Posted in CO2-Emission, Climate, Policy, Science on 2008-06-24 | No Comments »
The U.S. scientist who 20 years ago first told Congress that the Earth’s climate was warming said on Monday that urgent action was needed to cut greenhouse gases and proposed a tax on carbon emissions.
James Hansen, the director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, said at a congressional briefing that a carbon tax would [...]
Posted in Energy, Research, Science on 2008-06-17 | No Comments »
The first ever meeting of G8 science and technology ministers highlighted the crucial role of science in resolving global issues. Ministers pledged to boost investment in R&D for environmental and clean energy technology and work together on new energy alternatives, such as fusion energy (ITER), carbon capture and storage (CCS) and next-generation biofuels.
G8 science ministers [...]
Posted in Energy, Europe, Research, Science on 2008-06-11 | No Comments »
European higher education is changing from a supply-driven to a demand-driven system, placing new emphasis on knowledge transfer, regional regeneration and wider public debate, according to a joint university-industry report.
Business and academia seek trust-based partnerships
Posted in CO2-Emission, Climate, Policy, Science on 2008-06-10 | No Comments »
Major economies should aim to halve world emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050 and work out ways to bury gases in a wider assault on climate change, the science academies of 13 nations said on Tuesday.
“Progress in reducing global greenhouse gas emission has been slow,” the academies of the Group of Eight (G8) nations and [...]
Posted in CO2-Emission, Climate, Nuclear, Science on 2008-04-23 | No Comments »
Rising energy and environmental costs may prevent nuclear power from being a sustainable alternative energy source in the fight against global warming, according to a new study.
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In the article, Gavin M. Mudd and [...]
Posted in Science, Solar Energy on 2008-02-23 | 1 Comment »
The photovoltaic panels now in popular use for solar power generation are not worth their cost, according to a U.C. Berkeley report.
Severin Borenstein, director of the U.C. Energy Institute and a professor at the University of California, Berkeley’s business school, called existing technology “a loser” in a research paper. “We are throwing money away by [...]
Posted in Biofuels, Science on 2008-02-17 | No Comments »
High oil prices, energy security considerations and fears about global warming have helped revive interest in renewable energy sources like biofuels, which burn cleanly and can be produced from plants.But there are a few catches, particularly regarding biofuels like corn-based ethanol: the more corn is used in ethanol production, the less is available for food–a [...]
Posted in Efficiency, Fuel Cells, Science on 2008-02-15 | No Comments »
The efficiency of polymer electrolyte fuel cells could be increased with new technology, scientists have claimed.
Scientists from Berkeley claim that a polymer membrane that becomes wetter as the temperature in the surrounding air increases can improve the efficiency of polymer electrolyte fuel cells.
The fuel cells can be used to power cars and according to Nitash [...]
Posted in Science, Wind Energy on 2008-02-09 | No Comments »
When science teacher Michael Arquin started educating students about wind power, he had no idea his curriculum would come to influence thousands of teachers and students all across the country.
After earning his B.S. in Biology and Environmental Studies from UC Boulder and a M.A.T. in Science Education from Cornell, Arquin, 37, taught for five years [...]
Posted in Climate, Science on 2008-02-08 | No Comments »
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that natural variability in the earth’s atmosphere could be masking the overall effect of global warming in the North Atlantic Ocean.
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Scientists have previously found that surface temperatures [...]
