Take sunlight, add water, and there you have it: free energy. Plants have been doing this for quite some time, splitting water's hydrogen apart from its oxygen, but our efforts to turn water into a source of free hydrogen fuel by mimicking them have borne no fruit. The problem is that splitting water takes more [...]
ScienceDaily (Sep. 1, 2010) — A new method of predicting solar storms that could help to avoid widespread power and communications blackouts costing billions of pounds has been launched by researchers at the University of Bradford. Solar storms involve the release of huge amounts of hot gas and magnetic forces from the surface of the [...]
Horseshoe crabs congregate annually at Delaware Bay. (Credit: Greg Breese, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) ScienceDaily (Sep. 1, 2010) — A distinct decline in horseshoe crab numbers has occurred that parallels climate change associated with the end of the last Ice Age, according to a study that used genomics to assess historical trends in population [...]
Image Source: TheNickster The lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries that will be powering the electric cars of tomorrow are much greener than originally expected, according to new research conducted. Much has been made of whether electric cars will actually be the saviour of our future, or whether they are just redistributing the environmental damage to other [...]
The ice may not retreat as much as feared this year, but what remains may be more rotten than robust The CCGS Amundsen makes light work of unexpectedly thin ice (Image: Paul Nicklen/National Geographic/Getty) 2 more images LAST September, David Barber was on board the Canadian icebreaker CCGS Amundsen (pictured), heading into the Beaufort Sea, [...]
(Reuters) – Oil sands operations are polluting the Athabasca River system, researchers said on Monday, contradicting the Alberta government's assertions that toxins in the watershed are naturally occurring. In a study likely to add more fuel to the environmental battle over oil sands development, researchers said mercury, arsenic, lead and cadmium are among the toxins [...]
Image: Flickr/ The Shopping Sherpa. Annoyingly tiny fridges may not be restricted to hotels or dorm rooms much longer. A new study proposes a way to construct the smallest refrigerator yet, based on just a few particles and capable of cooling to near absolute zero. The study, which will appear in an upcoming issue of [...]
The IPCC came under fire after using the wrong date for Himalayan glacier melt . The UN's climate science body needs fundamental reforms to the way it is managed, an international review has concluded. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has faced mounting pressure over errors in its last major assessment of climate science [...]
Mount Sinabung volcano spews smoke as seen from Bekerah village in the district of Tanah Karo in Indonesia's North Sumatra province August 30, 2010. The Indonesian volcano that erupted for the first time in centuries on Sunday spewed fresh plumes of smoke early on Monday morning, causing panic in nearby villages and delaying local flights, [...]
A smoke from a chimney is silhouetted against the setting sun at an industrial complex in Kawasaki, near Tokyo in this December 22, 2009 file photo. Credit: Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon (Reuters) – Japan's compulsory emissions trading scheme is set to start in April 2013 and cover large CO2 emitting companies, a draft of the government's proposals [...]
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