Algae comes to the aid of coal-fired plants
In an effort to mimic the ways of nature, a team of scientists at Ohio University is working on technology that uses algae, sunlight and the natural process of photosynthesis to absorb carbon dioxide
In an effort to mimic the ways of nature, a team of scientists at Ohio University is working on technology that uses algae, sunlight and the natural process of photosynthesis to absorb carbon dioxide
Preparing for renewed international negotiations on cutting levels of heat-trapping gases that may be warming the climate, the United States is proposing that countries get just as much credit for
Hydroelectric power schemes may release more greenhouse gases than large coal-fired power stations.The main source of the greenhouse gas (ghg), according to a report published by the World Commission
Water is everybody's business, especially women's. This was the theme of the just concluded second World Water Forum at the Hague. The Report of the World Commission for Water in the 21st Century,
Researchers at a NOAA's National Climate Data Centre (NCDC) have found evidence that the rate of global warming is accelerating and that in the past 25 years it achieved the rate of two degrees
The Australia Institute has released an analysis of the implications of the 'Australia clause' for the emissions reduction task faced by Australia. According to the official inventory, emissions
U.S. President Bill Clinton said global warming would be the greatest environmental challenge in the new century, warning that greenhouse gas emissions blamed for heating the atmosphere must be
How shrimp cultivation turned a mangrove forest into a saline desert
On the 10th anniversary of the Basel Convention, member states reiterate the need to minimise the generation of hazardous waste
According to scientists at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), near Oxford, UK, the Sun's field has more than doubled in the last 100 years, while its total magnetic flux has risen by a factor
Royal Dutch Shell, the oil group, launches an internal market to reduce carbon emissions today in an effort to combat climate change and promote energy efficiency across its businesses. The move,
NASA scientists now believe the pattern of cool temperatures in the Pacific ocean known as La Ni
Poor nations should focus on water security: Developing nations should make eforts to ensure continuous water supply to provide 'water security', according to experts in drinking water management.It
The World Bank has started a venture designed to help create a market for buying and selling rights to release pollutants that have been blamed for global warming. Bank officials said Tuesday that
The World Bank on Tuesday launched the first global market to reduce carbon emissions in an effort to promote the transfer of environmentally friendly technology to developing countries.The creation
France unveiled a programme to fight global warming yesterday but environmentalists said they were worried the measures would not be implemented. The government adopted
Who were the first people to use the alphabet? Semitic people of Egypt, says a fresh discovery
Methane reserves set the air ablaze and roasted alive several species, including the dinosaurs
Forest fires could have unexpected effects on the world s climate
Scientists said Thursday that they had cloned a monkey -- the first nonhuman primate to be cloned -- in an experiment that they hope will result in squads of genetically identical lab animals perfect