News tagged with water emission

Global warming to carry big costs for California

(AP) -- From agricultural losses to devastation wrought by wildfires, California's economy is expected to see significant costs resulting from global warming in the decades ahead, according to a new report.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (56) | comments 11

Carbon dioxide affecting fish brains: study

Rising human carbon dioxide emissions may be affecting the brains and central nervous systems of sea fish, with serious consequences for their survival, according to new research.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (15) | comments 15

Most distant detection of water in the Universe

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers have found the most distant signs of water in the Universe to date. Dr John McKean of the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON) will be presenting the discovery at ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (13) | comments 1

Putting the pedal to the metal: Lithium metal improves fuel cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- Water splitting is a clean way to generate hydrogen, which is seen by many as the fuel of the future. Scientists from the Energy Technology Research Institute, AIST in Tsukuba, Japan now report ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 14, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (15) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New study ranks countries on environment impact

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study led by the University of Adelaide’s Environment Institute has ranked most of the world’s countries for their environmental impact.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 04, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Water cooling for supercomputers unveiled in Switzerland

Swiss researchers on Thursday unveiled a water-cooling system to cut the heat generated by a supercomputer, thereby significantly reducing its carbon footprint.

Technology / Engineering

created May 06, 2010 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (18) | comments 7

Nuclear power essential to cut emissions: UK expert

Britain's chief scientific adviser voiced concern Wednesday at moves to abandon nuclear power after Japan's Fukushima crisis, saying it remains vital to combat global warming.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 22

Drying intensifying wildfires, carbon release ninefold, study finds

Drying of northern wetlands has led to much more severe peatland wildfires and nine times as much carbon released into the atmosphere, according to new research led by a University of Guelph professor.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Coral reefs may start dissolving when atmospheric CO2 doubles

Rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and the resulting effects on ocean water are making it increasingly difficult for coral reefs to grow, say scientists. A study to be published online March 13, 2009 in ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (11) | comments 8

Powering Australia with waves

Wave energy is surging ahead as a viable source of renewable energy to generate electricity -- with Australia's southern margin identified by the World Energy Council as one of the world's most promising sites for wave-energy ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Aug 17, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Growth versus global warming

(PhysOrg.com) -- Houses on stilts, small scale energy generation and recycling our dishwater are just some of the measures that are being proposed to prepare our cities for the effects of global warming.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Saturn's moon Enceladus spreads its influence

(PhysOrg.com) -- Chalk up one more feat for Saturn's intriguing moon Enceladus. The small, dynamic moon spews out dramatic plumes of water vapor and ice -- first seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in 2005. ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Climate change effect on California delta is detailed in new study

California's water problems and the ecological pressure on the West Coast's largest estuary will intensify in a warming world, according to a first-of-its-kind scientific study.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Aggressive mitigation policy could halve climate-related impacts on exposure to water scarcity by 2100

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a paper highlighted in Nature Climate Change today, Nigel Arnell, Director of the Walker Institute for Climate System Research at the University of Reading, and colleague Detlef van Vuuren from the Ne ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Glacier-melting debate highlights importance of satellites

The intense public debate on how rapidly the Himalayan glaciers are retreating highlights the necessity for the constant monitoring of glaciers worldwide by satellites.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 01, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 28