New Carbon Tracing Technique to Improve Global Climate Models
New computer models, based on photosynthesis and respiration data from dogwood trees, can improve the accuracy of climate change predictions. This is the conclusion...
Phosphine-Functionalized Resins Capturing Gold From Wastewater
The extraction of toxic but valuable metals such as nickel, chromium, lead, and mercury, from wastewaters produced in various industries such as semiconductor and...
Natural Gas Production Methane Emissions Study to be Completed in January
The general public may be only be familiar with carbon-dioxide as a greenhouse gas , but GHGs include many more gases, including naturally...
Biofuel Companies Miss the Point, Turn to Natural Gas
What is the point of biofuels development, except to eliminate carbon-dioxide emissions? Basically speaking, biofuels emit the same amount of CO2 during combustion...
Cool Planet’s New Process Yields Cheap Carbon-Negative Biogasoline
Most of the emphasis of biofuel synthesis has been on carbon-neutral programs. Put simply, the amount of carbon-dioxide removed from the atmosphere, by...
Animal Manure Renourishes Post-Mining Landscapes
Compost pitting has been a customary practice of cultivating soil. Recently, a study of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has proven that this method...
Fisker Automotive Seeks to Delay A123’s Bankruptcy Proceedings
Electrified vehicles, including variations of electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles , all have two things in common, an electric motor and a...
Reducing Climate Change Using Geo-engineering Technology
This week, at the MIT Technology Review’s annual EmTech conference, Professor David Keith said that the only way to reduce the risk of climate...
Improvements in Energy Efficiency Are Able to Battle Climate Change, Study Claims
Nature Climate Change just published a report which contains striking statistics about energy generating technologies. Research conducted by scientists at Tyndall Centre for Climate...
Audi Could Drop Its EV Program, Too
Electric Vehicles may be doomed to boutique dealers and eccentric owners, if this pattern of manufacturers' dropping EVs continues on its current track....
