Environment News

Research Harnesses Solar-Powered Proteins to Filter Harmful Antibiotics from Water
Friday, April 19, 2013 - 11:46

New research, just published, details how University of Cincinnati researchers have developed and tested a solar-powered nano filter that is able to remove harmful carcinogens and antibiotics from water sources – lakes and rivers – at a significantly higher rate than the currently used filtering technology made of activated carbon.

 

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Scientists discover new materials to capture methane
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 - 12:10

Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)  and UC Berkeley and have discovered new materials to capture methane, the second highest concentration greenhouse gas emitted into the atmosphere.

 

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Early warning signs of population collapse
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - 12:43

Many factors — including climate change, overfishing or loss of food supply — can push a wild animal population to the brink of collapse. Ecologists have long sought ways to measure the risk of such a collapse, which could help wildlife and fishery managers take steps to protect endangered populations.

 

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Discovery of 1,800-year-old “Rosetta Stone” for Tropical Ice Cores
Friday, April 5, 2013 - 09:24

Researchers at The Ohio State University retrieved the cores from a Peruvian ice cap in 2003, and then noticed some startling similarities to other ice cores that they had retrieved from Tibet and the Himalayas. Patterns in the chemical composition of certain layers matched up, even though the cores were taken from opposite sides of the planet.

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Report finds materials manufacturers will likely be unable to meet targets for carbon-emissions reductions by 2050
Thursday, April 4, 2013 - 09:12

 A new report by researchers at MIT and elsewhere finds that the global manufacturing sector has made great strides in energy efficiency: The manufacturing of materials such as steel, cement, paper and aluminum has become increasingly streamlined, requiring far less energy than when these processes were first invented.

 

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Invasive crabs help Cape Cod marshes
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 - 10:50

 Ecologists are wary of non-native species, but along the shores of Cape Cod where grass-eating crabs have been running amok and destroying the marsh, an invasion of a predatory green crabs has helped turn back the tide in favor of the grass. The counter-intuitive conclusions appear in a new paper in the journal Ecology.

 

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