Long-term exposure to elevated levels of ground ozone"”a major constituent of smog"”significantly raises the risk of dying from lung disease, according to a new nationwide study of cities that evaluated the impact of ozone on respiratory health over an 18-year period.
Cornell University is turning its biotrash - vegetable oil from dining hall fryers, animal bedding from campus barns, farm waste from university research - into fuels for use on campus.
A new guide to volunteering names Earthwatch one of the top international wildlife and conservation organizations.
Effects of climate change projected this century for Oregon's Upper Willamette River Basin, including Eugene-Springfield, will threaten water supplies, buildings, transportation systems, human health, forests, and fish and wildlife, according to a new report.
New temperature data and numerical climate model simulations contradict the long-held idea that global temperatures were steady in the greenhouse-to-icehouse transition 34 million years ago. This suggests that models in use now to predict climate change may be underestimating future polar warming.
Two scientists who found warning signs of climate change in the upper atmosphere and in the deepest ice sheets will share the 2009 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, administered by the University of Southern California. The award consists of a $200,000 cash prize and gold medals. Winners lecture at USC on April 23.
A joint venture between the U and Headwaters Inc. has been created to offer carbon management services to CO2-emitting companies, from carbon storage engineering to risk and liability management. The first project will be to develop and operate a regional CO2 storage site to serve several power plants in central Utah.
Invasive species"”one of the top causes of biological diversity loss worldwide"”significantly impact cultural diversity as well, according to a review published in the latest issue of the journal Environmental Conservation that has provoked heated debate within the scientific community.
A dramatic increase in carbon dioxide levels is making the world's ocean more acidic, which may adversely affect the survival of marine life and organisms that depend on them, such as humans.
An electric car (or plug-in hybrid in electric mode) creates carbon-dioxide emissions, too; how much depends on the grid used to recharge it.
Faculty, students and staff on Washington University in St. Louis' Danforth, North and West campuses no longer can find bottled water in vending machines or at most campus eateries. Because of concerns about the environmental impact of bottled water, WUSTL ended sales of the product in January, and administrative offices no longer offer bottled water at events and meetings.
Research and development. Industry partnerships. Recycled shipping containers. The University of Houston Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture is primed to sharpen and green the cutting edge of design and architecture with the new UH Green Building Components (GBC), the college's research initiative to design, develop and implement sustainable, renewable building components for the architecture, engineering and construction industries.
Expert available to discuss the future of advanced battery tech as it relates to energy efficiency and the economic recovery program.
The University of North Carolina Wilmington opened ECOteal last fall. It is the first store in the 16 campus UNC system dedicated to selling environmentally friendly products.
Do you "hope" that everyone will see the light and start living more sustainably to save the environment? if so, you may be doing more harm than good.
Recycling happens every day at the University of Houston, but for 10 weeks, the campus community will step up its efforts to reduce campus waste. UH is among the universities competing in the national RecycleMania competition, which not only encourages recycling but also emphasizes the benefits of going green every day.
A GPS collar gives researchers an unusually specific record of the coyote's interstate wandering.
A group of Dalhousie University mechanical engineering students have built the ultimate fuel-efficient car.
Earthwatch and Archaeological Institute of America to Host Public Lecture in Boston on Feb. 23rd where Dr. Chris Stevenson will debunk popularly held thoughts about Easter Island, and share this punch-line: yes, the ancient Rapanui people did abuse their environment, but they were also developing sustainable practices"”innovating, experimenting, trying to adapt to a risky environment"”and they would still be here today if it weren't for the diseases introduced by European settlers.
If nothing is done to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Oregon will face some $3.3 billion in annual costs, which translates to about 4 percent of annual household income by 2020, according to a report produced for the University of Oregon's Climate Leadership Initiative's Program on Climate Economics by ECONorthwest.
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