News tagged with ozone gas
Cheap natural gas makes inroads as US vehicle fuel
Natural gas, whose price is at record lows thanks to a shale drilling boom, is gaining traction as an alternative energy in the United States, with automakers jumping on the bandwagon.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 28, 2012 |
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New study sheds light on evolutionary origin of oxygen-based cellular respiration
Researchers at the RIKEN SPring-8 Center in Harima, Japan, have clarified the crystal structure of quinol dependent nitric oxide reductase (qNOR), a bacterial enzyme that offers clues on the origins of our ...
Jan 22, 2012 |
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How sustainable is nuclear power for the UK?
The research into the sustainability of nuclear and other electricity options in the UK shows that nuclear power could make a significant contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2035. However, that would require ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Dec 08, 2011 |
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Study: Ozone from rock fracture could serve as earthquake early warning
Researchers the world over are seeking reliable ways to predict earthquakes, focusing on identifying seismic precursors that, if detected early enough, could serve as early warnings.
Nov 17, 2011 |
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Southern South American wildfires expected to increase: study
A new University of Colorado Boulder study indicates a major climate oscillation in the Southern Hemisphere that is expected to intensify in the coming decades will likely cause increased wildfire activity ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 22, 2011 |
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How the N2O greenhouse gas is decomposed
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a harmful climate gas. Its effect as a greenhouse gas is 300 times stronger than that of carbon dioxide. Nitrous oxide destroys the ozone layer. In industrial agriculture, it is generated ...
Aug 22, 2011 |
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Climate change increases the risk of ozone damage to plants
Ground-level ozone is an air pollutant that harms humans and plants. Both climate and weather play a major role in ozone damage to plants. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have now shown that climate change ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 30, 2011 |
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European research effort improves understanding of impacts of aerosols on climate
Atmospheric aerosol particles (otherwise known as Particulate Matter) have been masking the true rate of greenhouse gas induced global warming during the industrial period. New investigations show that the aerosol cooling ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 29, 2011 |
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New website to monitor greenhouse gases
An Australian research institute on Monday launched a website that allows the public to monitor greenhouse gas emissions in the southern hemisphere.
Jun 20, 2011 |
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Wyoming is beset by a big-city problem: smog
(AP) -- Wyoming, famous for its crisp mountain air and breathtaking, far-as-the-eye-can-see vistas, is looking a lot like smoggy Los Angeles these days because of a boom in natural gas drilling.
Mar 08, 2011 |
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University of Utah microbubbles clean dirty soil in China
Microbubbles are much bigger than they sound. If all goes as planned during a demonstration project in eastern China, microbubble technology developed at the University of Utah has the potential to boost a ...
Oct 13, 2010 |
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Carbon, nitrogen link may provide new ways to mitigate pollution problems
A new study exploring the growing worldwide problem of nitrogen pollution from soils to the sea shows that global ratios of nitrogen and carbon in the environment are inexorably linked, a finding that may ...
Apr 21, 2010 |
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Aquatic 'dead zones' contributing to climate change
The increased frequency and intensity of oxygen-deprived "dead zones" along the world's coasts can negatively impact environmental conditions in far more than just local waters. In the March 12 edition of the journal Science, Univer ...
Mar 11, 2010 |
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H1N1 Virus Can Be Killed by Acidic Ozone Water
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have found that acidic ozone water can deactivate H1N1 viruses very effectively, offering a promising disinfectant for the millions of people trying to avoid the disease. Acidic ...
Nov 09, 2009 |
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North America backs plan to cut greenhouse gases
(AP) -- Small island nations gained North America's powerful backing Tuesday for a plan to convert the U.N. ozone treaty into a tool for phasing out some of the globe's most powerful climate-warming gases.
Sep 16, 2009 |
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