CAN GEOTHERMAL ENERGY PICK UP REAL STEAM?

Geotermal energy.

COMPARING PHOSPHORUS MOBILIZATION STRATEGIES USING ASPERGILLUS NIGER FOR THE MINERAL DISSOLUTION OF THREE PHOSPHATE ROCKS

Phosphorus deficiencies are limiting crop production in agricultural soils worldwide....

RESEARCHERS DISCOVER POTENTIAL SOLUTIONDS TO NEW ENGLAND ROADSIDE EROSION

Erosion is a significant problem...

CAN BEDDING PLANTS THRIVE WITH RECYCLED WATER?

To conserve dwindling water resources...

ENHANCING BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN FIXATION (BNF) OF LEGUMINOUS CROPS GROWN ON DEGRADADED SOILS IN UGANDA,RUANDA AND TANZANIA

Characterize inheritance of biologic nitrogen fixation in dry beans...

PHOSPHATE RECOVERY

Projects on phosphate recovery.

IMPROVING NITROGEN USE EFFICIENCY LESSENS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

Most agricultural crops require large quantities of nitrogen-rich fertilizers...

COASTAL ZONES AND SEA LEVEL RISE

Coastal zones are particularly vulnerable to climate variability and change....

UNESCO AND GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

Climate change is an issue...

3RD SYMPOSIUM ON ENVIRONMENTAL WEEDS & INVASIVE PLANTS (INTRACTABLE WEEDS AND PLANT INVADERS)

12 to 16 September,2011

Ticino,Switzerland

FOLLOWING THE FORESIGHT PROJECT ON GLOBAL AND FARMING FUTURES - NEX STEPS FOR POLICY

31 March 2011

London,United Kingdom

FREAK WEATHER COULD HAVE BEEN PREDICTED

The year was a busy year for meteorologists,...

2010 REVIEW OF GREEN TECHNOLOGIES

From electric cars to solar-powered planes...

INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF CHEMISTRY(IYC)

The International Year of Chemistry is ready to take off in 2011.

HIGH NITROGEN FERTILIZERS TESTED ON POST-TRANSPLANT ORNAMENTALS

...According to the researchers ,...the treatment induced magnesium deficiency in both species,...

NEW BIOSPHERE RESERVES 2010

Photo gallery.

KEW AND MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN ANNOUNCE THE COMPLETION OF THE PLANT LIST

This landmark international resource...

PROTECTING BIODIVERSITY,PROTECTING FORESTS

FORESTS 2011.

PREDICTING THE WORLD'S NEXT WATER POLLUTION DISASTER

From mining messes...

INNOVATION IN THE FOOD CHAIN

16 June 2011

London,United Kingdom

PICASSO $106.5 MILLION NUD BEATS GIACOMETTI,CHINESE VASE IN TOP 10 SALES

The value of the world's most expensive...

RICE PRICES JUMP

Rice futures rose...

NOBLE ENERGY ANNOUNCES SIGNIFICANT DISCOVERY AT LEVIATHAN OFFSHORE ISRAEL

Natural gas.

CLIMATE CHANGE TAINTS A GOOD CUPPA FROM THE TEA GARDENS OF ASSAM

Climate change is affecting the cultivation of Assam tea....

CARBON SEQUESTRATION

MIT Energy Initiative.

PAPER MULCHES EVALUATED FOR COMMERCIAL VEGETABLE PRODUCTION

Polyethylene mulches, used widely in commercial vegetable production...

SOOT PROBLEMS AFFECTING WORLD'S WEATHER

Soot.

THE ROLE OF EMERGING COUNTRIES IN GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY

Global food insecurity remains a serious problem....

WILL ELECTRIC VEHICLES FINALLY SUCCEED?

A new wave of plug-in hybrids...

DUST SHATTERS LIKE GLASS:SEVERAL TIMES MORE DUST PARTICLES IN ATMOSPHERE THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT

Clues to future climate...

FINEST CHOCOLATE MAY GET BETTER:CACAO TREE GENOME SEQUENCED

...The trees are now also seen as an environmentaly crop...

LASCAUX,70 ANS APRÈS

Lascaux.

GLOBAL RIVERS EMIT THREE TIMES IPCC ESTIMATES OF GREENHOUSE GAS NITROUS OXIDE

Nitrous oxide.

SCIENCE SERVICE

The Commons

Galeria de Smithsonian Institution

SOLAR ENERGY IN SPAIN

Spain forges ahead with plans to build concentrating solar power plants,...

PHOSPHORUS RECOVERY FROM WASTE AND PROCESS WATERS

Today's elimination turns into tomorrow's recovery.

POTASSIUM (K+) GRADIENTS SERVE AS A MOBILE ENERGY SOURCE IN PLANT VASCULAR TISSUES

The essential mineral nutrient potassium...

ADAPTING NORTH AMERICAN WHEAT PRODUCTION TO CLIMATIC CHALLENGES,1839-2009

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...

TEAM OVERCOMES MAJOR OBSTACLES TO CELLULOSIC BIOFUEL PRODUCTION

A newly engineered yeast strain...

GLOBAL PROSPECTS ROOT IN SOIL SCIENCE

The biosphere,our fragile and exquisite home,...

PERIODIC TABLE GETS SOME FLEX

Committee's revisions...

ENZYME COCKTAIL COULD ELIMINATE A STEP IN BIOFUEL PROCESS

Conversion of biomass to fuel...

CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER

Concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies...

LAND DEGRADATION AMONG CHINA 'S FOOD SUPPLY CHALLENGES

While China has made great economic and social progress...

ASIA-PACIFIC EXPORTS AND IMPORTS GROW AT ROBUST PACE

Powered by China,...

LAS RENOVABLES BATEN OTRA MARCA Y YA CUBREN EL 35% DE LA ELECTRICIDAD

España se convierte en 2010...

