http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Sustainable farming, initially adopted to preserve soil quality for future generations, may also play a role in maintaining a healthy climate, according to researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge and Los Alamos national laboratories. http://www.physorg.com/news177864926.html Space & Earth Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:20:06 EST news177864926 While it is clear that massive destruction of tropical rainforests poses a serious threat to the incredibly rich biodiversity found on Earth, other hazards are not so explicit. An international group of prominent scientists argue in the November 17th issue of the journal Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, that the most promising new strategy to protect our planet may not live up to its full potential. The group calls for global implementation of careful and sensible protective policies. http://www.physorg.com/news177599405.html Biology Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:20:01 EST news177599405 Less than half of Britons believes that human activity is to blame for global warming, according to a poll carried out for The Times newspaper and published on Saturday. http://www.physorg.com/news177493814.html Space & Earth Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:10:01 EST news177493814 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Columbia University have successfully discovered a beneficial use for carbon dioxide in the conversion of organic materials, such as grass and bark, into fuel. Their findings show that if utilized on a broad scale, their technique could help significantly reduce overall carbon emissions, both from the use of carbon dioxide in biofuel production and the creation of a more energy-efficient production process. The study appears this week on the website of the Journal of Environmental Science & Technology. http://www.physorg.com/news177179481.html Space & Earth Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:31:39 EST news177179481 (PhysOrg.com) -- Australian marine scientists have issued an urgent call for massive and rapid worldwide cuts in carbon emissions, deep enough to prevent atmospheric CO2 levels rising to 450 parts per million (ppm). http://www.physorg.com/news177019636.html Space & Earth Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:20:01 EST news177019636 A report examining the impact of a global biofuels program on greenhouse gas emissions during the 21st century has found that carbon loss stemming from the displacement of food crops and pastures for biofuels crops may be twice as much as the CO2 emissions from land dedicated to biofuels production. The study, led by Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) senior scientist Jerry Melillo, also predicts that increased fertilizer use for biofuels production will cause nitrous oxide emissions (N2O) to become more important than carbon losses, in terms of warming potential, by the end of the century. http://www.physorg.com/news175442925.html Space & Earth Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:50:01 EST news175442925 (PhysOrg.com) -- Houses on stilts, small scale energy generation and recycling our dishwater are just some of the measures that are being proposed to prepare our cities for the effects of global warming. http://www.physorg.com/news174576543.html Space & Earth Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:29:46 EST news174576543 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new quick, easy to use and free software tool created by NREL developers seamlessly combines the building energy simulation of EnergyPlus with the popular drawing interface of Google's SketchUp, helping architects design healthier structures with fewer carbon emissions and lower utility bills. http://www.physorg.com/news174564637.html Technology Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:20:01 EST news174564637 (PhysOrg.com) -- As human activity pumps more and more carbon into the atmosphere, a new threat has emerged to the world's coral reefs - starvation. http://www.physorg.com/news173959038.html Biology Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:10:02 EST news173959038 Converting the trash that fills the world's landfills into biofuel may be the answer to both the growing energy crisis and to tackling carbon emissions, claim scientists in Singapore and Switzerland. New research published in Global Change Biology: Bioenergy, reveals how replacing gasoline with biofuel from processed waste could cut global carbon emissions by 80%. http://www.physorg.com/news173440496.html Technology Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:20:01 EST news173440496 Two top Senate Democrats are set to introduce a climate-change bill this week that would put new limits on carbon emissions, as world leaders prepare for a climate summit in Denmark after agreement last week by the G20 nations on phasing out subsidies for fossil fuels. http://www.physorg.com/news173379384.html Space & Earth Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:00:03 EST news173379384 Switzerland will inaugurate on Saturday a new mountain refuge in the Alps that looks more like a futuristic space station than the no-frills stonewall huts that alpinists are more familiar with. http://www.physorg.com/news173100799.html Technology Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:34:03 EST news173100799 (PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine a car that runs on hydrogen from solar power and produces water instead of carbon emissions. While vehicles like this won't be on the market anytime soon, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers are making incremental but important strides in the fuel cell technology that could make clean cars a reality. http://www.physorg.com/news172417030.html Chemistry Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:38:30 EST news172417030 Growing the energy crops short rotation coppice (SRC) willow and miscanthus