Featured Research from universities, journals, and other organizations Urgent need to recycle rare metals Date: February 17, 2014 Source: SINTEF Summary: Rare earth metals are important components in green energy products such as wind turbines and eco-cars. But the scarcity of these metals is worrying the European Union. Share This Email to a friend Facebook Continue Reading →
News & Research Communications Volcanoes, including Mt. Hood, can go from dormant to active quickly 02/17/2014 CORVALLIS, Ore. – A new study suggests that the magma sitting 4-5 kilometers beneath the surface of Oregon’s Mount Hood has been stored in near-solid conditions for thousands of years, but that the time it takes to liquefy and Continue Reading →
Rising sea levels are typically written about as a “threat to future generations” – something to worry about by 2050 or 2100, not now. But if you want to see why even relatively small increases in sea… Authors Andrew Campbell Director, Research Institute for Environment and Livelihoods at Charles Darwin University Stephen Garnett Professor of Continue Reading →
18 February 2014, 03:47 Global warming discussion biased toward ‘political egoism’ of China, US – expert © Flickr.com/Truthout.org/cc-by-nc-sa 3.0 London, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Copenhagen and Antwerp might sink by the middle of the century. The recent climate change study quoting vice-president of the International Expert Group on Climate Change Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, says the recent floods Continue Reading →
Weather Your 4-day local weather forecast TV Guide What’s on the box tonight? Wednesday February 19, 2014 Larger / SmallerNight Mode Sea rise policy impact ‘catastrophic’ By EMILY BARTON Feb. 19, 2014, 6:30 a.m. Councillor Milton Leslight. EUROBODALLA Shire councillor Milton Leslight will put forward a motion at the next council meeting to repeal the Continue Reading →
Canada’s Arctic ice caps melting rapidly since 2005, according to documents By Jason Fekete, Postmedia News February 18, 2014 Tweet 0 Story Photos ( 1 ) Ice floes float in Baffin Bay above the Arctic circle as seen from the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Louis S. St-Laurent on July 10, 2008. Photograph by: Jonathan Hayward/The Continue Reading →