February 2010
18 February 2010Making Flexible Solar Cells With Silicon Wire ArraysUsing arrays of long, thin silicon wires embedded in a polymer substrate, a team of scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has created a new type of flexible solar cell that enhances the absorption of sunlight and efficiently converts its photons into electrons.
15 February 2010Economists hail EU emissions trading successStudy challenges conventional view that the ETS has failed, hailing the scheme's profound impact on the European energy sector
15 February 2010Plant foreign trees 'to save our forests'SCOTTISH forests should be replanted with Lebanon cedars, Italian elders and Macedonian pines and not native species, according to a leading expert in a Forestry Commission study.
08 February 2010Think-tanks take oil money and use it to fund climate deniersAn orchestrated campaign is being waged against climate change science to undermine public acceptance of man-made global warming, environment experts claimed last night.
05 February 2010Managing ecosystems in a changing climateGlobal warming may impair the ability of ecosystems to perform vital services—such as providing food, clean water and carbon sequestration—says the nation's largest organization of ecological scientists
08 February 2010Fewer Honey Bee Colonies and Beekeepers Throughout EuropeThe number of bee colonies in Central Europe has decreased over recent decades. In fact, the number of beekeepers has been declining in the whole of Europe since 1985
25 February 2010Londoners doing more than ever to address impacts of climate changeLondoners are doing more than ever before to address the effects of climate change, according to the Environment Agency’s latest State of the Environment report for the capital.
25 February 2010UN reveals 'Gigatonne gap' in climate pledgesCountries will have to be far more ambitious in cutting greenhouse gas emissions if the world is to effectively curb a rise in global temperature at 2 degrees C or less, according to a major new study.
25 February 2010Greens unimpressed by draft 'Europe 2020' planA draft 'EU 2020' strategy proposal has come under attack for failing to offer a road map to green growth, despite rhetoric on the importance of gaining a competitive edge in environmental technologies.
19 February 2010Ocean Geoengineering Scheme No Easy Fix For Global WarmingPumping nutrient-rich water up from the deep ocean to boost algal growth in sunlit surface waters and draw carbon dioxide down from the atmosphere has been touted as a way of ameliorating global warming. However, a new study pours cold water on the idea.
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