sexta-feira, 29 de abril de 2011

Potash Inventories Drop Below Five-Year Average

Potash inventories.

How to Make Conservation the People's Choice

May 23,2011

The New York Academy of Sciences

When The Water Ends:Africa's Climate Conflicts

For thousands of  years,...

OFFSHORE WIND MARKET TO SURGE IN NEXT SIX YEARS

Wind market.

Climate change and plant regeneration from seed

Climate change.

Total Agrees to Buy SunPower for $1.38 Billion in Renewable-Energy Push

Renewable energy.

Floods linked to manmade climate change

Man-made greenhouse gas emissions...

quinta-feira, 28 de abril de 2011

Invasive plants to generate electricity in South Africa

Invasive plants.

Biofuels without competing claims in Mozambique

Biomass.

Living plants produce energy

Energy.

Resistant varieties make the difference between having enough to eat - or not

Excessive rains and an increased presence of late blight disease...

New discovery could "green up" hundreds of every day products

...The scientists' potential solution is a new catalyst...

"Organic" food labels create perception of healthier fare

Food.

Bees prefer biofuel crops

Researchers based in Germany...

Millions of people facing crises benefited from UN emergency fund last year

The United Nations-managed humanitarian fund...

quarta-feira, 27 de abril de 2011

Understanding How Crops Deal With Stress-Yield's Biggest Enemy

Plants stress.

Fatty acid production in genetically modified cyanobacteria

...Our results suggest...a promising technology for renewable biofuel production.

BIT's 1st Low Carbon Earth Summit

19-26 October 2011

World Expo Center,Dalian,China

On the role of the Agulhas system in ocean circulation and climate

Climate.

Asian spending grows

Research.

Is FutureGen betting on the wrong rock?

Carbon dioxide.

Wells Fargo invests US$120m in SunEdison solar projects

Solar projects.

China to Curb Production of Grain-Based Ethanol,Oilseed Biodiesel Output

Ethanol,biodiesel.

China's Goldwinds Wins 197 Million-Yuan Contract to Supply 34 Wind Turbines

Wind turbines.

Germany May Grow More Biofuel Crops for Energy Output

Biofuel crops.

sábado, 23 de abril de 2011

New humanitarian food security platform launched

Food security.

Ten million euro for 'Healthy Greenhouse' in German-Dutch border region

In April Wageningen UR...

SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENTS IN AFRICA WITH ORGANIC FERTILIZER MADE FROM SLUDGE ASH

Sludge ash.

Field Reports - Winter/Spring 2011 Now Available

Increased demand for potash...

California's Solar-Powered Homes Draw $17,000 Premium

Solar panels.

Using sustainable wood could hold the key to lowering harmful greenhouse gases

Greenhouse gases.

El CSIC estudiará la transformación de biomassa de origen vegetal en electricidad y combustibles

Biomassa.

domingo, 17 de abril de 2011

Water deficits uncouple growth from photosynthesis,increase C content,and modify the relationships between C and growth in sink organs

In plants,carbon(C) molecules...

Integrated Analysis For Genotypic Adaptation in Rice

Developing of varieties with high yield potential coupled with wide adaptability...

A measured look at ocean chlorophyll trends

Identifying major changes in global ecosystem properties...

Natural gas greenhouse emissions study draws fire

Greenhouse emissions.

Governments must pay for clean-energy innovation

Energy.

terça-feira, 12 de abril de 2011

Mekong Hydropower Development

Hydropower.

Can Biotech and Organic Farmers Get Along?

With so much U.S. fields planted with genetically modified(GM) crops...

Low Fertilizer Use Drives Deforestation in West Africa's Tropical Forest Area

Low-input farming...

Desining wind farms for max output

Wind farms.

Installed Wind Power per GDP

Wind power.

Installed Wind Power per Capita(Country Comparisons)

Wind power.

sexta-feira, 8 de abril de 2011

Roadmap for building a competitive low-carbon Europe by 2050

The European Commission adopted on 8 March 2011...

UN official exhorts countries to work harder to build climate change concensus

Climate.

Climate change poses major risks for unprepared cities

Cities worldwide are failing...

ENGLAND - LAKE DISTRICT,LOWESWATER

Flickr,Por vtveen

Author title

How do tropical forests respond to climate change?

Carbon sequestration in tropical forests...

Solar cells for sustainable production of methanol from CO2

...In this project,researchers simulate this photosynthesis process...

How Plants Aborb Pollutants

The environmental concern is great ...

Vestas delivers 150 MW wind turbines to Brazil

Wind farms.

quarta-feira, 6 de abril de 2011

Brasil espera novas oportunidades de benefícios recíprocos na Cúpula do Brics

Será realizada em meados de Abril,em Sanya,...

Climate,health,agricultural and economic impacts of tighter vehicle-emission standards

Non-CO2 air pollutants...

Agriculture:Weather dilemma for African maize

The growing global demand for calories...

COTSWOLDS

Flickr,Por Ruth Flickr

Author title

Arctic on the Verge of Record Ozone Loss

Unsually low temperatures in the Arctic ozone layer...

Winter cold of eastern continental boundaries induced by warm ocean waters

In winter,northeastern North America...

domingo, 3 de abril de 2011

Whole-system science

Climate change presents a tremendous opportunity...

Policy:Changing the rules

The Clean Development Mechanism,or CDM,...

Canadian forest deal at risk

Pact to preserve vast swathe of wilderness...

The drying of East Africa

A shift in tropical ocean circulations...

AN INTEGRATED ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION FRAMEWORK FOR DEVELOPING AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH:SYNERGIES AND TRADE-OFFS

Global food security is under threat by climate change,...

ASSESSING AND ADDRESSING CLIMATE-INDUCED RISKS IN SUB-SAHARAN RAINFED AGICULTURE

Rainfed agriculture in sub-Saharian(SSA) is the mainstay of the continent's food and fed production....

sábado, 2 de abril de 2011

New countries emerge as major players in scientific world

A new group of countries,...

IRELAND:GREEN,BLUE...AND SHEEP

Flickr,Por bass_nroll

Author title

BLOSSOM

Flickr,Por stewartmorris

Author title

St. James's Park

Advance Toward Making Biodegradable Plastics from Waste Chicken Feathers

Biodegradable plastics.

Artificial Leaf Turns Sunlight Into a Cheap Energy Source

Nearly all energy we use...

Beyond Predictions:Biodiversity Conservation in a Changing Climate

Climate change is predicted to become a major threat to biodiversity in 21st century,...