UN COUP DE FROID EN PLEIN RÉCHAUFFEMENT

Porquoi...

WHY BIODIVERSITY LOSS AND CLIMATE CHANGE ARE EQUAL THREATS

Since the Rio Earth Summit in 1992,...

MARTIFER FAZ PARCERIA COM SANTANDER BRASIL EM 4 PARQUES EÓLICOS

A Martifer...na região Nordeste do Brasil...

MINERAL DUST AROUND THE SAHARA - FROM SOURCE TO SINK

Natural mineral dust has manifold environmental effects...

SOUTH AFRICA FORMALLY INVITED TO JOIN BRIC

South Africa announced  Friday...

METHANE HYDRATE-BEARING SEEPS AS A SOURCE OF AGED DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON TO THE OCEANS

Maritime sediments...

AMAZON BASIN FACTS

...The Amazon rain forest occupies 40 percent of Brazil's total geographical area....

STRAWBERRY GENOME SEQUENCED

An international research consortium...

INTRODUTION TO PHOSPHATE RECYCLING

Each of us releases around 1.5 grammes of phosphorus per day...

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT HAILS NEW MOMENTUM FOR GLOBAL ANTI-POVERTY GOALS

Poverty.

INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF FORESTS 2011

Forests 2011.

BEST OF POP QUIZ 2010

Pop quiz.

AN AWARD-WINNING YEAR FOR SCIENCE

2010 was a banner year for science news and also...

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO...?

Nature looks back on a selection of last year's news stories to find out what happened next.

NEW SOLAR-FUEL MACHINE 'MIMICS PLANT LIFE'

The machine uses the Sun's rays and a metal oxide...

PHOSPHORUS RECOVERY FROM WASTE WATER CONTINUALLY IMPROVING

Researchers are becoming more proficient in recovering phosphorus from waste water....

INVASIVE SPECIES LIE IN WAIT,STRIKE AFTER DECADES

Animal and plants introduced from foreign habitat...

COMPONENT IN COMMON DAIRY FOODSMAY CUT DIABETES RISK

Scientists of the Harvard School of Public Health...

CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE

Food security and climate change...

UNH SCIENTISTS HELP SHOW POTENT GHG EMISSIONS ARE 3 TIMES ESTIMATED LEVELS

In a study published December 20 in the Proceedings of the National Academy Sciences(PNAS),...

PESQUISADOR ESTUDA UTILIZAÇÃO DE SEMICONDUTORES ORGÂNICOS PARA PRODUÇÃO DE ENERGIA LIMPA

AMBIENTEBRASIL.

FAT'S CHANCE AS A RENEWABLE DIESEL FUEL

Giant meat company...

RENEWABLE POWER RISES BY A FIFTH

More than a quarter of electricity generated in Scotland...

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY

Research in Germany.

2010 GALLERY:IMAGES OF THE YEAR

From volcanoes to graphene - and more.

2010:THE YEAR IN WHICH...

A round-up of the top science news stories of the past 12 months.

FOTCIENCIA 8

Fotciencia 8

BRAZIL TO STEP UP CRACKDOWN ON 'BIOPIRACY' IN 2011

Brazil plans to expand a crackdown on companies...

PHOSPHORUS - BASED LIFE

Extraterrestrial life based on the element phosphorus...

COOKIES THAT ARE GOOD FOR YOUR HEART,THANKS TO OLEIC ACID BOOST

Years of research has proven...

IRON DUST HELP OCEANS TO FIX NITROGEN

Winds blowing from the Sahara Desert in Africa to the Atlantic Ocean...

PHOSPHATE ROCK

Mineral Information Institute.

SCIENCE ADVISOR TO THE US EPA TO SPEAK TO INDUSTRY ACADEMIC LEADERS

A researcher known widely for his grounbreaking work...

UN CONVENTION TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION PHOTO CONTEST 2009

The UNCCD international photo contest 2009...

L'ASSEMBLÉE GÉNÉRALE DE L'ONU CRÉE UN GIEC DE LA BIODIVERSITÉ

L'Assemblée générale des Nations unies...

PARIS PLANCHE POUR INTERDIRE DES SECTEURS AUX VOITURES LES PLUS POLLUANTES

L'agglomération parisienne...

SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE

PNAS has launched a new section...

WEIRD AND WONDERFUL PLANT AND FUNGAL DISCOVERIES OF 2010

As the UN's International Year of Biodiversity...

ARE CHLORINE ATOMS SIGNIFICANT TROPOSPHERIC FREE RADICALS?

Free radicals drive chemical reactions in the atmosphere....

STUDY ON WHY WHOLE ORANGE IS BETTER THAN COMPONENTS

...The popular stocking stuffer is known for its vitamin C...

HYDROGEN SULFIDE

...Occurs naturally in the environment...

THIRD CARBON SEQUESTRATION ATLAS

Estimates up to 5,700 years of CO2 storage potential in U. S. and portions of Canada.

FROZEN GROUND DATA CENTER

Permafrost and seasonally frozen ground regions...

AGRICULTURE OUTLOOK EUROPE

21 to 23 June 2011

London,United Kingdom

FERNANDO GIL INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 2011

The creation of the Fernando Gil International Prize...

FREE RADICALS GOOD FOR YOU? BANNED HERBICIDES MAKES WORMS LIVE LONGER

It sounds like science fiction...

SULFUR DIOXIDE

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM SHIPPING

Maritime transport causes about 4% of  global man-made CO2 emissions...

DODDS CONTRIBUTE TO NEW NATIONAL STUDY ON NITROGEN WATER POLLUTION

A Kansas State University professor...

OCEAN ACIDIFICATION CHANGES NITROGEN CYCLE IN WORLD SEAS

Increasing acidity in the sea'waters...

