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World Can Avert Financial and Environmental Costs of Resource Depletion and Save Millions in Efficiency Gains – New UN Report Shows How

News - 5 Jun 2015

As the financial and environmental costs of resource depletion begin to affect economic growth worldwide, countries need to find ways to manage finite resources while meeting the needs of a growing...

Major Air Pollution Studies Help Understand Air Quality Over Metropolitan Areas

News - 4 Jul 2014

Two NASA aircraft are participating in field campaigns beginning this month in Colorado that will probe the factors leading to unhealthy air quality conditions and improve the ability to diagnose air...

Official Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Swine Waste-to-Energy Facility in North Carolina

News - 30 Jun 2014

The official ribbon cutting ceremony took place today at the Storms Hog Power (SHP) facility at the Storms Hog Farm near Bladenboro, North Carolina. The 600 kW facility is North Carolina’s...

New Report Analyzes Economic Risks of Climate Change in the United States

News - 25 Jun 2014

The American economy could face significant and widespread disruptions from climate change unless U.S. businesses and policymakers take immediate action to reduce climate risk, according to a new...

Cutting Down Emissions May Be the Perfect Option to Fight Global Warming

News - 2 Jun 2014

Forget about positioning giant mirrors in space to reduce the amount of sunlight being trapped in the earth's atmosphere or seeding clouds to reduce the amount of light entering earth's...

Hemp Announces Approval of Industrial Hemp Remediation and Biofuel Crop Analysis Program in Hawaii

News - 6 May 2014

Hemp, Inc. (HEMP) is pleased to publicize the signing of Senate Bill 2175 (Act 56) by Hawaii Governor, Neil Abercrombie to allow the state's University of Hawaii, College of Tropical Agriculture...

Study Shows Significant Reduction of Environmental Impact in Egg Production Over Past 50 Years

News - 27 Jan 2014

A new study published in Poultry Science shows that while U.S. egg production has increased over the past 50 years, the industry has also been able to significantly decrease its environmental...

Mobile DNA Extraction Kit Helps Haiti Compost Human Waste

News - 29 Oct 2013

What does the coastal community of Bolinas, California have in common with the impoverished island nation of Haiti? The surprising answer is a fledgling sanitation strategy whereby human waste is...

Stanford School of Earth Sciences Professors Named 2013 MacArthur Fellows

News - 26 Sep 2013

Two professors in the Stanford School of Earth Sciences – David Lobell, an associate professor of environmental Earth system science and Kevin Boyce, an associate professor of geological and...

Climate Change 10 Times Quicker Than in the Past 65 Million Years

News - 2 Aug 2013

The planet is undergoing one of the largest changes in climate since the dinosaurs went extinct. But what might be even more troubling for humans, plants and animals is the speed of the change....