| Page 1 of 7 |
| Listed by: 2013 Articles |
| Published: | Jun | May | Apr | Mar | Feb | Jan | |
The Bonn Climate Change Conference – The REDD debate
Vera Barbosa
17 June 2013
[Subjects] Biodiversity / Climate Change
Not long after it was announced that greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere had reached the critical 400 ppm level, and as floods have devastated many parts of central Europe, a two-week UN Climate Change Conference took place in Bonn, Germany,...
 Login or subscribe here to view
Huge fall in Brazil’s greenhouse-gas emissions, but what is the main contributor?
Vera Barbosa
13 June 2013
[Subjects] Biofuels / Climate Change
A recent news article in Nature, reports on an inventory which showed that Brazil’s overall emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) fell by approximately 39% between 2005 and 2010, with the forestry sector contributing significantly to...
Login or subscribe here to view
Oil palm plantations a frontier too far for threatened frogs
Vicki Bonham
11 June 2013
[Subjects] Biodiversity
Researchers from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), Queen Mary University of London, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and University of Malaya have described how forests converted to palm oil plantations are causing threatened forest...
Login or subscribe here to view
Over 15,000 hotels adopt Hotel Carbon Measurement Initiative
10 June 2013
[Subjects] Pollution
Over 15,000 hotels around the world have so far adopted the Hotel Carbon Measurement Initiative (HCMI) methodology that allows them, for the first time, to calculate and communicate the carbon footprint of hotel stays and meetings in a consistent...
Login or subscribe here to view
World Environment Day: Think - Eat - Save
Vera Barbosa
05 June 2013
[Subjects] Pollution
Today is World Environment Day, which is the day to highlight awareness of the environment and promote political attention and action to protect all environments each year, always on 5th June. The day is celebrated each year since 1972...
Login or subscribe here to view
Researchers focus on dairy industry’s carbon footprint
03 June 2013
[Subjects] Pollution
Researchers at the University of Arkansas are attempting to help the US dairy industry decrease its carbon footprint as atmospheric carbon dioxide levels reach record values.
In...
Login or subscribe here to view
Comparing the effects of climate change on trees in the wet and dry tropics – new study
Vera Barbosa
03 June 2013
[Subjects] Biodiversity / Climate Change
Scientists from Wageningen University used satellite data to look at large scale patterns of tree cover across the tropics of Africa, Australia and South America. The results were published in a paper entitled ‘Effects of interannual climate...
Login or subscribe here to view
Biobutanol: the game changer - A study by Informa Economics
Vera Barbosa
31 May 2013
[Subjects] Biofuels
I came across a study by Informa Economics, in partnership with the Chemical Strategies Group, entitled: 'Bio-butanol the Game Changer - An Emerging Biofuel and Biochemical’ which I thought members of EI might want to read.
Scott...
Login or subscribe here to view
The global nitrogen cycle in the 21st century - An overview
Vera Barbosa
29 May 2013
[Subjects] Climate Change / Pollution
The Royal Society published the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, ‘The Global nitrogen cycle in the 21st century,’ which is the result of a discussion meeting organised and edited by David Fowler, John A. Pyle,...
Login or subscribe here to view
Biodiversity, water and sustainable energy
Vera Barbosa
24 May 2013
[Subjects] Biodiversity / Biofuels
The UN designated 22 May of every year as the International Day for Biological Diversity, which this year was on the theme of Water and Biodiversity, since this year also happens to be designated by the UN as the International Year of Water Cooperation.... |