RAPIDLY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ARE INNOVATION CHAMPIONS

Top emerging economies...

ONU PEDE A PAÍSES REDUÇÕES DE CO2 PARA CUMPRIR META DE CANCÚN

..."Todos os países,mas em especial os industrializados,...

MISTLETOE FOUND IN MOZAMBIQUE IN 2010

A mistletoe that grows...

GENERAL MOTORS LAUNCHES NEW ELECTRIC HYBRID CAR IN US

Chevrolet Volt is first extended-range electric vehicle...

RAPID SUBMARINE MELTING OF THE CALVING FACES OF WEST GREENLAND GLACIERS

Widespread glacier acceleration...

SEDIMENTARY AND MINERAL DUST SOURCES OF DISSOLVED IRON TO THE WORLD OCEAN

Analysis of a global compilation...

RESEARCH TEST NEW IDEAS TO ENHANCE EFFICIENCY OF WIND TURBINES

Wind turbines.

BAN URGES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO POOL RESOURCES TO FIGHT POVERTY

Poverty.

A NEW REPORT FOCUSES ON FARMLAND IN THE BATTLE AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE ,FOOD SECURITY

The twin battles to improve food security...

ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH - OVERVIEW

Thr Mission of Rothamsted Research...

EMISSIONS OF OZONE PRECURSORS

Assessment published Oct 2010.

'GREEN GENES' IN YEAST MAY BOOST BIOFUEL PRODUCTION BY INCREASING STRESS TOLERANCE

An effort to increase biofuel production...

AGRIGENOMICS CONGRESS

30 June to 1 July 2011

Hamburg,United States

NEW THREAT TO GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY AS PHOSPHATE SUPPLIES BECOME INCREASINGLY SCARCE

A new report from the Soil Association reveals that supplies of phosphate rock are running out faster than previously thought....

THE MINERAL FERTILIZERS INDUSTRY WORLDWIDE 2010-2015

...For potash in particular there has been much activity, with over 50 projects underway in 15 countries...

POLLUTION ET REMÉDIATION ENVIRONNEMENTALE

Un collaboration franco-chinoise en chemin.

APRÈS UN DEMI-SIÈCLE DE CROISSANCE CONTINUE,POURQUOI LES RENDEMENTS DU BLÉ STAGNENT-ILS EN FRANCE

Au cours des deux dernière decénnies,...

L'INRA DE COLMAR AU COEUR DU DIALOGUE SCIENCE- SOCIÉTÉ

L'essai en champ de porte-greffes transgéniques de vigne.

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF PHOSPHATE DETERGENT CONFLICT

Phosphate detergent.

RESEARCHERS IMPROVE EFFICIENCY OF LOW-COST SOLAR CELLS

As part of the recent progress in improving solar cells for widespread use,...

SHRUBBY CROPS CAN HELP FUEL AFRICA'S GREEN REVOLUTION

Crop diversification with shrubby legumes...

WIND TURBINES HELP CROPS BY CHANNELING BENEFICIAL BREEZES OVER NEARBY PLANTS

Wind turbines in Midwestern farm fields...

II INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON AGRICULTURAL AND AGROINDUSTRIAL WASTE MANAGEMENT (SIGERA)

15 to 17 March 2011

Foz do Iguaçu,Parana,Brazil

MARCO CATALÃO

"Agro Negócio".

OS MEUS PAPÉIS

"E a mim,uma das coisas que me vai custar a deixar são os meus papéis".

Raul Brandão

WIND POWERING AMERICA

80-Meter Wind Maps and Wind Resource Potential.

PARIS TO INTRODUCE SELF-SERVICE ELECTRIC CAR SCHEME

Electric car.

LISBOA:VISTAS NOCTURNAS

The Commons

Biblioteca de Arte - Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

MALASPINA 2010 Y LA CIENCIA COOPERATIVA

Expedición Malaspina.

2.8-MEGAWATT FUEL CELL TO ANCHOR ENERGY INNOVATION PARK

...to turn waste methane gas...

HOW PLANTS COUNTERACT AGAINST THE SHADE OF LARGER NEIGHBORS

Plants that "lose the battle" during competitiveness for light...

ELEVATED ZINC CONCENTRATIONS IN COLORADO WATERWAY LIKELY A RESULT OF CLIMATE CHANGE

Rising concentrations of zinc...

XCELL ENERGY AND SUNEDISON BREAK GROUND ON SOLAR DEPLOYMENT IN NEW MEXICO

Community leaders and renewable developers...

NEW RESEARCH LOOKS AT PATHOGENIC ATTACKS ON HOST PLANTS

Two Kansas State University researchers focusing on rice genetics...

EFFICIENT PHOSPHORUS USE BY PHYTOPLANKTON

...However,they also need other nutrients such as phosphorus which is chronically scarse in many ocean regions....

AVE MADRID-VALENCIA

Madrid-Valencia.

MITOPENCOURSEWARE

Massachusetts Institute of Technonogy.

LES APPROCHES ÉCONOMIQUES DE LA SÉCURITÉ ALIMENTAIRE

Conférence organisée...

CORN PRODUCTION - IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY

University research and extension...

'HEALTHIER' GRAINS PRODUCT OF RESEARCH COLABORATION

Four of Australia's leading research institutions...

GERMAN DOCTORS DECLARE "CURE" IN HIV PATIENT

AIDS virus.

MUSEU NACIONAL DE ARTE ANTIGA,LISBOA,PORTUGAL

The Commons

Biblioteca de Arte - Fundação Calouste  Gulbenkian

STRESS-TOLERANT RICE

International Rice Research Institute.

SINTHETIC BIOLOGY & BIOENERGY

J. Craig Venter Institute.

CARBON MITIGATION INITIATIVE

Princeton University.

