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Harnessing off-shore wind - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - John Moylan visits a wind farm off the coast of north east England to see how it could help with the UK's energy needs. - BBC Science/Technology - 8 May 2008.
Hints of methane's renewed rise - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News website - Levels of the greenhouse gas methane in the atmosphere seem to be rising having remained stable for nearly 10 years. - Data from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) in the US suggest concentrations rose by about 0.5% between 2006 and 2007. - 24 April 2008.
Hydropower: More than just a barrier to fish migration - Science for Environmental Policy - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - Despite the numerous benefits of hydropower, this renewable energy source can have serious negative consequences on the environment. While dams have been known for some time to act as a barrier to migration of organisms, new research shows that they also affect water temperature and silt build-up in downstream river stretches. The research also suggests that short-term peaks in water flow, which occur when hydropower plants are operating, also have a negative impact on fish and their habitat. - 31 January 2007.
Images reveal 'rapid forest loss' - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - BBC Science/Technology News - High-resolution satellite images have revealed the "rapid deforestation" of Papua New Guinea's biodiversity rich rainforests over the past 30 years. - An international team of researchers estimates that the current rate of loss could result in more than half of the nation's tree cover being lost by 2021. - 2 June 2008.
Java Climate Model - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
Land Clearing and the Biofuel Carbon Debt - Increasing energy use, climate change, and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels make switching to low-carbon fuels a high priority. Biofuels are a potential low-carbon energy source, but whether biofuels offer carbon savings depends on how they are produced. Converting rainforests, peatlands, savannas, or grasslands to produce food-based biofuels in Brazil, Southeast Asia, and the United States creates a ‘biofuel carbon debt’ by releasing 17 to 420 times more CO2 than the annual greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions these biofuels provide by displacing fossil fuels. In contrast, biofuels made from waste biomass or from biomass grown on abandoned agricultural lands planted with perennials incur little or no carbon debt and offer immediate and sustained GHG advantages. - Science Express - Published Online February 7, 2008 - Joseph Fargione, Jason Hill, David Tilman, Stephen Polasky, Peter Hawthorne.
'Losing sight of Planet Earth' - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - BBC Science/Technology News - A key US space agency (Nasa) satellite important for detecting hurricanes and providing other climate data will go silent in the next few years, and missions to replace it have been cancelled or delayed -Molly Bentley - 21 July 2007.
Lovelock urges ocean climate fix - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - Two of Britain's leading environmental thinkers say it is time to develop a quick technical fix for climate change. - Richard Black - Environment correspondent, BBC News website - 26 September 2007.
Low Carbon KTN - Low carbon technologies could change the future of our planet. But without proper guidance and links the bright ideas from industry and academia won't form products which we can use everyday. - The Low Carbon KTN is here to change this. - The KTN, together with Cenex, will act as a national network connecting organisations, including technology providers and potential consumers, universities, research organisations, investors and others to form communities interested in exploiting the potential of low carbon and fuel cell technologies.
Major ice-shelf loss for Canada - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - BBC Science Technology News - The ice shelves in Canada's High Arctic have lost a colossal area this year, scientists report. - The floating tongues of ice attached to Ellesmere Island, which have lasted for thousands of years, have seen almost a quarter of their cover break away. - 3 September 2008.
Making energy from waves - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - BBC Science/Technology - A wave turbine on the Scottish island of Islay is now generating electricity. - Mounted on land, its developers say it is a first of its kind, harnessing the energy from waves to blast air down the turbine. - Craig Anderson has seen it in action. - 31 July 2008.
Map shows toll on world's oceans - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - By Helen Briggs - Science reporter, BBC News, Boston - Only about 4% of the world's oceans remain undamaged by human activity, according to the first detailed global map of human impacts on the seas. - A study in Science journal says climate change, fishing, pollution and other human factors have exacted a heavy toll on almost half of the marine waters. - 14 February 2008.
Massive wind farm 'turned down' - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - Plans to build one of Europe's biggest wind farms on the Isle of Lewis are set to be turned down, BBC Scotland understands. - BBC News - 25 January 2008.
Mechanics of curbing climate change - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - BBC Science Technology News - VIEWPOINT - Yvo de Boer - Negotiators from more than 172 countries are meeting in Bonn to hammer out a deal that may culminate in a new global climate agreement. In this week's Green Room, UN climate chief Yvo de Boer argues that negotiators want to see more of the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism, not less. - 10 June 2008.
