News tagged with green house gas emissions

New hull coatings for Navy ships cut fuel use, protect environment (w/Video)

New hull coatings being developed by the Office of Naval Research are showing promise in reducing the build-up of marine crustaceans - namely barnacles - on ships' hulls, optimizing vessel performance and dramatically reducing ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0




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Scientists track your carbon footprint, step by step

If you're driving your SUV to the farmers market to buy local asparagus and thinking you're making a difference for the planet, - not so fast. You're focused on a detail and ignoring the gas-hogging elephant in the room.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

New Zealand gas research to help farmers' bottom line

Scientists have long accepted that gas from farm animals is a major factor in climate change, but how do you stop cattle and sheep from doing what comes naturally?

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 01, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

As air pollution from fracking rises, EPA to set rules

The rush to capture natural gas from hydraulic fracturing has led to giant compressor stations alongside backyard swing sets, drilling rigs in sight of front porches, and huge flares at gas wells alongside country roads.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Nanotrees harvest the sun's energy to turn water into hydrogen fuel

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of California, San Diego electrical engineers are building a forest of tiny nanowire trees in order to cleanly capture solar energy without using fossil fuels and harvest it for ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (21) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

New integrated building model may improve fish farming operations

Today's "locavore" movement with its emphasis on eating more locally-produced food is a natural fit for fruits and vegetables in nearly every region, but few entrepreneurs have dared to apply the concept to ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New model finds climate change could expose North America, East Asia and the Caribbean to costly hurricane damage

If you’re planning to build that dream beach house along the East Coast of the United States, or would like to relocate to the Caribbean, a new study by economists and climate scientists suggests you ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (12) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Sun sets on oil wells

Nobel Prize winner George Olah and Surya Prakash of USC Dornsife have found new traction in their methanol economy concept with their latest publication, the Open Fuel Standard Act of 2011 and the new discoveries ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 6

Obama's fuel economy rules a job killer, auto dealers say

Flying squads of auto dealers descended on Washington, D.C., in late September. Amped up by a rabble-rousing talk by House Speaker John Boehner and clutching copies of a dealers' association pamphlet entitled "A Flawed Fuel ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 10

Google reveals energy use to show search is green (Update)

(AP) -- Stung by concerns that using Google is bad for the planet, the Internet search giant has revealed exactly how much electricity the company uses and how much greenhouse gases it produces in an effort to show its business ...

Technology / Internet

created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 8

Feds aim to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 28 percent

NASA opened an energy efficient office building at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. The Navy is running boats on biofuel in Norfolk.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 28, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 13


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