CALIFORNIA APPROVES EXTENSIVE CARBON-TRADING SCHEME

...plan aimed at cutting greenhouse emissions.....

CANCÚN DELEGATES SEE THE TREES THROUGH A FOREST OF HOT AIR

A new deal inked last week at the United Nations climate talks...

VOITURE ÉLECTRIQUE:LA BATTERIE POURRA SERVIR À LA MAISON

Le PDG de l'alliance automobile Renault-Nissan,...

PROTECTING THE AMAZON RAINFOREST:EXTENSIVE INVENTORY FORMS BASIS FOR LEGISLATION GOVERNING WHEN TREES IN THE BRAZILIAN RAINFOREST CAN BE LOGGED

Amazon rainforest.

GERMAN GIANTS BAYER,BASF TEAM UP ON GM RICE

GM rice.

CITY LIGHTS MAKE AIR POLLUTION WORSE

A new study by scientists in Los Angeles,...

WIND TURBINES ON FARMLAND MAY BENEFIT CROPS

Wind turbines in Midwestern farm fields...

AUSTRALIAN WARATAHS

The Commons
Powerhouse Museum Collection
Tyrrell Collection

GREEN CARBON CENTER TAKES ALL-INCLUSIVE VIEW OF ENERGY

Rice University has created a Green Carbon Center...

MORE THAN 100 NEW SPECIES DESCRIBED BY CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES IN 2010

Global biodiversity survey over the past few years...

SEAWEED AS A BIOFUEL? METABOLIC ENGINEERING MAKES IT A VIABLE OPTION

Is red seaweed a viable future biofuel?

INFRARED SHEDS LIGHT ON BENEFICIAL MICROBES

Mycorrhizae.

GERMAN RESEARCH PROTECTS THE AMAZON RAINFOREST

The forest industry in a highly sensitive part of the Amazon rainforest...

INTERNATIONAL MAYZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER

CIMMYT.

GIANT ICEBERGS HEAD TO WATERY END AT ISLAND GRAVEYARD

The huge tabular blocks of ice...

RECENT ACCELERATION OF BIOMASS BURNING AND CARBON LOSSES IN ALASKAN FORESTS AND PEATLANDS

Climate change has increased the area affected by forest fires each year...

LAST-MINUTE DEAL SAVES CLIMATE TALKS

International negotiators...

IGREJA DO CONVENTO DA MADRE DE DEUS,LISBOA,PORTUGAL

A Talha em Portugal - Commons - (Portuguese Woodcraving)

Biblioteca de Arte - Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

DESERTIFICATION IS GREATEST THREAT TO PLANET

UN's top drylands oficial says...

ANCIENT FOREST EMERGES MUMMIFIED FROM THE ARCTIC :CLUES TO FUTURE WARMING IMPACT

...As the wood is exposed and begins to rot, it could release significant amounts of methane and carbon dioxide...

HOW HARD WE PUSHING THE LAND? PLANT CONSUMPTION RISING SIGNIFICANTLY AS POPULATION GROWS AND ECONOMIES DEVELOP

Humans are consuming...

LE CROISEMENT AVEC LE GRIZZLY POURRAIT FAIRE DISPARAÎTRE L'OURS POLAIRE

Le recul de la banquise dans l'Arctique,...

EL CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO,UNA LUCHA COMÚN

El cambio climático supone un reto para la humanidad...

GREEN ROOFS

National Geographic.

NASA:2010 METEOROLOGIC YEAR WARMEST EVER

The 2010 meteorologic year,

CUTTING SOOT COUNTERACTS WARMING IN CALIFORNIA

New data show that air-pollution...

GREEN BUILDING

The building in which we live,work,...

BENEFITS,RISKS AND COSTS OF STRATOSPHERE GEOENGINEERING

Geoengineering.

MOINHO

Flickr,por vida de vidro

Título do autor

CHAMPION HYDROGEN-PRODUCING MICROBE

...Th soup is colored by a strain of blue-green bacteria that bubble off roughly 10 times the hydrogen...

RESEARCH AND INDUSTRY HEAVYWEIGHTS IN PARTNERSHIP FOR THE INTELLIGENT POWER GRID OF THE FUTURE

When the wind freshens,our electric appliances must wake up....

HEDGE FUNDS GAIN AS ARCTIC WEATHER BOOSTS NORDIC POWER:ENERGY MARKETS

Arctic weather,water shortages...

WHAT 'PINE CONES' REVEAL ABOUT THE EVOLUTION OF FLOWERS

From southern Africa's pineapple lily to Western Australia's swamp bottlebrush,flowering plants are everywhere....

ARQUITECTURA GÓTICA EM PORTUGAL- COMMONS - GHOTIC ARCHITECTURE IN PORTUGAL

Concelho de Alcobaça.
Biblioteca de Arte - Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

LOW ELEVATIONS HOLD CLIMATE SURPRISES FOR MOUNTAIN PLANTS

Contrary to expectations,climate change has had a significant effect...

USING EARTHWORMS TO PROCESS HAZARDOUS MATERIALS CONTAINING HEAVY METALS

Researchers in South America...

YEASTS

Polyphyletic fungi.

CAPTER L'ÉNERGIE SOLAIRE DANS L'ESPACE ET L'ACHEMINER SUR TERRE

L'énergie du Soleil captée par des satellites...

FOREST RESPONSES TO INCREASING ARIDITY AND WARMTH IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES

In recent decades,intense droughts,...

CONTINUED DEATH OF FORESTS PREDICTED IN SOUTHWESTERN US DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE

If current climate projections hold true...

MINNESOTA CORN FIELDS

Fkickr,by jpeligen

Author title

LE PRÉSIDENT DE LA COMISSION EUROPÉENNE OPPOSÉ À UN MORATOIRE SUR LES OGM

Les OGM.

