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Eco Factor: Synthetic trees to capture CO2 from the air and convert it into liquid CO2.
Research scientists at the Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering at Columbia University have come up with an ingenious idea to capture atmospheric..
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The U.S House of Representative just passed a bill that will address global warming by reducing the emission of gasses that cause climate change. It was a watered-down...
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For all the right-wing hysteria about President Obama being a socialist, the president is actually quite a centrist and even a corporatist. Depending on one’s...
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In a beloved film from my childhood, “Flight of Dragons,” the scientist hero confronts the evil red magician on a dark crag. As menacing snakes sprout out...
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After much negotiations, the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives finally managed to pass President Obama’s “Cap-and-Trade” bill as part of...
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The Symposium on the Climate Change in London witnessed the US Energy Secretary Steven Chu raising concerns over global warming. He went on to suggest painting roofs...
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For the green hoodies New York’s the place to be, because erected outside the Madison Square Garden and Penn Station, by the Deutsche Bank is a 70-feet-tall digital...
made popular Jun 19 2009
Eco Factor: Real-time CO2 counter encourages people to curtail emissions.
Deutsche Bank, a name not directly related to environmental conservation, has lit a...
made popular Jun 19 2009
By mid-century, climate change may have outrun the ability of Africa’s farmers to adapt to rising temperatures, threatening the continent’s precarious food...
made popular Jun 18 2009
Oslo - Can the North Sea basin hold all of the carbon dioxide in Europe? Norway certainly hopes so.
At a high-level conference in Bergen last month, the oil-rich...
made popular Jun 16 2009
Argentina’s Perito Moreno glacier is one of only a few ice fields worldwide that have withstood rising global temperatures.
Nourished by Andean snowmelt, the...
made popular Jun 15 2009
Definition – Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of the Earth’s near-surface air and oceans since the mid-twentieth century and its...
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Nuclear warfare is a constant threat to life on earth but climate change is no less serious, says a summit of the world’s Nobel Laureates who, along with Prince...
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Jordanian Ministry of Environment will be marking World Environment Day, which is usually celebrated on the 5th of June, through a new campaign titled, “Your...
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World Environment Day (WED) was established by the UN General Assembly in 1972 to mark the opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment.
Commemorated...
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People talk about the future, yet climate change is claiming lives now, notably in Africa. The nations, governors and those governed must stand up and be counted.
The...
made popular Jun 5 2009
Eco Factor: Solar-generating roofs coated with reflective tiles to reduce solar gain.
Recently news surfaced that painting the world white would help curb global...
made popular Jun 4 2009
On Tuesday, French climber Alain Robert, popularly known as “Spiderman,” climbed a 41-story Sydney tower with his bare hands, just to make the world aware about...
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Carbon Capture & Storage technology has been around for many decades but researchers could not make any substantial progress in its testing. Abandoning this tale...
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Researchers all over the world are coming up with various suggestions to help tackle the global warming. Accordingly, the US Energy Secretary Steven Chu proposes to...
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For the green hoodies New York’s the place to be, because erected outside the Madison Square Garden and Penn Station, by the Deutsche Bank is a 70-feet-tall digital...
made popular Jun 19 2009
Eco Factor: Real-time CO2 counter encourages people to curtail emissions.
Deutsche Bank, a name not directly related to environmental conservation, has lit a...
made popular Jun 19 2009
“Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet”, rightly said by Albert...
made popular May 16 2009
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Henry Miller theatre which has been closed since 2004 will soon open in September. So all you theater lovers, prepare yourself for an amazing...
made popular May 8 2009
Pursuing its endeavor to reduce air pollution in Lima (Peru), Tierra Nuestra SAC has installed its first air purifier, called the Super Tree, in the district of...
made popular May 1 2009
Self healing paint for cars did astonish then, not really now after this attempt from University of Michigan, to develop bendable concrete that heals itself when it...
made popular Apr 23 2009
Eco Factor: Air purification system works on solar energy.
Around the world, the air we breathe has always been a major concern to our health and our ecosystem. With...
made popular Apr 3 2009
Eco Factor: Latest carbon capture technique would allow scientists to slow down global warming.
Research conducted by an international team of scientists, led by the...
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Eco Factor: Carbon neutral process uses electricity to generate methane.
A team of Penn State Engineers have developed a new technique that could possibly convert...
made popular Mar 31 2009
Eco Factor: Forests in the sky to absorb harmful CO2 from the upper atmosphere.
Reading the simple laws of physics will make you understand that hot air is lighter...
made popular Feb 28 2009
Eco Factor: Watch charged with kinetic energy lowers carbon footprint with a built-in CO2 scrubber.
Industrial designer David Keith, along with his team of...
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Eco Factor: Nitrogen fertilization increases leaf albedo.
We all know that trees suck up carbon dioxide and release the all important oxygen for us to breathe. This...
made popular Nov 24 2008
‘Engineer aims to bury CO2 with a leak proof technology’
Every day, every hour, every minute and every second we are inching towards global warming. To...
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‘Revised theory suggests carbon dioxide levels already in danger zone’
Despite continuous efforts from various quarters, the effects of global warming have been on...
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A new treatment using carbon dioxide is set to revolutionize the anti-aging treatment. The ‘Brazilian Rio-Blush rejuvenation system’ is now available in...
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As a child, those who live near highways may not have fully developed lungs, which may turn such children more vulnerable to several respiratory and heart problems in...
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Modern engineering is not just about producing products that reduce the negative impact that man-made objects is leaving on the planet but it also aims at healing an...
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Man’s need for more and more land for agricultural cultivation and residential settlements is a major cause behind the destruction of vast areas of wetlands...
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Global warming may not be really existing as we think it does. At least evidence says so.
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