An international team of scientists just finished probing the depths of the Pacific Ocean offshore of Alaska and British Columbia, to better understand the Queen Charlotte-Fairweather Fault. During the past century, the 700-mile-long fault has generated at least half a dozen major earthquakes, and future shocks threaten coastal communities in both the United States and Canada. (more…)
German reinsurance company Munich Re has been collecting and analysing data on natural catastrophes for over forty years, building up a unique knowledge base. (more…)
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Process can use coal, shale gas and biomass while consuming carbon dioxide
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Engineers at The Ohio State University are developing technologies that have the potential to economically convert fossil fuels and biomass into useful products including electricity without emitting carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. (more…)
NABU stellt Naturschutzinitiative auf der „boot 2018“ vor
Unsere Meere werden immer mehr an ihre Belastungsgrenze gebracht. Auf der Wassersportmesse „boot 2018“ setzt sich der NABU für einen nachhaltigen Umgang mit Nord- und Ostsee und für die Reduzierung des Mülls in den Meeren ein. (more…)
In Flüssen lebende wirbellose tierische Organismen reagieren auf die weltweit abschmelzenden Gletscher. Wissenschaftler haben mehr als eine Million von ihnen in verschiedenen Regionen mit schrumpfenden Gletschern untersucht, um die Auswirkungen globaler Umweltveränderungen zu bestimmen. Ihre Ergebnisse wurden in Nature Ecology and Evolution veröffentlicht. (more…)
The search for greener pastures may have driven our ancestors to leave Africa for Eurasia.
Humans migrated out of Africa as the climate shifted from wet to very dry about 60,000 years ago, according to research led by a University of Arizona geoscientist. (more…)
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – A new University of Maryland-led study finds that China’s sulfur dioxide emissions have fallen by 75 percent since 2007, while India’s emissions increased by 50 percent. The results suggest that India is becoming, if it is not already, the world’s top emitter of sulfur dioxide, an air pollutant that causes acid rain, haze and many health-related problems. It is produced predominantly when coal is burned to generate electricity. (more…)