ADOPTION OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROPS IN THE USA

U.S.farmers have adopted genetically engineered (GE)crops widely since their introdution in 1996,notwithstanding uncertainty about consumer acceptance and economic and environmental impacts....

RIZ,POMMIER,VIGNE:LES PLANTS ONT DES ANCÊTRES COMMUNS

Toute les plantes ont des ancêtres communs:c'est qu'ont montré des chercheurs de l'Inra de Clermont-Ferrand...

THE TWELVE ORDERS OF SOIL TAXONOMY

United States Department  of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service.

BLOOMING JELLYFISH IN NORTHEAST ATLANTIC AND MEDITERRANEAN:OVER-FISHING,WARMING WATERS TO BLAME

A study examining overv 50 years...

LONDON BLACK CABS WILL BE ELECTRIC BY 2020

A universal fleet of emissions-free black cabs within the decade...

BIOENERGY POTENTIAL OF REVIVING ABANDONED AGRICULTURAL LAND

Stanford study.

ASSESSING THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF TIDAL TURBINES

Harnessing the power of ocean tides has long been imagined,...

BIOTECHNOLOGY, BIOINFORMATICS AND BIOENGINEERING

17 to 18 December 2010

Dharmapuri,Tamilnadu,India

EARTHSHAKING POSSIBILITIES MAY LIMIT UNDERGROUND STORAGE OF CARBON

Storing massive amounts of carbon...

LICHENS

Dual organisms.

EDP RENEWABLES(EDPR)

...Energias de Portugal("EDP") the Portuguese parent company of EDPR...

TOWARD GREENER CHEMISTRY

Phosphorus,a mineral element found in rocks and bones,is a critical ingredient...

MINOR CHANGES IN PRECIPITAION MAY HAVE MAJOR IMPACT ON GROUNDWATER SUPPLIES IN ARID REGIONS

People living in the great expanses of flat,dry regions of the world...

FOOD AND WATER

Researchers model the effects of competition for global water resources on agriculture....

MIT EXPANDS AND STRENGTHENS ITS LINKS TO CHINA

The Institute has embarked on a major,long-term...

COCKLE PARK TOWER - NORTHUMBERLAND

Cockle Park Tower is a substantial 15th century stone tower house,....

THE TOP CLEANTECH COUNTRIES

Just a handful of nations...

THE STATE HERMITAGE MUSEUM

Current exhibitions.

A TALHA EM PORTUGAL - COMMONS - (PORTUGUESE WOODCRAVING)

Igreja de São Roque,Lisboa,Portugal.

Biblioteca de Arte - Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

PORTRAITS OF SCIENTISTS AND INVENTORS

Smithsonian Institution

Flickr,The Commons

MYCORRHIZAE

Mutualistic plant-fungus symbioses.

HOW PLANTS NEAR CHERNOBYL SHRUG OFF RADIATION

Scientists are reporting discovery...

WORLD AGRICULTURAL SUPPLY AND DEMAND ESTIMATES

United States Department of Agriculture.

MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI:HIGHWAYS FOR WATER AND NUTRIENTS IN ARID SOILS

Mycorrhizal fungi are well known for increasing nutrient uptake...

INTERACTIONS BETWEEN DIAZOTROPHIC BACTERIA AND MYCORRHIZAL FUNGUS IN MAIZE GENOTYPES

Some diazotrophic bacteria...

COCKLE PARK FARM - NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY

School of Agriculture,Food & Rural Development.

THE CHATEAUBRIAND FELLOWSHIP

The Chateaubriand  Fellowship is a grant offered by the Embassy of France in the United States.

QUAND VERSAILLES FAISAIT LA RÉVOLUTION DES SCIENCES

Une exposition inédite...

720 000 PERSONNES MENACÉES DE FAMINE AU MADAGASCAR

La sécheresse qui frappe...

CREATING 'LIVING' BUILDINGS

The University of Greenwich's School of Architecture & Construction...

BOLIVIA SEEKS ELECTRIC CAR FUTURE IN SALT FLATS

Heaps of power.

THE EUROPE ELECTRIC GRID

Ten European countries,...

KEW'S MILLENNIUM SEED BANK JOINS CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT GLOBAL FOOD SUPPLIES

A new partnership involving Kew and led by The Global Crop Diversity Trust...

EWEA 2011

Europe Premier Wind Energy Event.

SWEDISH REGION POWERED BY ORGANIC WASTE

Powered by food waste,manure and cooking oil,...

NEW UN PROJECT AIMS TO BOOST FOOD SECURITY IN FOUR CENTRAL AMERICAN NATIONS

The United Nations today announced a new regional project...

CANCUN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE AGREES PLAN TO CUT CARBON EMISSIONS

Carbon emissions.

2010 U.S. GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY REPORT

Greenhouse gas.

CLIMATE TALKS END WITH MODEST DEAL ON EMISSIONS

The United Nations climate change conference...

CLIMATE TALKS AGREE TO PAY TO PROTECT FORESTS

A new climate change deal...

WILD SEEDS SEEN AS A WORLD CROP 'INSURANCE'

British scientists say they plan to collect wild plant relatives...

BRASIL APRESENTA LIMITE INÉDITO DE EMISSÕES PARA 2020

Emissões.

INDIA TAKES STEPS TO PROTECT WHEAT FROM GLOBAL WARMING

Although no major impact has been observed on wheat production...

VASCULAR PLANT FAMILIES & GENERA:INTERACTIVE MAP

Kew.

KEW & CLIMATE CHANGE

Kew.

SHANGHAI STUDENTS LEAD GLOBAL RESULTS ON PISA

A group of teenagers from Shanghai...

SCNARIOS FOR GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Quantitative scnarios...

