News tagged with air
Scientists prepare for coming ATTREX climate study
A consortium of scientists are in the early stages of preparation for a multi-year airborne science campaign to study the humidity and chemical composition of air entering the tropical tropopause layer of ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Using air pollution thresholds to protect and restore ecosystem health
Air pollution is changing our environment and undermining many benefits we rely on from wild lands, threatening water purity, food production, and climate stability, according to a team of scientists writing in the 14th edition ...
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Climate policies can help resolve energy security and air pollution challenges
Policies to protect the global climate and limit global temperature rise offer the most effective entry point for achieving energy sustainability, reducing air pollution, and improving energy security, according to an article ...
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Rising air pollution worsens drought, flooding, study shows
Increases in air pollution and other particulate matter in the atmosphere can strongly affect cloud development in ways that reduce precipitation in dry regions or seasons, while increasing rain, snowfall ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 13, 2011 |
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New Acer Ultrabook is no MacBook Air, but it's not bad
I'm a big fan of Apple's MacBook Air computer. Revamped by Apple last year, the notebook is a thin, ultralight, speedy computer. Instead of a high-powered processor, a traditional hard drive and a DVD slot, ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 11, 2011 |
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NASA ready for November launch of car-size Mars rover
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's most advanced mobile robotic laboratory, which will examine one of the most intriguing areas on Mars, is in final preparations for a launch from Florida's Space Coast at 10:25 a.m. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 10, 2011 |
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Getting to xenon: Scientists examine alternatives for pulling this rare, expensive element out of air samples
Whether capturing xenon for security or industrial uses, a new material could be a valuable ally, according to scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Classified as a metal-organic framework or ...
Nov 08, 2011 |
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Fujitsu develops cooling technology that utilizes a CPU's waste heat
Fujitsu Laboratories announced the development of cooling technology that employs waste heat generated by CPUs to produce chilled water that can be used to cool server rooms.
Nov 08, 2011 |
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Excess heavy metals in 10% of China's land: report
About 10 percent of China's farmland contains excessive levels of heavy metals due to contaminated water and poisonous waste seeping into the soil, state media said Monday, citing a government survey.
Nov 07, 2011 |
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Tropical forests are fertilized by air pollution
Scientists braved ticks and a tiger to discover how human activities have perturbed the nitrogen cycle in tropical forests. Studies at two remote Smithsonian Institution Global Earth Observatory sites in Panama ...
Nov 03, 2011 |
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New material for air cleaner filters that captures flu viruses
With flu season just around the corner, scientists are reporting development of a new material for the fiber in face masks, air conditioning filters and air cleaning filters that captures influenza viruses ...
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Beijing vows better pollution data after smog anger
Authorities in Beijing have pledged to improve the way they measure air quality amid accusations they massively underestimate pollution in the Chinese capital, state media said Wednesday.
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Halloween weekend snow paints a ghostly picture in the U.S. northeast
(PhysOrg.com) -- A late October snowstorm from a Nor'easter blanketed the eastern U.S. from West Virginia to Maine and broke records the weekend before Halloween Monday. NASA's Aqua satellite flew over the ...
Nov 01, 2011 |
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Beijing air pollution 'hazardous': US embassy
Air pollution in Beijing reached "hazardous" levels on Monday, the US embassy said, as thick smog blanketed the city for the third day running, forcing the closure of highways and cancellation of flights.
Oct 31, 2011 |
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Appeals court overturns key Cape Wind clearance
(AP) -- A federal appeals court on Friday overturned the Federal Aviation Administration's ruling that Cape Wind's turbines present no danger for local air traffic.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 29, 2011 |
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