Environment

Space-Age Technologies Lend Helping Hand To Conservationists

In a pilot project that could help better manage the planet's strained natural resources, NASA satellites and sensors are providing a local Washington community the information needed to make more accurate river flow predictions on a daily basis, help ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 15 2009 - 2:49pm

Urban Heat Island Effect Influenced By Ecosystem, Regional Climate

NASA researchers studying urban landscapes say the intensity of the "heat island" created by a city depends on the ecosystem it replaced and on the regional climate where the city is located. Urban areas developed in arid and semi-arid regions sh ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 15 2009 - 6:43pm

Celebrities, activists descend on Copenhagen

Celebrities, activists descend on Copenhagen NGOs find innovative ways to spread the message — Photo: AFP California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger talks to the media as he leaves his hotel in Copenhagen on Tuesday for a press conference at the United Nat ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Dec 16 2009 - 2:26am

DOE Secretary Steven Chu and IPCC Chairman Rajendra Pachauri speak at Bright Green

DOE Secretary Steven Chu and IPCC Chairman Rajendra Pachauri speak at Bright Green by Rebecca Lutzy on 12/14/2009 15:27 0 comments, 739 views Categories: Headline, Carbon and De-carbonization, Politics & Legislation, Green Business, Energy, Energy Inve ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Dec 16 2009 - 2:31am

Climate conference emits its share of carbon

Climate conference emits its share of carbon Buzz Up Share If they fail to reach a climate deal in Copenhagen, world leaders flying in their private jets and huddling in five-star hotels will have little to show for their efforts beyond a big, fat carbon f ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Dec 16 2009 - 9:45am

FACT Project Kenya

FACT Project Kenya Title: Jatropha Curcas for local energy production Location: Gwassi Hills, Suba District, Kenya Duration: 3 years Partners: Stichting Het Groen Woudt (NL), Osienala friends of the lake (KE) The project aims to initiate and enhance produc ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Dec 16 2009 - 10:59am

Biofuels status today

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Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Dec 16 2009 - 5:16pm

World leaders address fraught climate summit

World leaders address fraught climate summit Buzz Up Share Twitter Delicious Myspace Digg Stumble Upon Facebook Thu, Dec 17 04:15 PM Copenhagen, Dec. 17-- Persistently deep divisions threatened to scupper a climate change deal in Copenhagen on Wednesday, b ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Dec 17 2009 - 11:18am

Biodiversity Informatics: the emergence of a field

Biodiversity Informatics: the emergence of a field Indra Neil Sarkar1,2,3 1 Center for Clinical and Translational Science, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA 2 Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, College of Medicine, University of Ve ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Dec 17 2009 - 11:28am

Why Danes are keeping political statement secret

India attacks Danes for keeping political statement secret Press Trust Of India Copenhagen, December 17, 2009 First Published: 20:58 IST(17/12/2009) Last Updated: 21:12 IST(17/12/2009) Print As prospects of a deal to combat global warming appeared bleak at ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Dec 17 2009 - 11:39am