GENOME EVOLUTION OF PLANT PATHOGENS

Food security is of global importance...

LA "NEIGE À L'ENVERS" DES RÉCIFS CORALLIENS

Une fois par an,les récifs coralliens...

GENE HUNTERS TACKLE CROP DISEASES

Norwich scientists...

PLANTS 'REMEMBER ' WINTER TO BLOOM IN SPRING WITH HELP OF SPECIAL MOLECULE

Special molecule.

MAROMBA VINE DISEASE IN PORTUGAL

The following correspondence relates to a disease...

ANOMALIA EM LAVOURAS DE SOJA NO CERRADO PREOCUPA ESPECIALISTAS

Soja.

HOW STRONGLY CAN FOREST MANAGEMENT INFLUENCE SOIL CARBON SEQUESTRATION?

We reviewed the experimental evidence for long-term carbon(C) sequestration in soils...

SYNERGISTIC DISSOLUTION OF MANGANESE OXIDES AS PROMOTED BY SIDEROPHORES AND SMALL ORGANIC ACIDS

Recent studies have revealed that siderophores,...

PHOSPHORUS DEPLETION:THE INVISIBLE CRISIS

The demand for phosphate is incrising,...

FOOD SECURITY, FARMING AND CLIMATE CHANGE TO 2050

As the global population grows...

MOZAMBIQUE:CHANGING WEATHER PATTERNS AND LIVELIHOODS

Weather in the Zambezi flood plain...

ON THE WAY TO CO2-FREE POWER PLANTS

The Technische Universität Darmstad...

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP:"MYCCORHIZAE:A BIOLOGICAL TOOL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA"

Miccorhizae.

BENEFITS,RISKS,AND COSTS OF STRATOSPHERIC GEOENGINEERING

Injecting sulfate aerosol percursors...

IMPACT OF RAINFALL REACHES TO ROOTS OF MOUNTAINS

The erosion caused...

INDUSTRY COLLABORATION ENHANCES ACADEMIC SCIENCE

New research suggests...

ADAPTING AGRICULTURE TO CLIMATE CHANGE:NEW GLOBAL SEARCH TO SAVE ENDANGERED CROP WILD RELATIVES

The Global Crop Diversity Trust today announced...

BIOENGINEERS DEVELOP BACTERIAL STRAIN TO INCREASE ETHANOL BIOFUEL PRODUCTION

A team of bioengineers in the United States...

1,8% DE SCIENCES AUX INFOS

...figure de parent pauvre...

ONCE THERE WERE SWARMS OF BUTTERFLIES IN OUR SKIES

Butterflies.

HYDROGEN BUS LAUNCHED ON LONDON TOURISTE ROUTE

UK's first permanent hydrogen bus...

LA SUBIDA DEL PRECIO DEL PETRÓLEO PONE EN RIESGO LA SALIDA DE LA CRISIS

El encarecimiento del barril...

COMPAIGNERS HAIL 'RECYCLING REVOLUTION' AS PLASTICS COLLECTION SOARS

40,000 tonnes of mixed plastics...

ARQUITECTURA GÓTICA PORTUGUESA - COMMONS - (GHOTIC ARCHITECTURE IN PORTUGAL)

Concelho de Santarém.

Biblioteca de Arte - Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

WALKING WITH THE ANCIENT TREES THIS WINTER

When it comes to ancient trees,...

SCIENCE EDUCATION IN BRAZIL

The major challenge posed to Brazil...

LARGE SOLAR ENERGY PROJECTS

California's electric utility companies are required to using renewable energy...

UN ARCHITECTE PROPOSE DE TRANSFORMER LES ROUTES EN CENTRALES SOLAIRES

Centrales solaires.

SINGAPORE'S SALAD DAYS ARE OVER

Uncertainty has replaced confidence...

THE TRUTH ABOUT THE RISKS TO FESHWATER AQUIFERS POSED BY UNDERGROUND CARBON SEQUESTRATION

Underground carbon sequestration.

A TOUR OF MORE EXTRAODINARY MICRO-VISTAS

Slide show.

CHANGES IN SOLAR ACTIVITY AFFECT LOCAL CLIMATE

Solar activity.

LE VATICAN,CHAMPION DE L´ÉNERGIE SOLAIRE

La Cité du Vatican,...

BAMBOO CAN CAPTURE CARBON FAST

Bamboo,a wild grass grows in Africa,...

WFP TO HELP SUBSISTENCE FARMERS INCREASE CROP YIELDS

The World Food Program...

MEASURING AIR-SEA EXCHANGE OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE OPEN OCEAN

A team led by scientists at the United Kingdom's National Oceanography Centre...

FIRE IN ISRAEL IS A TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECTS IN MEDITERRANEAN

The fire disaster in the Carmel Mountains...

MORE BILLIONAIRES PLEDGE TO GIVE AWAY WEALTH

Another 17 U.S. billionaires...

GREENLAND ICE SHEET FLOW DRIVEN BY SHORT-TERM WEATHER EXTREMES

Sudden changes in the volume of meltwater...

ARQUITECTURA GÓTICA PORTUGUESA - COMMONS - (GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE IN PORTUGAL)

Concelho de Coimbra.

Biblioteca de Arte - Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

MISSOURI GRAPES HOLD KEY TO IMPROVING WORLD GRAPE PRODUCTION

In a few years,a sip of Cabernet Sauvignon,Merlot or Pinot Noir...

CLIMATE SCIENTIST WARNS WORLD OF WIDSPREAD SUFFERING IF FUTHER CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT FORESTALLED

One of the world's foremost experts on climate change...

FRENCH FRIES? NO,CRISP PROTEIN - GENE JOB ON POTATOES

Indian scientists have for the first time bolstered the protein levels...

CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE LA PAPA - INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER

Potato.