grass could help the UK to reduce carbon emissions and benefit wildlife, according to researchers from the UK Research Councils` Rural Economy and Land Use Programme. http://www.physorg.com/news172317168.html Biology Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:10:07 EST news172317168 (PhysOrg.com) -- If the future scenarios being churned out by the world's most sophisticated computer climate models are on the mark, big changes are in store for Wisconsin's weather during the next century. http://www.physorg.com/news172175003.html Space & Earth Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:50:02 EST news172175003 In the paper, The Boundless Carbon Cycle, published in the September issue of Nature Geoscience, scientists from the University of Vienna, Uppsala University in Sweden, University of Antwerp, and the U.S. based Stroud Water Research Center argue that current international strategies to mitigate manmade carbon emissions and address climate change have overlooked a critical player - inland waters. http://www.physorg.com/news171050510.html Space & Earth Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:10:06 EST news171050510 (AP) -- The United Nations opened talks Monday on setting up a better weather surveillance system worldwide so all nations can get earlier, more accurate warnings about hurricanes, droughts and floods. http://www.physorg.com/news170920225.html Space & Earth Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:20:01 EST news170920225 (AP) -- As nations negotiate tough decisions on cutting greenhouse gases, the United Nations is holding a separate conference on coping with more floods, droughts and other effects of climate change already assured. http://www.physorg.com/news170833414.html Space & Earth Sun, 30 Aug 2009 07:10:01 EST news170833414 "Experts" have long been saying the popularity of hybrid vehicles is waning, in parallel to lower gas prices. Say it ain't so? It ain't. http://www.physorg.com/news170361448.html Technology Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:40:04 EST news170361448 Germany's largest solar park, and the world's second biggest, was inaugurated on Thursday on the site of a former Soviet military training ground in the east of the country. http://www.physorg.com/news169993976.html Technology Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:33:50 EST news169993976 Despite major costs to taxpayers in the U.S. and Canada, government programs that offer rebates to hybrid vehicle buyers are failing to produce environmental benefits, a new UBC study says. http://www.physorg.com/news168600484.html Technology Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:50:03 EST news168600484 Some people who are serious about wanting to reduce their "carbon footprint" on the Earth have one choice available to them that may yield a large long-term benefit - have one less child. http://www.physorg.com/news168263826.html Space & Earth Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:57:44 EST news168263826 Mounting evidence that human activity is changing the world's oceans in profound and damaging ways is outlined in a new scientific discussion paper released today. http://www.physorg.com/news168085384.html Space & Earth Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:24:40 EST news168085384 Could straw houses be the buildings of the future? That's what researchers at the University of Bath will be testing this summer by constructing a "BaleHaus" made of prefabricated straw bale and hemp cladding panels on campus. http://www.physorg.com/news167913104.html Technology Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:10:01 EST news167913104 One of the biggest glaciers in the southern hemisphere shrivelled by a fifth in 40 years, French scientists said on Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news167479149.html Space & Earth Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:20:02 EST news167479149 South Korea's Hyundai Motor and its affiliate Kia Motors Wednesday announced plans to invest 4.1 trillion won (3.28 billion dollars) by end-2013 to develop fuel-efficient cars and cut carbon emissions. http://www.physorg.com/news167460061.html Technology Wed, 22 Jul 2009 06:50:01 EST news167460061 The seeds of a lowly weed could cut jet fuel's cradle-to-grave carbon emissions by 84 percent. http://www.physorg.com/news166859707.html Space & Earth Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:10:01 EST news166859707 The stress of rising natural gas prices is leading many consumers to rethink how they heat their homes. For some this means moving towards modern alternative energy options, while others have been turning to a more traditional method for a solution to these rising costs. In Canada and the United States, wood burning stoves have been reevaluated as a potentially viable option for home heating. http://www.physorg.com/news166796067.html Biology Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:15:18 EST news166796067 (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have designed a synthetic tree that traps carbon dioxide from the air in an attempt to combat growing emissions. The device looks less like a tree and more like a small building, but it can collect carbon about 1,000 times faster than a real tree. One synthetic tree could absorb one ton of carbon dioxide per day, an amount equivalent to that produced by about 20 cars, on average. After being trapped in a chamber, the carbon would be compressed and stored in liquid form for sequestration. http://www.physorg.com/news166374180.html Technology Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:20:01 EST news166374180 Just months before world leaders are scheduled to meet to devise a new international treaty on climate change, a research team led by Princeton University scientists has developed a new way of dividing responsibility for carbon emissions among countries. http://www.physorg.com/news166120730.html Space & Earth Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:40:01 EST news166120730