News tagged with environmental equivalent

Finding the ASX200 for marine ecosystems

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are building the environmental equivalent of the ASX200 as a means of monitoring the health of Australian marine ecosystems.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1




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The environment and pharmaceuticals and personal care products: What are the big questions?

Researchers at the University of York headed a major international review aimed at enhancing efforts to better understand the impacts of chemicals used in pharmaceuticals or in personal care products, such as cosmetics, soaps, ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created 18 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Engineers develop novel system for producing conductive films

(Phys.org) -- Yale engineers have developed a novel automated system for generating strong, flexible, transparent coatings with promising uses in lithium-ion battery and fuel cell production, among other applications.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New Vermont law: Researchers to measure 'genuine progress'

"What you measure is what you get," said Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz. Soon Vermont may measure its economic well-being somewhat differently.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 04, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Huge scope to store water underground

There is potential to store large volumes of Australia’s precious fresh water underground, to offset climate change, avoid evaporation losses and meet national water needs into the future, leading water scientists say.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Scientists core into California's Clear Lake to explore past climate change

(Phys.org) -- University of California, Berkeley, scientists are drilling into ancient sediments at the bottom of Northern California's Clear Lake for clues that could help them better predict how today's ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 16 | with audio podcast

Researchers use weather model to recommend East Coast offshore wind farms

Most energy experts agree that cheap, clean, renewable wind energy holds great potential to help the world satisfy energy needs while reducing harmful greenhouse gases. But how can fluctuating wind power be ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Direct drinking water recycling could prevent floods

The use of a more streamlined process to recycle wastewater could have saved Brisbane from severe flooding in 2011 and mitigated recent flood risks in New South Wales, a leading water expert says.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 2

The most fuel-efficient hybrid and electric cars

Which are the most fuel-efficient hybrid and/or all-electric cars available to consumers today?

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Greenland may be slip-sliding away due to surface lake melt: study

Like snow sliding off a roof on a sunny day, the Greenland Ice Sheet may be sliding faster into the ocean due to massive releases of meltwater from surface lakes, according to a new study by the University ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (15) | comments 45 | with audio podcast

Resurfacing urban areas to offset 150 billion tons of carbon dioxide

Imagine a world where the rooftops and pavements of every urban area are resurfaced to increase the reflection of the Sun's light rays. Well, this is exactly what a group of Canadian researchers have done ...

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created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 23 | with audio podcast


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