POTATO - ELITE SEED QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

Canada.

ROTHAMSTED CENTRE FOR SOILS AND ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION

Rothamsted Research.

ROTHAMSTED CENTRE FOR BIOENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Rhotamsted Research.

BIOMASSS BURNING

Biomass burning is the burning of living and dead vegetation....

CARBON MONOXIDE TRAPPED IN ICE CORES REVEALS UNEXPECTED TRENDS REGARDING BURNING BIOMASS

Scientists studying ice columns of Antarctic...

RECYCLING AND DEPOLLUTING PHOSPHORUS IN LIVESTOCK WASTE

Phosphorus is an ingredient in agricultural and household products such as fertilizers,detergents,...

CARBON DIOXIDE-FREE ENERGY CAN MEET THE WORLD'S ENERGY NEEDS IN 2050

Taken as a whole,energy sources with low ou no carbon emissions...

LE MUSÉUM D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE LANCE UNE PLATEFORME DE FORMATION À DISTANCE

Le Muséum...

DESPITE OF GAINS,BULK OF WORLD'S POOR LIVE IN RURAL AREAS

UN report finds.

WATER ADAPTATION STRATEGIES URGENTLY NEEDED TO COUNTER GLACIER SHRINKAGE

The United Nations  environment Chief is calling...

WHAT THE MOON SAW:AND OTHER TALES(GOOGLE eBOOK)

Hans Christian Andersen.

COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE ADVISES UK TO CUT EMISSIONS 60% BY 2030

Emissions.

CARBON CYCLE

The carbon cycle is the biogeochemical cycle by which carbon is exchanged...

TOXIC DIATOMS AND DOMOIC ACID IN NATURAL AND IRON ENRICHED WATERS OF OCIANIC PACIFIC

...Given that iron fertilization in iron-depleted regions of the sea...

OCDE ADVERTE O OCIDENTE SOBRE PERDA DE VANTAGEM GLOBAL NA EDUCAÇÃO

Os países mais ricos do mundo correm o risco...

CARBON CATURE AND STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES COULD PROVIDE A NEW GREEN INDUSTRY FOR THE UK

The UK has the capacity to develop new green industries...

PLANTS ENGINEERED TO PRODUCE NEW DRUGS

Human have long taken advantage of the huge variety of medicinal compounds produced by plants. Now MIT chemists...

BOTANICAL GARDEN - UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB

Botanical garden.

ESTIMATIVA DA ÁREA DE VEGETAÇÃO SECUNDÁRIA NA AMAZÔNIA LEGAL BRASILEIRA

A vegetação secundária tem funções relevantes para os ecossistemas,...

DISCRIMINAÇÃO DE INCREMENTOS DE DESFLORESTAMENTO NA AMAZÔNIA

O uso de dados de sensoriamento remoto óptico...

LEARNING THE LANGUAGE OF BACTERIA

Bacteria are among the simplest organisms in nature,...

NATURAL REFORESTATION IN SOUTHERN PYRENEES FAVOURS ORCHID

A 13-years stydy has been key to understanding how...

RICE PHYSICISTS HELP UNRAVEL MYSTERY OF REPETITIVE DNA SEGMENTS

With new tools that can grab individual stands of DNA...

EUTROPHICATION MAKES TOXIC CYANOBACTERIA MORE TOXIC

Continued eutrophication of the Baltic Sea,...

HISTORIC CENTRE OF ÉVORA,PORTUGAL

Unesco World Heritage.

THE MAIAS - TOP TEN DEDALUS BOOKS

Eça de Queiroz.

CORN,SOYBEANS FALL FROM THREE- WEEK HIGHS AS RAIN AIDS SOUTH AMERICA CROPS

Commodities prices.

U.S. VEGETATION CONDITION - 2010

Period 43(10/12 - 10/25).

CLIMATE CHANGE THREAT TO TROPICAL FORESTS 'GREATER THAN SUSPECTD'

Tropical forests.

STRATEGIC FOCUS ON PLANT SCIENCE

The University of Copenhagen is strengthening plant sciences...

FARMERS SLOWED DOWN BY HUNTER-GATHERERS:OUR ANCESTORS'S FIGHT FOR SPACE

Agricltural - or  Neolithic - economics...

CRYPTIC LINKS IN THE OCEAN

Oxygen depletion in the ocean water column,...

BRAZILIAN SCIENCE:RIDING A GUSHER

Over the past 8 years Latin America's largest nation...

REDUÇÃO HISTÓRICA NO DESMATAMENTO DA AMAZÔNIA

Amazônia.

BIODIVERSITY CAN SUPPORT A GREENER REVOLUTION IN AFRICA

Africa.

CHINA TO LEAD WORLD IN INNOVATION BY 2020

China is set to become the world's most most important center of innovation by 2020,...

NORTHERN WILDFIRES THREATEN RUNWAY CLIMATE CHANGE

Climate change is causing wildfire to burn more fiercely...

RURAL POVERTY REPORT 2011

Poverty.

UN EURO DIARIO PARA SOBREVIVIR

1.400 millones de personas sufren pobreza extrema,según el informe que hoy presenta la ONU - ...

ARSENIC IN PERIODIC TABLE

Arsenic falls below the phosphorus in the Table of Elements,and the two elements share many similar properties...

COMPETITION HITS POTASH MARKET

Potash miners are facing heightened competition...

WASTE RECYCLING

The definition of recycling...

NITROGEN FIXATION IN OCEANS

Nitrogen fixation.

ENERGY:SUPERGRID

Is a vast undersea grid bringing wind-generated electricity...

WASTE MANAGEMENT SECTOR IS WELL-PLACED TO BATTLE CLIMATE CHANGE

Cutting emissions from the world's waste management companies...

