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First Buoy To Monitor Ocean Acidification Launched
Anchorage AK (SPX) Jun 13, 2007The first buoy to monitor ocean acidification has been launched in the Gulf of Alaska. Attached to the 10-foot-diameter buoy are sensors to measure climate indicators. Acidification is a result of carbon dioxide absorbed by the seas. "The instruments will measure the air-sea exchange of carbon dioxide, oxygen and nitrogen gas in addition to the pH, a measure of ocean acidity, of the surface wate ... more ESA Satellite Guides Polar Explorers Across Disintegrating Sea Ice 
Paris, France (ESA) Jun 13, 2007Two Belgian explorers currently nearing the end of a staggering 2 000 km trek across the Arctic Ocean were recently guided through hazardous conditions using observations from Envisat, as sea ice in the Lincoln Sea began to break up unexpectedly. Throughout the Arctic Arc expedition, which marks the International Polar Year, Alan Hubert and Dixie Dansercoer have been collecting snow-depth data f ... more Phosphate Does A Body Good 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jun 13, 2007Life can be found nearly everywhere on our planet, but in a sense it has struggled to survive throughout Earth's history. One often-cited estimate says 99 percent of all life forms that ever existed have gone extinct. Individual species extinctions can be chalked up to the limitations of an organism, but mass extinctions involve the loss of many different species at the same time. Scientists thi ... more New Oak Ridge Theory Aims To Explain Recent Temperature And Climate Extremes 
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Jun 13, 2007Using an ocean of data, sophisticated mathematical models and supercomputing resources, researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are putting climate models to the test with particular focus on weather extremes. Ultimately, the new methodology developed by Auroop Ganguly and colleagues could help determine to what extent there is a connection between human activity ... more Chinese Premier Wants Action On Taihu Lake Pollution 
Shanghai (AFP) June 12, 2007Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has demanded action after a pollution crisis in China's third-largest lake led to the contamination of drinking water for millions, state press said Tuesday. "The pollution of Taihu Lake has sounded the alarm for us," various media outlets quoted Wen as telling an environmental meeting held by China's cabinet on Monday. He asked the participants, including offici ... more |
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Bangkok (AFP) June 12, 2007Thailand's largest energy utility said Tuesday it will invest six billion dollars to build the country's first nuclear power plant, expected to start operations in 2020. The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) said it planned to build the nuclear plant to produce 4,000 Megawatts of electricity as part of the nation's long-term energy planning to cope with a looming power shortage ... more Prairie Cordgrass For Cellulosic Ethanol Production 
Brookings SD (SPX) Jun 13, 2007South Dakota State University researchers have won a major federal grant to help them map the genes of prairie cordgrass, a native grass that could be used to make cellulosic ethanol. Assistant professor Jose Gonzalez in SDSU's Department of Plant Science leads a team that has received $420,000 to study prairie cordgrass over a two-year period starting Aug. 1. The study is one of 11 projec ... more National RPS Energy Rules Key To Fixing Flaws Arising From A Jumble Of State Policies 
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 13, 2007"Will the proposed National Renewable Portfolio raise or lower average electricity prices?" "Will a national standard prevent price gouging and "gaming" between states?" "Can electric utilities save money by supporting a national renewable energy policy?" The Network for New Energy Choices addresses these and many other questions in "Renewing America," an empirically rigorous study of how carefu ... more Tech Titans Campaign For Energy-Efficient Computers 
San Francisco (AFP) June 12, 2007Internet-age technology giants on Tuesday joined environmentalists in a campaign to dramatically cut the amount of electricity wasted by computers. Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Intel and IBM are among more than two dozen firms and organizations behind Climate Savers Computing Initiative, a drive to cut greenhouse gas emissions with more energy-efficient computers and components. "Today, the a ... more Thousands Of Protestors Rally Against Indonesian Nuclear Plant 
Jakarta (AFP) June 12, 2007Thousands of protestors rallied Tuesday in Indonesia's Central Java, calling on the government to abandon plans to build a nuclear power plant on the outskirts of their city, organisers said. The government, under increasing pressure to improve energy supplies to the world's fourth most populous nation, plans to built its first plant on the foothills of Mount Muria, a dormant volcano on the nort ... more |
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Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 12, 2007Humans have yet to see Earth's center, as did the characters in Jules Verne's science fiction classic, "Journey to the Center of the Earth." But a new NASA study proposes a novel technique to pinpoint more precisely the location of Earth's center of mass and how it moves through space. Knowing the location of the center of mass, determined using measurements from sites on Earth's surface, ... more A Crop Containment Strategy For GM Farms 
New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Jun 11, 2007Plant geneticists at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, may have solved one of the fundamental problems in genetically engineered or modified (GM or GMO) crop agriculture: genes leaking into the environment. In a recent paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Rutgers Professor Pal Maliga and research associate Zora Svab advocate an alternative and more se ... more US Loses Landmark Supreme Court Environmental Case 
Washington (AFP) June 11, 2007The US government must foot the bill for environmental clean-up costs paid voluntarily by a company hired on a federal contract, the Supreme Court ruled Monday. In a ruling that could expose the government to billions in claims, the nation's top court found in favor of Atlantic Research, which in the 1980s built rocket motors for the Pentagon at an Arkansas facility. Atlantic Research volu ... more Study Predicts Grim Future For European Seas 
Plymouth, UK (SPX) Jun 11, 2007Their models developed during a 2.5M euro EU-funded research project have predicted dire consequences for the sea unless European countries take urgent action to prevent further damage from current and emerging patterns of development. The project coordinator, Professor Laurence Mee, Director of the Marine Institute at the University of Plymouth said "Europeans are just beginning to wake up to t ... more New Orleans Levee Report Completed 
Austin TX (SPX) Jun 11, 2007A report that recommends steps to reduce hurricane damage in New Orleans was released by an expert engineering panel of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The 84-page report, "The New Orleans Hurricane Protection System: What Went Wrong and Why," targets the public and policymakers, and complements and synthesizes the thousands of pages released so far by the U.S. Army Corps of Engi ... more
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