News tagged with organic carbon
Researchers Identify Problems in the Uranium Bioremediation Avenue
Mar 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Toxic uranium is often found in soil and groundwater in places where uranium was either mined or enriched to make nuclear fuel and weapons. Uranium contamination, which is a threat to wildlife ...
Replacing corn with perennial grasses improves carbon footprint of biofuels
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Dec 02, 2008 |
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Converting forests or fields to biofuel crops can increase or decrease greenhouse gas emissions, depending on where – and which – biofuel crops are used, University of Illinois researchers report this month.
New life beneath sea and ice
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Nov 17, 2008 |
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Scientists have long known that life can exist in some very extreme environments. But Earth continues to surprise us. At a European Science Foundation and COST (European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical ...
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Global warming predictions are overestimated, suggests study on black carbon
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 18, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A detailed analysis of black carbon -- the residue of burned organic matter -- in computer climate models suggests that those models may be overestimating global warming predictions.
New test for detecting fake organic milk
Mar 02, 2009 |
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Scientists in Germany are reporting development of a new, more effective method to determine whether milk marketed as "organic" is genuine or just ordinary milk mislabeled to hoodwink consumers. Their report ...
Arctic soil reveals climate change clues
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 08, 2008 |
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Frozen arctic soil contains nearly twice the greenhouse-gas-producing organic material as was previously estimated, according to recently published research by University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists.
Prairie soil organic matter shown to be resilient under intensive agriculture
Jan 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A recent study has confirmed that although there was a large reduction of organic carbon and total nitrogen pools when prairies were first cultivated and drained, there has been no consistent pattern in these ...
Rivers are carbon processors, not inert pipelines
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Microorganisms in rivers and streams play a crucial role in the global carbon cycle that has not previously been considered. Freshwater ecologist Dr. Tom Battin, of the University of Vienna, told a COST ESF Frontiers of Science ...
Scrubbing sulfur: New process removes sulfur components, CO2 from power plant emissions (w/ Video)
Aug 18, 2009 |
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The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has developed a reusable organic liquid that can pull harmful gases such as carbon dioxide or sulfur dioxide out of industrial emissions from ...
Microbe diet key to carbon dioxide release
Jul 31, 2008 |
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As microbes in the soil break down fallen plant matter, a diet "balanced" in nutrients appears to help control soil fertility and the normal release of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
Buying local isn't always better for the environment
Feb 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Shopping locally may not be as good for the environment as having food delivered, according to new research by the University of Exeter (UK). Published in the journal Food Policy, the study ...
Carbon Nanotubes Detect Lung Cancer Markers in the Breath
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 20, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using an array of nanotube devices, each coated with a different organic material, researchers at the Israel Institute of Technology have developed diagnostic system that may be able to diagnose lung cancer ...
Microbes turn electricity directly to methane
Mar 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A tiny microbe can take electricity and directly convert carbon dioxide and water to methane, producing a portable energy source with a potentially neutral carbon footprint, according to a ...
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