TURNING AGRICULTURE FROM PROBLEM TO SOLUTION

...Agriculture experts are punting a scenario in which farming delivers a"triple win"...

STRAIT OF MALLACA

Mallaca,...

HOW MANY STARS ARE THERE? 3 FOLLOWED BY 23 ZEROS

Stars.

MANY COASTAL WETLANDS LIKELY TO DISAPEAR THIS CENTURY

Wetlands.

SEQUOIAS

Flickr,por Nicolas Corbay

Author title

Monuments to Carbon Sequestration.

STEPHENSON RAILWAY MUSEUM EXHIBITS

The early locomotive Billy built in Newcastle...

THE FIRST PERMANENT STEAM LOCOMOTIVE RAILWAY

Stockton and Darlington railway.

THE COLLECTED LYRIC POEMS OF LUÍS DE CAMÕES

Princeton University Press,2008.

HEAVIER CRUDES,HEAVIER FOOTPRINTS

Relying on heavy oils and tar sands as the feedstocks for liquid fuels...

AS CIDADES E AS MUDANÇAS CLIMÁTICAS

Clima.

SWISS TRY TO LIMIT COW METHANE EMISSIONS

Swiss scientists have turned thrir attention to the problem,...

THE FUTURE SMILES

Flickr,por matleyO

Título do autor

O ARSÉNIO FOMENTA COMENTÁRIOS

Arsénio.

TERMITES

Australian Museum.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

Flickr,por *Kicki*

Título do autor

AFRICAN RIFT GEOTHERMAL DEVELOPMENT FACILITY

Geothermal energy.

METHANE EMISSIONS SOURCES

Methane.

AS BIODIVERSITY DECLINES,DISEASE FLOURISHES

A study by a group of biologists,ecologists and medical researchers...

INCM APRESENTA AGENDA SOBRE A "PEREGRINAÇÃO" DE FERNÃO MENDES PINTO

Ana Paula Laborinho,presidente do Instituto Camões,...

MÉXICO EXIBE EXEMPLO DE GESTÃO FLORESTAL RESPONSÁVEL

Líderes comunitários encarregados da gestão...

THE PORTUGUESE IN THE UNITED STATES

The Portuguese were the leading European explorers in the fifteenth century...

BRAZIL ETHANOL LOOKS TO SWEETEN MORE GAS TANKS

Brazil,which has done more than other nation...

TREES TELL OF SHIFTING WORLD

Questions abound on effects of climate change on atmosphere....

AFRICA CAN FEED ITSELF IN A GENERATION

*Poorest continent needs an 'agricultural revolution'

*Farms must bee improved and GM crops developed

THE WEEK IN WILD LIFE

Guardian.

ANESTHETIC GASES HEAT CLIMATE AS MUCH AS 1 MILLION CARS

Climate.

INDIA LAUNCH OF FOOD SECURITY REPORT FOCUSES ON RICE

..."India,which is the second biggest producer of rice  and where rice is a staple for more than 60% of the population...

ÉOLIENNES D'OUTRE-MER

La France a lancé umn appel d'offres pour installation d'éoliennes terrestres...

GROWING OCEAN ACIDIFICATION THREATENS MARINE LIFE

A new United Nations - backed report warns...

FOOD SECURITY WANES AS WORLD WARMS

Since summer,signs of severe food insecurity- droughts,food riots,five to tenfold increases in produce costs - ...

PEREGRINATION - Fernão Mendes Pinto

 This famous book of the portuguese author(1509?-1583) has 29 references in Congress Library,USA.

BACTÉRIA QUE "COME" ARSÉNICO ALTERA DEFINIÇÃO DE VIDA

Um estranho lago salgado na Califórnia abriga uma bactéria igualmente estranha...

LIFE BUILT WITH TOXIC CHEMICAL:FIRST KNOWN MICROBE ON EARTH ABLE TO THRIVE AND REPRODUCE USING ARSENIC

Resarchers conducting tests in the harsh environment of Mona Lake  in California...

2010 PODE SER UM DOS TRÊS ANOS MAIS QUENTES DA HISTÓRIA

Este ano pode se tornar...

EL SUL COMPRA ARTE

La Feria Miami Art Basel se llena de coleccionistas latinoamericanos en su primera jornada....

JOSÉ CORREIA DA SERRA

...was a Portuguese naturalist  and close friend of Thomas Jefferson....

CORREIA DA SERRA(1751-1823)

José Francisco Correia da Serra nasceu em Serpa...

BILL GATES ON GREEN TECHNOLOGY

Bill Gates.

NUTRITION

Recent Food and Nutrition News - USDA,Agricultural Research Service.

'CUTTY SARK'

Flickr,The Commons - National Maritime Museum,Historic Films

NEW ENERGY SOURCES VITAL TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE

The President of the Royal Society,Lord Rees,has said...

WEATHER - PHOTO GALLERY

BBC.

IL MUSEO LEONARDIANO DI VINCI

The route and halls.

VEGETABLE MOULD AND WORMS

The complete work of Charles Darwin online.

O MARANHÃO OU RIO AMAZONAS COM A MISSÃO DA COMPANHIA DE JESUS

Este mapa do rio Amazonas...

WINNERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL'S 2010 OF SCIENCE COMPETITION

Science.

PAULA REGO

Portuguese painter,born in 1935.

"EL BATEFUEGOS DE ORO"

FAO receives top award for forest fire protection.

PROTISTAS

Protistas.

ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS

Photosynthesis.

DUAS RAZÕES

Há,pelo menos,duas razões,duas poderosas razões,para que uns não gostem de culturas transgénicas. Sendo elas mais produtivas,elevariam a oferta,o que daria baixa de preços. Resistindo elas a pragas e doenças,dispensarim gastos com pesticidas. As mesmas duas razões levam outros a gostar delas,
escusado será dizer porquê.