Metop sees Antarctic ozone 'hole' - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - Europe's new Metop satellite has revealed the extent of ozone thinning over Antarctica this year. - 5 October 2007.
Models 'key to climate forecasts' - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - BBC Science/Nature - By Dr Vicky Pope - UK Met Office's Hadley Centre - The state of the Earth's atmosphere is influenced by many factors - The only way to predict the day-to-day weather and changes to the climate over longer timescales is to use computer models. - 2 February 2007.
MPs' concerns over UK carbon plan - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - MPs have asked the government to provide evidence that the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) is helping cut the UK's greenhouse gas emissions. - 22 October 2007.
MPs criticise government over CO2 - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - BBC Science/Nature - The government has made "very poor progress" on reaching its own carbon emissions-cutting targets, MPs say. - Ministers want departments and agencies to reduce emissions by 12.5% by 2010/11 compared with 1999/2000 levels - and to be carbon-neutral by 2012. - But the influential environment audit committee said a cut of just 4% had been achieved by 2006/07. - Chairman Tim Yeo said this damaged the government's "moral authority" on environmental issues. - 14 July 2008.
MyHab - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - 2007 Enterprising Young Brits People's Choice award - Whilst studying Product Design James Dunlop, 23, came up with the idea for the myhab, an eco friendly two-person habitat made from recycled cardboard and plastic. myhab was initially designed to combat the inconvenience and waste caused through traditional camping, particularly at music festivals where thousands of tents are left behind. Whilst supplying myhabs at festivals and events James is also exploring the idea of marketing the product as an emergency shelter in natural disaster situations. - Vote for your favourite Enterprising Young Brit.
Natural changes pinned to warming - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - By Richard Black - Environment correspondent, BBC News website - Major changes in the Earth's natural systems are being driven by global warming, according to a vast analysis. - Glacier and permafrost melting, earlier spring-time, coastal erosion and animal migrations are among the observations laid at the door of man-made warming. - The research, in the journal Nature, involves many scientists who took part in last year's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report. - It links warming and natural impacts on a tighter regional scale. - 14 May 2008.
Nature journal digitises archive - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - The entire archives of the prestigious science journal Nature, stretching back to the first issue on 4 November 1869, have been made available online. - Previously, only issues going back to 1950 were accessible on the net. - 11 January 2008.
Next decade 'may see no warming' - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News website - The Earth's temperature may stay roughly the same for a decade, as natural climate cycles enter a cooling phase, scientists have predicted. - A new computer model developed by German researchers, reported in the journal Nature, suggests the cooling will counter greenhouse warming. - However, temperatures will again be rising quickly by about 2020, they say. - 1 May 2008.
New 'lookouts' for climate change - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - BBC Science/Technology News - Corries high in the Scottish mountains are to become "lookout posts" in an effort to better monitor the effects of climate change. - Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) is leading the Snowbed Project which will attempt to uncover evidence of warming temperatures on fauna and flora. - Corries are large circular, hollow depressions on a mountainside. - Climate change models predict a decrease in the amount of snow on the mountains into the summer. - SNH said observations had shown these snow patches had been smaller and shorter lived in the past 10 years than in the preceding 25. - 18 June 2008.
New study for Severn energy plan - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - The government has announced a fresh feasibility study into the Severn Barrage, a tidal power plan that could provide about 5% of UK electricity. - 25 September 2007.
New turbine to harness wave power - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - BBC Science/Technology - A turbine designed to be the forerunner of the UK's first commercial wave power station has been officially switched on in Argyll and Bute. - The device on Islay was set in motion by Scottish Energy Minister and local MSP Jim Mather. - Inverness-based Wavegen plans to install 40 of the turbines off Siader on Lewis in the Western Isles. - It would produce enough power for 1,500 homes and create a much-needed breakwater for boats. - 30 July 2008.
'No Sun link' to climate change - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - BBC Science/Technology News - By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News website - Scientists have produced further compelling evidence showing that modern-day climate change is not caused by changes in the Sun's activity. - The research contradicts a favoured theory of climate "sceptics", that changes in cosmic rays coming to Earth determine cloudiness and temperature. - 3 April 2008.
