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Coal - fuel of the future?14 Dec, 2009 04:38 pm Two pieces of news provide evidence of a fightback by coal. American Electric Power's Mountaineer plant in West Virginia is reporting significant success...2010 Cleantech Predictions10 Dec, 2009 01:58 pm My good friends over at Cleantech Group put out their 10 for 2010 cleantech predictions after Thanskgiving, and after our usual "webside" chats on the...United States Half Way to 2020 CO2 Goal3 Dec, 2009 09:47 am For the fifth consecutive year, EPA is reporting an increase in fuel efficiency with a corresponding decrease in average carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions..."Biofuels would be actually worse than conventional gasoline"1 Dec, 2009 10:27 am According to a new study titled "Indirect Emissions from Biofuels: How Important, published online in Science on October 22,..."A failure in the Copenhagen process would be devastating for any chances to achieve 450ppm"20 Nov, 2009 03:16 pm IEA Head Energy Efficiency & Environment Division Richard Bradley talks to Scitizen about the World Policy Conference, the World Energy Outlook 2009 and...Fuel Cell Trains15 Sep, 2009 02:23 pm NPR's excellent Science Friday series is one of my favorite sources. I just caught up with a recent segment on the development of hydrogen-powered trains...Can Solar Compete?3 Sep, 2009 05:32 pm In this month's briefing on low-carbon electricity technologies, MIT's Technology Review concluded[1] that while the cost of solar power has declined significantly...How Much Should We Leave in the Ground?9 Jun, 2009 02:48 pm Here are some estimates for how much fossil fuel we can use, and a call for a global moratorium on new prospecting.Tropical forests worth more standing8 Jun, 2009 01:57 pm A paper just published online in Conservation Letters by Venter and colleagues entitled Carbon payments as a safeguard for threatened tropical mammals...Storing Sunlight16 Mar, 2009 03:04 pm An article in MIT's Technology Review on a new liquid battery technology got me rethinking an assumption I've been making for some time concerning the...And now: the good news...4 Mar, 2009 10:02 am These days, media are flooded with news about falling national products. ?Strongest fall since the 1980s?, or ?since the 1930s?,...UK Scientists Compare Official G8 Proposals To Combat Climate Change With Real Carbon Cycle Data7 Nov, 2008 02:01 pm A few UK scientists have done a smart thing; they?ve combined the proposals of G8 policymakers for combating climate change with actual data on the status...Seeding the Ocean: a Discredited Strategy10 Dec, 2007 10:51 am New research indicates that the putative strategy of "seeding" the oceans with iron filings and other nutrients in an effort to cause blooms of phytoplankton...Do the World?s Oceans Take Up Less Carbon Dioxide?19 Nov, 2007 11:33 am The answer is: Yes, for the North Atlantic over the last decade.Kyoto Protocol, EU ETS and Determinants of CO2 Prices21 Sep, 2007 12:26 pm The Kyoto Protocol is the international response to climate change. By ratifying the Kyoto Protocol, industrialized countries make the commitment to reduce...Increase CO2 Levels Could Alter Rangelands31 Aug, 2007 03:41 pm Jack Morgan reports in this week issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that wide-open rangelands may become less common as shrubby...Climate Change Will Increase Pest Attacks on Soybeans26 Jul, 2007 02:44 pm Under natural field conditions, elevated [CO2] increased susceptibility of soybean to herbivory by the invasive species Japanese beetle and enhanced the...Scientists Hunting for Missing Carbon May Have Been Looking in the Wrong Place23 Jul, 2007 05:39 pm An analysis of airborne atmospheric carbon dioxide measurements has revealed that forests in northern mid- to upper-latitudes are removing much less carbon...?The Growth Rate in Chinese Emissions Has Been Incredible?13 Jul, 2007 04:46 pm Gregg Marland is an expert scientist on climate change, and he discusses the the findings by the Neatherlands Environmental Assessment Agency that show..."The Ocean Waters in The Southern Oceans Have Become Less Effective in Drawing Down Carbon Dioxide from The Atmosphere"8 Jun, 2007 04:14 pm The British Antarctic Survey has been conducting studies on the ocean's role as a natural carbon sink and how that role has been affected due to human...Alarming Acceleration in CO2 Emissions Worldwide23 May, 2007 06:27 pm Interview with Gregg Marland, co-author of a study recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showing that between 2000..."It is Almost Guaranteed That China Will Miss the 20% Target by 2010"21 May, 2007 01:04 pm A recent report issued by the International Energy Agency states that China could surpass the United States in CO2 emissions in the near future...Rising Atmospheric CO2 May Stimulate Microbes to Release Carbon and Offset Gains in Carbon Uptake by Plants2 Apr, 2007 11:21 pm Changes in the amount of carbon in soils can affect the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. In a four year forest experiment, elevated CO2 caused a loss carbon... |