Carbon Dioxide Emissions Reach Record High, IEA Reports

Carbon dioxide emission hit a record high on a global scale as has been reported by the International Energy Agency (IEA), according to 2011...

CSR Plans to Create World’s Cleanest (and Oldest) Passenger Locomotive

It sometimes looks like you can never get away from nostalgia. It comes back to you in newer, more complex forms, just as it’s...

Sea Sponges Could Be Used to Detect Climate Change and Water Pollution

Kuo Yang and Susanne Zeile, guided by Prof. Wei Zhang discovered that sea sponges can tell whether they've suffered changes because of climate change...

Americans Considering a Smaller, Fuel-Efficient Car as Their Next

Among the key factors that the Americans will consider when buying their next car is fuel economy, according to a recent Consumer Reports survey. As...

Coastal Seagrasses Store Two Times More Carbon Than Forests

Although they're easily ignored, seagrasses have been found to be one of the greatest carbon sinks on the planet. The study, published in Nature...

Computer Simulation Reveals Global Warming Scenario for 2050

A piece of software written specially for running on home computers in a widely-distributed worldwide network has performed about 10,000 simulations regarding the climate...

EV Battery Maker A123 Dropping Fast, Funding Needed

There are sharp declines in the financial position of lithium-ion battery manufacturer A123 Systems, fanning in a lot of heat on this 10-year-old company...

Brothers Build Abu Dhabi’s First Viable Recycling Service

Apparently, the United Arab Emirates have a problem with recycling: even if you, as a simple citizen, were to have this initiative, it would...

Americans Willing to Pay Extra for Clean Energy, Study Says

Barack Obama’s January 2011 State of the Union address called for a National Clean Energy Standard (NCES) that would target having 80% of all...

Shocking USGS Image Shows How Much Potable Water We Actually Have Available

The USGS (United States Geological Survey) has published a post on their water-related website that shows an amazing 3D rendering of actually how much...