Environment – Page 15

Climate, Energy sources, Environment, UNEP REN21 - Green energy trends, United Nations, United Nations Environment Programme

UNEP report details surprising green energy investment trends worldwide

terry / June 9, 2009

United Nations Environment Programme Nairobi / Paris 3-Jun-2009 Some $155 billion was invested in 2008 in clean energy companies and […]

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Biodiversity, Environment, Jesse Ausubel / Program for the Human Environment, Rockefeller University, The Rockefeller University

Scientists announce major global collaboration to create online ‘macroscopic observatory’ of Earth’s biodiversity

terry / June 1, 2009

Consortium for the Barcode of Life, Encyclopedia of Life Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; Natural History Museum, London 31-May-2009 Biodiversity information,

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Biodiversity, Census of Marine Life, Environment, Jesse Ausubel / Program for the Human Environment, Rockefeller University, The Rockefeller University

Ocean life in olden days: Researchers upend modern notions of ‘natural’ animal sizes, abundance

terry / June 1, 2009

Census of Marine Life Washington DC 24-May-2009 Census of Marine Life historians reconstruct images of past sea life that boggle

Biodiversity, Biotechnology, DNA Barcoding, Environment, Global Health, Health in Developing Countries

DNA barcoding of mosquito species deployed in bid to end elephantiasis

terry / April 30, 2009

JRS Biodiversity Foundation Philadelphia, USA 29-Apr-2009 First use of DNA barcoding in war against a major world disease New biotechnologies

Climate, Energy sources, Environment

Clean energy investment not on track to avoid climate change

terry / March 5, 2009

New Energy Finance London 4-Mar-2009 Impact of recession and low energy prices may postpone peak of world CO2 emissions by

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Biodiversity, Census of Marine Life, DNA Barcoding, Environment, Jesse Ausubel / Program for the Human Environment, Rockefeller University, The Rockefeller University

Census of Marine Life explorers find hundreds of identical species thrive in both Arctic, Antarctic

terry / February 18, 2009

Census of Marine Life Washington DC 15-Feb-2009 Earth’s unique, forbidding ice oceans of the Arctic and Antarctic have revealed

Biodiversity, Climate, Environment

Rainforests Regrowing: Impact on Extinction Rates Sparks Debate at Smithsonian

terry / January 19, 2009

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Washington / Panama 12-Jan-2009 Satellite data and other research reveal that huge tracts of abandoned tropical

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Biodiversity, Census of Marine Life, Environment, Jesse Ausubel / Program for the Human Environment, Rockefeller University, The Rockefeller University

Scientists Report Major Steps Towards 1st Census of Marine Life

terry / November 11, 2008

Census of Marine Life Washington DC 9-Nov-2008 Among report’s revelations: Antarctic ancestry of many octopus species, behemoth bacteria, colossal sea

Agriculture, Climate, Energy sources, Environment, Fisheries, food, Health in Developing Countries, soil, United Nations, United Nations University, UNU, UNU-INWEH, Zafar Adeel

‘Arid aquaculture’ among livelihoods promoted to relieve worsening pressure on world’s drylands

terry / November 11, 2008

United Nations University 11-Nov-2008 “Arid aquaculture” using ponds filled with salty, undrinkable water for fish production is one of several

Environment, Health in Developing Countries, Sanitation, United Nations, United Nations University, UNU, UNU-INWEH, Zafar Adeel

Providing toilets, safe water is top route to reducing world poverty: UN University

terry / October 20, 2008

United Nations University Tokyo Japan / Hamilton, Canada 19-Oct-2008 Simply installing toilets where needed throughout the world and ensuring