With over 7 billion people on the planet and global resources being depleted like never before, the world’s population may be in trouble.
As population growth continues to explode, food requirements are steadily rising and the number of annual droughts...
By utilizing historical records, scientists have demonstrated that climate change may have a very devastating effect on Myanmar’s already endangered elephants. In fact, elephants are far less resilient than popularly thought and even the slightest temperature change may wipe...
Hydrogen vehicles are more than just a dream that won't die, but are getting closer to production than ever before. Hydrogen just could be the perfect fuel, and advances in production of hydrogen as well as hydrogen fuel cell...
Fresh water is a dwindling resource in many lands, and in order to conserve what is available, many governments have put strict limits on water usage, from lawn-watering regulations to water-saving building codes. What this is really about is...
When looking at satellite photos of the earth taken at night, it is easy to see urban areas as brights spots in a sea of black. Rural areas barely even register on these night shots. The reason for this...
A study published in Nature Climate Change last week reveals that human activity in major cities has a direct influence on temperature across thousands of miles.
Activities in the metropolitan areas affect major atmospheric systems and either warm or cool...
The Greek economic crisis has been a widely discussed topic and has affected quite a few economies worldwide over the past few years. But looking on the bright side of the situation, the crisis has also led to a...
A study by scientists at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, UK shows evidence that pension funds might be affected by 2050 due to environmental problems such as water shortage, atmospheric pollution and climate change.
The report entitled “Save our planet,...
Researchers at Northwestern University published a paper entitled “Highly Efficient Light-Trapping Structure Design Inspired by Natural Evolution,” in the journal Nature earlier this month, showing that single-crystal silicon solar cells do not have to be as expensive as they...
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) developed an electrolyte, which has the potential to boost the energy storage capacity of lithium-ion batteries, while being safer than these on Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner.
Although the reason for the fire on the...