Nottingham University - leading the way in chemistry and engineering - The University of Nottingham is set to become a world leader in 'clean' chemistry and engineering with the opening of a new multi-million pound research initiative. - DICE - Driving Innovation in Chemistry and Engineering - will bring together experts from both disciplines in a unique collaboration that will push back the boundaries of current research and develop new sustainable technologies to meet the needs of a changing world. - They will focus on rapid innovation in environmentally friendly ways of making chemicals, more efficient use of energy, safer chemical products, renewable raw materials, 'zero-waste' processes and related research. - The centre will also aim to inspire young people at school and university and encourage them to consider chemistry or engineering as a career. - January 09 2008.
Nuclear's CO2 cost 'will climb' - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - By Paul Rincon Science reporter, BBC News - The case for nuclear power as a low carbon energy source to replace fossil fuels has been challenged in a new report by Australian academics. - It suggests greenhouse emissions from the mining of uranium - on which nuclear power relies - are on the rise. - Availability of high-grade uranium ore is set to decline with time, it says, making the fuel less environmentally friendly and more costly to extract. - The findings appear in the journal Environmental Science & Technology. - 30 April 2008.
'Ocean thermostat can save coral' - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - BBC Science/Nature - Some coral reefs could be protected from the impacts of climate change by an "ocean thermostat", a study says. - Researchers suggest that natural processes appear to be regulating sea surface temperatures in a region of the western Pacific Ocean. - 8 February 2008.
Open University Climate Modelling - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - The development of the climateprediction.net climate model was almost as involved and intricate as the climate it sought to map - here, Bob Spicer recalls the inspirations and frustrations of getting the model created; on the next page, he reveals exactly what the number crunching is for.
Oxford e-Research Centre - ClimatePrediction.net - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - Join the climateprediction.net experiment! - What is climateprediction.net? - Climateprediction.net is the largest experiment to try and produce a forecast of the climate in the 21st century. To do this, we need people around the world to give us time on their computers - time when they have their computers switched on, but are not using them to their full capacity. - the world's largest climate modelling experiment ClimatePrediction.net poster [PDF] - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - ClimatePrediction.net - The world's largest climate modelling experiment 200,000 participants worldwide!.
Planemakers confront green issues - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - BBC Technology News - Carbon dioxide emissions from aircraft are a significant and growing contributor to harmful global warming. It is time for the industry to sort it out, says Scott Carson, chief executive of Boeing's commercial planes division. By Jorn Madslien - Business reporter, BBC News, Paris air show - 21 June 2007.
Planet Mechanics - Air Propelled Sandwich - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - Next Showing: Monday 14 April 2008 at 12pm - Eco-engineers Dick and Jem travel to Bath, England to create an eco-friendly delivery vehicle for a sandwich shop owner. Will Dick and Jem's air-propelled motorbike pass government inspection. - Bristol Observer April 10th 2008 - "You can ride this moped and go by air - A Bristol University aeronautics graduate has invented what he believes is the first motorcycle in the world to be powered by fresh air. - The ground-breaking machine could revolutionise the way we travel in towns and cities, according to its inventor and TV presenter Jem Stansfield.
Pointers to a low-carbon future - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - By Roger Harrabin BBC News environment analyst - Three over-arching policy documents this week lay out the government's vision for a competitive, resource-efficient, low-carbon economy - 24 May 2007.
Quick guide: Biofuels - What are biofuels? - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - Biofuels are any kind of fuel made from living things, or from the waste they produce. This is a very long and diverse list, including:wood, wood chippings and straw - pellets or liquids made from wood - biogas (methane) from animals' excrement - ethanol, diesel or other liquid fuels made from processing plant material or waste oil. - 24 January 2007.
Quick guide: Carbon footprints - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - Economic development in much of the world has entailed burning fossil fuels on an industrial scale. - 3 June 2007.
Report warning on UK dam breaches - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - By David Shukman Environment correspondent, BBC News - New warnings about the need to prepare for dams being breached are to be published in a major study into last summer's floods, the BBC has learned. - A government review, led by independent chairman Sir Michael Pitt, is to be released on Wednesday. - It calls for the public to be given far more information about the dangers of severe flooding if dams fail. - Experts say a dam at Ulley in South Yorkshire came close to being overwhelmed after massive rainstorms. - 24 June 2008.
