Biodegradable Plastics Made From Waste Cooking Oil With Aid from Bacteria
Waste cooking oil could be used to make better bioplastics, according to researchers participating at the Society for General Microbiology's Autumn Conference at the...
2 Reasons Why White Cars Are Environmentally-Friendlier Than Black Cars
Today I realized something I already knew, but didn't pay importance to: black cars drink more fuel than lighter-colored ones, and this is something...
Huge Amounts of Methane Stored Under Melting Antarctic Ice Sheet, Scientists Warn
A paper published today in the journal Nature by scientists from various universities around the world warns that the methane trapped under the Antarctic...
Wind-Carried Pollutant Particles Concentrate In Unexpected Patterns in Cities
Pollutant particles prefer to accumulate in specific regions in cities and form coherent structures, a team of researchers at the Arizona State University in...
Marine Cloud Brightening: Shooting Saltwater at The Sky to Reduce Warming
Scientists have long thought using ships to shoot saltwater into the sky to form clouds that in turn have to ability to reflect sunlight...
Arctic Ice Extent to Hit Record Low by End of August 2012
The Arctic sea ice, one of the most important markers in the evolution of climate change, is about to hit a new record low...
Live Green, Die Green: Meet the Resomator, The Ultimate Way of Getting Cremated
If you lived green, then you've got to die green. And if you want to die green, then you've totally got to check this...
Los Angeles Pollution Levels Dropped 98% Since 1960s
A study funded by the NOAA has recently claimed that the volatile organic compounds (VOC) in the Los Angeles Basin have dropped immensely over...
New Pathway for Atmospheric Formation of Sulfuric Acid Discovered
Researchers from two universities discovered a new sunlight-independent pathway for the formation of sulfuric acid in the atmosphere. Sulfuric acid is known to have...
Diseased Trees Producing Highly Concentrated Methane, Study Finds
You may have never imagined that sick trees, attacked by a common methane-producing fungus are responsible for 10 percent of the potent greenhouse gas...
