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UMD-led Study Indicates India Is Replacing China as World’s Top Source of Sulfur Dioxide Air Pollution

By Guest PostJanuary 17, 2018Environmentair pollution, can li, China, chris mclinden, India, sulfur dioxide, top source, world

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…)

Die Wiege der Seen

By Guest PostJanuary 9, 2018Environmentgroenland, ruben sommaruga, schmelzen der eismassen, wiege der seen

Durch das rasante Schmelzen der Eismassen in Grönland entstehen tausende neue Seen. Ruben Sommaruga, Leiter des Instituts für Ökologie, hat im Rahmen einer internationalen Expedition den Ursprung von Seen untersucht und seine Ergebnisse im ISME Journal von Nature veröffentlicht. (more…)

How the Urban Agriculture Company turned soil and seed into startup success

By Guest PostJanuary 9, 2018Environment, Technologychad corzine, company, gregg corzine, kickstarter, non gmo seed, startup success, urban agriculture

Two years ago, Chad Corzine was exhausted, overweight and working 16-hour days for his father’s company. After a particularly grueling month of work travel, he decided to eat better and grow his own veggies on his small apartment balcony in Los Angeles. It was no easy feat. (more…)

Enhancing Solar Power With ‘Jewels of the Sea’

By Guest PostJanuary 3, 2018Environmentboost, diatoms, donor acceptor polymers, jewels of sea, lyndsey mcmillon brown, solar power, solar technology

Diatoms, a kind of algae that reproduces prodigiously, have been called “the jewels of the sea” for their ability to manipulate light. Now, researchers hope to harness that property to boost solar technology. (more…)

Study Quantifies Potential for Water Reuse in Permian Basin Oil Production

By Guest PostJanuary 2, 2018Environment, Sciencebridget scanlon, changing permian basin, economic geology, groundwater, hydraulic fracturing, oil production, permian basin, robert reedy, us oil production, water reuse

Hydraulic fracturing often brings up large volumes of water that need to be managed. A study led by The University of Texas at Austin has found that in the Permian Basin, a large oil field in Texas and New Mexico, reusing water at other well sites is a viable way to deal with the water that could also reduce potential instances of induced seismicity. (more…)

Brixental: Klimafaktor Almwirtschaft

By Guest PostDecember 27, 2017Environmentalmwirtschaft, brixental, klimafaktor, klimawandel, markus schermer, projekt stella, regionale auswirkungen, ulrich strasser

Klimawandel und regionale Auswirkungen: Am Beispiel des Brixentales zeigten Innsbrucker Wissenschaftler, wie sich Temperaturzunahme und Trockenheit gemeinsam mit verändertem Waldmanagement auf die Hydrologie eines Gebirgstales auswirken können. Fazit: Ein Aufrechterhalten von bewirtschafteten Almen könnte manche negativen Konsequenzen des Klimawandels abmildern. (more…)

Assessing Regional Earthquake Risk and Hazards in the Age of Exascale

By Guest PostDecember 26, 2017Environmentage of exascale, assessment, david mccallen, earthquake risk, ground motions, hazards, hertz, predicting earthquakes, regional, vibrations per second

Berkeley Lab researchers lead development of a workflow to accurately predict ground movement and its impact on structures

With emerging exascale supercomputers, researchers will soon be able to accurately simulate the ground motions of regional earthquakes quickly and in unprecedented detail, as well as predict how these movements will impact energy infrastructure—from the electric grid to local power plants—and scientific research facilities. (more…)

Winzige Weltenbummler: In Arktis und Antarktis leben die gleichen Bakterien

By Guest PostDecember 22, 2017Environmentanita voigt, diversitaet an bakterien, falk hildebrand, julia kleinteich, mikroorganismen, mohammad bahram, polarregion

Geowissenschaftler vergleichen die Mikroorganismen beider Polarregionen

Obwohl Arktis und Antarktis an entgegengesetzten Polen der Erde liegen, weisen sie eine ähnliche Diversität an Bakterien und Kleinstlebewesen auf. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt ein internationales Forscherteam unter Leitung der Universität Tübingen, des EMBL Heidelberg und der Universität Konstanz. (more…)

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Geowissenschaftler vergleichen die Mikroorganismen beider Polarregionen