Charge the electric car while you drive
STANFORD (US) — New technology could lead to wireless charging of electric vehicles while they cruise down the highway. Continue…
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Earth & Environment - Dec 1, 2010 10:55 - 1 Comment
Reforestation efforts a zero sum game?
STANFORD (US) — Forest restoration efforts in developing countries have been largely offset by the population’s growing demand for timber and agricultural products harvested elsewhere. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 1, 2010 15:18 - 2 Comments
It’s rocket science: Wastewater treatment
STANFORD (US)—Engineers are developing a new sewage treatment process that would actually increase the production of two greenhouse gases—nitrous oxide (aka laughing gas) and methane—to be used to power the treatment plant. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Aug 19, 2010 10:26 - 0 Comments
Mice unwanted guests in prairie dog towns
STANFORD (US)—Plague—a form of virulent bacterial disease spread by fleas—has for decades wreaked havoc on prairie dogs, once abundant in the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jun 2, 2010 13:30 - 1 Comment
Irrigation threatens drinking water in Asia
STANFORD (US)—In Bangladesh, where an estimated 60 million people are exposed to unsafe arsenic levels in their drinking water, irrigation practices that tap deep aquifers could compromise access to clean drinking water across the country, according to a report in a recent issue of the journal Science. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 18, 2010 13:32 - 0 Comments
‘Livestock revolution’ taking a toll
STANFORD (US)—The growing worldwide demand for meat is likely to have a significant impact on human health, the environment, and the global economy in the next 50 years, according to a new report by an international research team. (more…)
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