 19MW of DG Solar Power Projects in Shouguang Province

SPI Solar, a vertically-integrated photovoltaic solar developer, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Xinyu Xinwei New Energy Co., Ltd., has signed an agreement to purchase and develop approximately 19 megawatts of distributed generation solar power projects in Shouguang, Shandong Province, China via the acquisition of a special purpose vehicle that owns the rights to such projects.

19 Sep 2014

Cornell Snyder Road Solar Farm Goes Live

Procuring the sun’s vital energy, Cornell has electrifying news: The Cornell Snyder Road Solar Farm – teeming with 6,778 freshly installed photovoltaic panels on an 11-acre plot that adjoins the Tompkins County Regional Airport – is set to go live Sept. 19.

19 Sep 2014

USGBC Awards LEED Gold Certification to Vanderbilt’s New Warren and Moore Colleges

The new Warren and Moore Colleges, which include the Kissam Center, has received a LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. LEED—Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design—is a certification program that sets the standard for environmentally responsible construction in the United States.

19 Sep 2014

Urban Development Linked to Modal Split in Commuting

According to a study by the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country, to achieve a sustainable model, not only does the offer of public transport need to be improved, citizen demand for mobility also needs to be managed.

19 Sep 2014

Pioneering Research on Producing Liquid Fuels from Biorenewable Sources

After graduating from Northern Kentucky University with bachelor’s degrees in chemistry and accounting, Allen Morris decided to pursue graduate studies at the University of Wyoming for two primary reasons: the Rocky Mountain lifestyle, and an attractive stipend from UW’s School of Energy Resources (SER).

18 Sep 2014

Climate Change May Expand Cropland in Northern High Latitudes and Reduce in Tropical Regions

Climate change may expand suitable cropland, particularly in the Northern high latitudes, but tropical regions may becoming decreasingly suitable, according to a study published September 17, 2014 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Florian Zabel from Ludwig Maximilians University, Germany and colleagues.

18 Sep 2014

Sandia National Laboratories Helps American Wind Turbine Blade Producers Improve Labor Productivity

Sandia National Laboratories is helping makers of wind turbine blades improve the labor productivity associated with blade fabrication and finishing. This improved productivity makes domestic blades more cost competitive with blades from countries that pay workers lower wages.

18 Sep 2014

Cree’s Mini CXA HD Punch Wins 2014 Lighting for Tomorrow Award for Solid State Lighting Design

Cree, Inc. has won the 2014 Lighting for Tomorrow Award for Solid State Lighting design in the directional lighting category with the Mini CXA HD Punch, a groundbreaking concept design that redefines what can be accomplished with LED lighting by achieving 100-watt PAR38 performance in the size of an MR11.

From WOLFSPEED, INC 18 Sep 2014

Coal Combustion Behind China’s Record High Particulate Air Pollution in Winter 2013

At the beginning of 2013 a greyish-brown blanket of smog lay over large areas of China for several months. The fine particle pollution was higher by 1 to 2 orders of magnitude than the levels normally measured in Western Europe and the United States.

18 Sep 2014

New Perspective of Earth's Climate Records

A recent study of the global carbon cycle offers a new perspective of Earth's climate records through time. Scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science suggest that one of the current methods for interpreting ancient changes in the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and oceans may need to be re-evaluated.

18 Sep 2014

NASA Conducting Airborne Campaigns to Study Impact of Rising Temperatures on the Arctic

Over the past few decades, average global temperatures have been on the rise, and this warming is happening two to three times faster in the Arctic. As the region’s summer comes to a close, NASA is hard at work studying how rising temperatures are affecting the Arctic.

17 Sep 2014