carbon

"24" Goes Green, Says Fox

Michael Santo — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:05:03 -0600

Today Fox announced that the hit TV series "24" is the first series to go "carbon-neutral." Here's what I have to say: eh?

Tropical wetlands hold more carbon than temperate marshes

harminka — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:14:45 -0500

In one of the first comparisons of its kind, researchers have demonstrated that wetlands in tropical areas are able to absorb and hold onto about 80 percent more carbon than can wetlands in temperate zones.

Scientists search for answers from carbon in clouds

harminka — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:37:30 -0500

An aerosol mass spectrometer developed by chemists from Aerodyne Research Inc. and Boston College is giving scientists who study airborne particles the technology they need to examine the life cycles of atmospheric aerosols – such as soot – and their impact on issues ranging from climate change to public health.

Typhoons bury tons of carbon in the oceans

harminka — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:16:47 -0500

A single typhoon in Taiwan buries as much carbon in the ocean -- in the form of sediment -- as all the other rains in that country all year long combined.

Carbon Nanotubes heralded as ideal candidates for next generation Nanoelectronics

aboey — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:27:12 -0500

Widely regarded as the wonder material of the 21st century, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and the intramolecular junctions that connect CNTs for integration have been hailed as the ideal candidates for the next generation of Nanoelectronics.

Secrets of Newest Form of Carbon

harminka — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:02:58 -0500

Using one of the world’s most powerful sources of man-made radiation, physicists from UC San Diego, Columbia University and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have uncovered new secrets about the properties of graphene—a form of pure carbon that may one day replace the silicon in computers, televisions, mobile phones and other common electronic devices.

Beyond nutrition - plants deliver

harminka — Mon, 12 May 2008 11:46:03 -0500

The need for a renewable and affordable source of carbon that can sustain future economic development without negatively impacting the environment is now widely recognised. It is also apparent that the increasingly high demand for fossil carbon will eventually deplete existing stocks.

65-million-year-old asteroid impact triggered global hail of carbon beads

harminka — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:47:45 -0500

The asteroid presumed to have wiped out the dinosaurs struck the Earth with such force that carbon deep in the Earth's crust liquefied, rocketed skyward, and formed tiny airborne beads that blanketed the planet, say scientists from the U.S., U.K., Italy, and New Zealand in this month's Geology.

Cenex and John Lewis Partnership team up to discuss challenges on low carbon transportation

webitpr — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:53:32 -0500

At a recent conference held at the Sir Bernard Miller Centre in Cookham, Berkshire, Cenex, the UK’s first national Centre of Excellence for low carbon and fuel cell technologies, and The John Lewis Partnership (JLP) laid down an Eco Van and Eco Lorry Challenge to the UK commercial vehicle supply chain.

Hungry microbes share out carbon in roots of plants

harminka — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:05:21 -0500

Sugars made by plants are rapidly used by microbes living in their roots, according to new research at the University of York, creating a short cut in the carbon cycle that is vital to life on earth.