Environment

Study Suggests Link Between Environmental Toxins And Early Puberty In Girls

Although scientists have speculated over the negative effects of environmental toxins for years, new data suggest that certain environmental toxins may disrupt the normal growth and hormonal development of girls. Some of these toxins, such as the mycoestro ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 8 2008 - 2:14am

Small Sea Creatures: A Barometer Of Climate Change?

As oceans warm and become more acidic, ocean creatures are undergoing severe stress and entire food webs are at risk, according to scientists at a press briefing this morning at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 19 2008 - 6:30am

The Hansen Plan: How Renewables Will Replace Coal And Nuclear Power Generation

Dr. Tom Hansen has a vision for clean power. It’s big and bold. Dubbed the ‘Hansen Plan’ in a January 2008 Scientific American article, it would completely replace fossil fuels and nuclear power generation across the country. The idea is gaining fervent f ...

Article - Jane Poynter - Jun 19 2009 - 10:48pm

Nanotechnologies Next Promise: Cleaner Water

Tiny particles of pure silica coated with an active material could be used to remove toxic chemicals, bacteria, viruses, and other hazardous materials from water much more effectively and at lower cost than conventional water purification methods, accordin ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 20 2008 - 9:37am

Antarctica's Tourism Concerns (Yes, You Read That Right)

“Antarctica is the ultimate destination for anyone interested in natural history but it also challenges those people who visit to think broadly about our responsibilities to all life on Earth.” That’s the view of Dr Robert Lambert, a lecturer on Tourism an ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 22 2008 - 10:02am

Can Compost Heaps Cure Global Warming?

Applying organic fertilizers, such as those resulting from composting, to agricultural land could increase the amount of carbon stored in these soils and contribute significantly to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, according to new research publi ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 24 2008 - 11:31pm

New Carbon Aerogel Absorbs Hydrocarbon Pollutants

A research team from the University of Granada has managed to produce the most useful material to-date that will eliminate pollutants like benzene, toluene and xylene, organic solvents widely used in the hydrocarbon industry and generated by road traffic i ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 26 2008 - 11:31am

Study: Destruction Of Sumatra Forests May Be Driving Global Warming

Turning just one Sumatran province's forests and peat swamps into pulpwood and palm oil plantations is generating more annual greenhouse gas emissions than the Netherlands and rapidly driving the province's elephants into extinction, a new study ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 27 2008 - 12:26am

Testing: A Reverse Osmosis Windmill For Water Desalination

Windmills and desalination installations are already commercially available. The windmills produce electricity from wind power, the electricity is stored and subsequently used to drive the high-pressure pump for the reverse osmosis installation. It's ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 29 2008 - 10:50am

Global Warming: All Lies, Err Hype?

In 2004, a scientific crew braced the cold and the odds to extract a sediment core from 400m below the seabed of the Arctic Ocean. The core showed that Fifty-five million years ago, deep in the Eocene, the North Pole was ice-free and enjoying tropical tem ...

Blog Post - Heidi Henderson - Feb 20 2009 - 7:03am