MIT develops way to bank solar energy at home
>>Source: Environmental news network
A US scientist has developed a new way of powering fuel cells that could make it practical for home owners to store solar energy and produce electricity to run lights and appliances at night.
An Energy Diet for Power-Hungry Household Pcs
>>Source: New York Times
In its drive to go green, the technology industry has so far focused mainly on big targets like corporations and especially computer data centers, the power-hungry computing engine rooms of the Internet economy.
Software predicts where El Nino will strike next
>>Source: Environmental news network
El Nino events periodically wreak havoc on the world's weather, increasing the risk of hurricanes and flooding in some regions, and droughts and forest fires in others.
Lost world frozen 14m years ago found in Antarctica
>>Source: Environmental news network
A lost world has been found in Antarctica, preserved just the way it was when it was frozen in time some 14 million years ago.
Tibetan plateau melts in the face of climate change
>>Source: Environmental news network
Climate change is affecting the Tibetan plateau, threatening regional water supplies and altering atmospheric circulation for half the planet.
Alaska seeks to reverse U.S. polar bear decision
>>Source: Reuters
The state of Alaska has sued the U.S. government, arguing that listing polar bears as a threatened species will hurt Alaskan oil and gas exploration, fisheries and tourism.
>>Source: The Independent
A threatened butterfly has bounced back after last year's bad weather to increase its numbers at one of the best sites for the species in Europe, the Wildlife Trusts said yesterday
'Mother lode' of western lowland gorillas found
>>Source: Daily Telegraph
The world population of endangered gorillas is far higher than previously thought according to scientists who have found "massive numbers" of the great apes in central Africa.
Arctic Map shows dispute hotspots
>>Source: BBC
British scientists say they have drawn up the first detailed map to show areas in the Arctic that could become embroiled in future border disputes.