Renewables delivery under attack - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - By Benjamin Chesterton - Costing The Earth, BBC Radio 4 - The UK government's record on delivering renewable energy is under attack. - Energy regulator, Ofgem, says the main mechanism for delivering green energy to the national grid is not working. - It also told BBC Radio 4's Costing The Earth programme that it believes the government is not listening to its calls for change. - 1 February 2008.
Renewables mandate 'undermined' - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - By Roger Harrabin BBC environment analyst - The UK's business department, BERR, has been accused of trying to sabotage Europe's rules on renewable energy. - BERR is trying to change a line in an EU Directive which mandates that energy sources such as wind and wave should get priority connections to the grid. - Problems with getting electricity grid connection to windy sites is one of the biggest reasons for the UK failing on its current renewables targets. - 23 July 2008.
Robots fly into Antarctic skies - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - By Jonathan Fildes Science and technology reporter, BBC News - A pair of lightweight, robotic planes have made the first unmanned flights over Antarctica's icy expanses. - Driven by propeller, the machines made 20 low-altitude sorties, including four over the Weddell Sea. - The unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were launched by catapult but flew autonomously until landing. - During some of the test flights the machines were fitted with miniaturised instruments to collect data for use in predictive climate models. - "One of the biggest uncertainties in those models is the physics of sea-ice - how it freezes and how it melts," said Dr Phil Anderson of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), one of the team that carried out the tests. - 19 March 2008.
Russian ice camp in rapid shrink - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - By David Shukman BBC science and environment correspondent - Twenty Russian scientists are to be evacuated from their camp on a drifting ice-floe in the Arctic after it started disintegrating sooner than expected. - The Russians had set up research station "North Pole 35" on the floe last September when it measured a safe five kilometres long and three kilometres wide, and their original plan was to stay on it until this September. - 11 July 2008.
Saving Madagascan rainforest - Mantadia Corridor Project, Madagascar - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - Imagine having to sleep in one house but cook in another across town. That’s essentially what lemurs and Madagascar's other rare and threatened species have to do. - A wealth of wildlife survives on the island’s eastern half in three national reserves: Mantadia, Ankeneny, and Zahamena. Unfortunately, these parks aren't connected.
Science for Environment Policy - DG Environment News Alert Service - Special Issue - Biofuels - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - 29th February 2008 - European Commision DG Environmental News Service.
Science for Environment Policy - EUROPA - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - Environment News Alert Service Archive - This website is designed to promote new, timely and relevant information for environmental policy making.
Science for Environment Policy - EUROPA - Archive - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - Welcome to DG Environment News Alert on new scientific evidence !
Science for Environment Policy - EUROPA - Brochure - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - Science for Environment Policy - DG Environment News Alert Service Archive - Modern and effective environment policy needs to be based on the latest scientific findings. Yet research results are not always fully reflected in policy-making. - To strengthen the links between science and policy, DG Environment of the European Commission has launched Science for Environment Policy, a weekly service of news alerts on new scientific findings in the field of top priority environmental issues.
Science for Environment Policy - EUROPA - Research - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - Environment and Research - Research and Development can help us to better understand our environment and develop solutions to many of our existing problems. An important challenge for environmental policy is therefore to make best use of research results and new scientific findings in policy development and implementation.
Sea level rise by 2100 'below 2m' - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News website - Sea levels globally are very unlikely to rise by more than 2m (7ft) this century, scientists conclude. - Major increases would have to be fuelled by a faster flow of glaciers on the Greenland or Antarctic ice sheets. - But writing in the journal Science, a US team concludes that a rise of 2m would need glaciers to reach speeds that are "physically untenable". - However, even increases substantially less than 2m would cause major issues for many societies, they say. - 4 September 2008.
Severn barrage details unveiled - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - Details of a feasibility study into the Severn Barrage, a tidal power plan that could provide about 5% of UK electricity, have been announced. - 22 January 2008.
Severn tidal 'fence' idea floated - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] - BBC Science/Technology news - Plans for an alternative tidal energy project to a £15bn Severn barrage have been put forward by opponents. - Those behind the idea say it will allow shipping to move freely and keep ports at Cardiff and Bristol open and provide a balance with wildlife concerns. - Severn Tidal Fence group (STF) includes engineering groups Amec and BMT and Edinburgh University. - 16 July 2008.
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