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More than 1,000 patients in US admitted annually for aviation-related injuries

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The first ever published study of aviation-related injuries and deaths in the U.S. finds that more than 1,013 patients are admitted to U.S. hospitals with aviation-related injuries annually, and that 753 aviation-deaths occur ...


Hidden threat: Elevated pollution levels near regional airports

Hidden threat: Elevated pollution levels near regional airports

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists are reporting evidence that air pollution — a well-recognized problem at major airports — may pose an important but largely overlooked health concern for people living near smaller regional airports. ...


Director general and CEO of the International Air Transport Association Giovanni Bisignani

Biofuel for commercial flights by 2010: IATA

Technology / Energy

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said Friday it would approve biofuels for commercial flights by 2010 in a bid to drastically reduce the industry's carbon footprint.


Doing More with Your Cell Phone

Doing More with Your Cell Phone

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- As technology shrinks, and as it becomes possible to unplug and still conduct all of your business from a hand-held device, we demand more convenience. And there are two entities leading the ...


The airline industry is under attack from environmentalists for its contribution to global warming

Airlines wary of 2020 carbon-neutral target

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 09, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Crisis-hit airlines said Tuesday that a plan to cap the growth of the industry's emissions by 2020 was ambitious and costly but agreed on the urgency of fighting climate change.


New plan to reduce planes' CO2 emissions

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (29) | comments 4

(AP) -- Aviation groups in Europe announced a plan Tuesday to change the way commercial planes land in order to reduce their global-warming emissions of carbon dioxide.


Stratospheric Balloon

Does global warming lead to a change in upper atmospheric transport?

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 15, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Most atmospheric models predict that the rate of transport of air from the troposphere to the above lying stratosphere should be increasing due to climate change. Surprisingly, Dr. Andreas Engel together with ...