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Power companies are facing challenges in setting up solar thermal power generation plants in California’s Mojave desert. The limited supply of water and the delicate ecosystem of the region have both contributed to a scaling back of plans to build more than 150 solar powered electricity generators across the region. Solar thermal power generation which Continue Reading →
Coral at the Great Barrier Reef Photograph: HO/REUTERS
Scientists studying Australia’s Great Barrier Reef have been pleasantly surprised by the reef’s ability to recover from a major bleaching incident in 2006. Dr Guillermo Diaz-Pulido said there were a number of factors contributing to the recovery. “The first was exceptionally high regrowth of fragments of surviving coral tissue. The second was an unusual seasonal dieback in the seaweeds, and the third was the presence of a highly competitive coral species, which was able to outgrow the seaweed.” Despite the good news in this instance, scientists remain concerned that regular bleaching events may outpace the coral’s ability to recover.
US power company to tap solar energy in space Orbiting solar farms will be commercially viable within next seven years, says group Digg it Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent guardian.co.uk, Thursday 16 April 2009 14.26 BST Article history Ground-based solar installations require huge tracts of land, and cannot produce a constant supply of Continue Reading →
Neville Gillmore Climate change threatens Ganges, Niger and other mighty rivers Digg it Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent The Guardian, Wednesday 22 April 2009 Article history This map shows the change in run-off inferred from streamflow records worldwide between 1948 and 2004, with bluish colors indicating more streamflow and reddish colors less. Graphic: Journal Continue Reading →
ACF urges Senators: fix CPRS, then pass it. Neville Gillmore Date: 22-Apr-2009 The climate change problem is too urgent and Australia has too much to lose for the Parliament not too fix the flaws in the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS), the Australian Conservation Foundation told a Senate inquiry in Melbourne today. ACF executive Continue Reading →
April 21, 2009, 12:27 pm Atmospheric CO2 and Methane Still Building Neville Gillmore By Andrew C. Revkin NOAA The graph shows recent monthly mean carbon dioxide measured at the Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii (recent months are preliminary data). The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is reporting that the concentrations of carbon dioxide and methane, Continue Reading →