Environment on Earth

The office is becoming a major driver of climate change.
Despite ongoing efforts to improve energy efficiency in the workplace, the world’s growing reliance on the Internet is leading to a rapid increase in greenhouse gas emissions.
The energy required to power all the world’s computers, data storage, and communications networks is expected to double by 2020, […]

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               The word geothermal comes from the Greek words geo (earth) and thermal (heat). So, geothermal energy is heat from within the earth. We can use the steam and hot water produced inside the earth to heat buildings or generate electricity. Geothermal energy is a renewable energy source because the water is replenished by rainfall […]

Both Antarctica and the Arctic are getting less icy because of global warming, scientists said in a study that extends evidence of man-made climate change to every continent.
Detection of a human cause of warming at both ends of the earth also strengthens a need to understand ice sheets on Antarctica and Greenland that would raise world […]

Levels of a powerful greenhouse gas are four times as high as previously thought, according to new measurements released.New analytical techniques show that about 5,400 metric tons of nitrogen trifluoride are in the atmosphere, with amounts increasing by about 11 percent per year.
Ray Weiss of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California, and […]

The Eiffel Tower is cutting down on its display of sparkling lights to set an example of energy saving, its management said.
The Eiffel Tower has twinkled for 10 minutes every hour on the hour during the evening since January 2000.
Now, to reinforce the message that energy must be saved for environmental reasons, the tower will […]

Researchers were astounded when, in the fall of 2007, they discovered that the year-round ice pack in the Arctic Ocean had lost some 20 percent of its mass in just two years, setting a new record low since satellite imagery began documenting the terrain in 1978. Without action to stave off climate change, some scientists […]

Higher levels of pollution in Asia may affect the formation of clouds high in the Himalayas, perhaps disrupting monsoons and speeding a thaw of glaciers, according to a study.
The report, by scientists in France and Italy, found microscopic particles in the air that can be seeds for water droplets at a Nepalese mountain observatory, the […]

 
A wind farm is a group of wind turbines in the same location used for production of electric power. Individual turbines are interconnected with a medium voltage (usually 34.5 kV) power collection system and communications network. At a substation, this medium-voltage electrical current is increased in voltage with a transformer for connection to the high […]

France will support research on low-carbon emission cars with 400 million euros ($547 million) in funding over four years, President Nicolas Sarkozy said in a speech at the Paris auto show.Sarkozy also said he would seek changes to EU rules on state aid to allow member countries to support carmakers in their efforts to produce […]

Climate taxes, not cap and trade markets alone, will lead to the vast technological changes the world’s energy system needs to fight global warming, a top U.S. economist said.Cap and trade has emerged as the dominant attempt to slow global warming. Global deals in permits to emit greenhouse gas emissions have hit nearly $65 billion […]