News tagged with oxide emissions

Survey Shows Poorly Designed Wastewater Treatment Plants May Emit More Nitrous Oxide

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first large-scale survey of 12 wastewater plants across the U.S., led by Columbia scientists, shows that the magnitude of N2O emissions from these wastewater treatment plants may be more ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers calculate the greenhouse gas value of ecosystems

Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a new, more accurate method of calculating the change in greenhouse gas emissions that results from changes in land use.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 26, 2010 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

New study shows how farms can lower emissions

(PhysOrg.com) -- A joint report from the law schools at UC Berkeley and UCLA recommends ways that farmers and ranchers can mitigate the impact of climate change. "Room to Grow" identifies barriers to lowering emissions and ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 10, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Advanced engine-control system reduces biodiesel fuel consumption and emissions

Researchers from Purdue University and Cummins Inc. have developed an advanced "closed-loop control" approach for preventing diesel engines from emitting greater amounts of smog-causing nitrogen oxides when ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 25, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

German researchers demonstrate diesel truck engine with barely measurable emissions

Just three months after the Euro 5 Norm for exhaust emissions went into force for all new car models, researchers at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM, Germany) have demonstrated an engine that is ...

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 1

ARS Explores Ways to Keep Carbon in the Soil

(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are testing out alternative ways of tilling the soil and rotating crops to see if they can help wheat farmers in Oregon sequester more carbon ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Studying Fertilizers to Cut Greenhouse Gases

(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have found that using alternative types of fertilizers can cut back on greenhouse gas emissions, at least in one part of the country. They are ...

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New study predicts future consequences of a global biofuels program

A report examining the impact of a global biofuels program on greenhouse gas emissions during the 21st century has found that carbon loss stemming from the displacement of food crops and pastures for biofuels ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Japanese firm plans zero-emission ferry

A Japanese shipmaker said Thursday it planned to launch the world's first large electric ferry -- the latest innovation aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Portable and precise gas sensor could monitor pollution and detect disease

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the air, it is a serious pollutant. In the body, it plays a role in heart rate, blood flow, nerve signals and immune function.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Portable and precise gas sensor could monitor pollution and detect disease

In the air, it is a serious pollutant. In the body, it plays a role in heart rate, blood flow, nerve signals and immune function. Nitric oxide, a gas well known to scientists for its myriad functions, has ...

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Cars running on ethanol can pollute too: Brazil study

Cars running on sugarcane ethanol can produce as many harmful pollutants as those using ordinary petrol (gasoline), according a study published by Brazil's environment ministry.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (9) | comments 8

New study shows nitrous oxide now top ozone-depleting emission

Nitrous oxide has now become the largest ozone-depleting substance emitted through human activities, and is expected to remain the largest throughout the 21st century, NOAA scientists say in a new study.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 3

Ripe pineapple and delicious pork

Customers want fresh food, which is neither unripe nor spoiled. A new system based on metal oxide sensors could check the safety and quality of foods reliably, quickly and economically -- such as how ripe ...

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New proxy reveals how humans have disrupted the nitrogen cycle

More and more, scientists are getting a better grip on the nitrogen cycle. They are learning about sources of nitrogen and how this element changes as it loops from the nonliving, such as the atmosphere, soil ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0