Global investments in green energy up nearly a third to $211 billion
United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi / Paris 07 Jul 11 China, developing countries are now biggest investors in large-scale renewables while Germany […]
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Prodigal plankton species makes first known migration from Pacific to Atlantic via Pole
Project CLAMER (Flanders Marine Institute, (VLIZ) Oostende, Belgium, and Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ),
Teeming with life, Pacific’s California current likened to Africa’s Serengeti Plain
Census of Marine Life, Washington DC / Tagging of Pacific Palagics project, Pacific Grove, CA 22 June 2011 Decade of electronic
Founded on science, world cooperation in Antarctica a model for meeting climate, other challenges
Office of the Science Advisor to the Prime Minister, Malaysia and Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT) 16 Jun 11 The success
Higher density means world forests are capturing more carbon
Rockefeller University, New York / University of Helsinki 06 Jun 11 Forests in many regions are becoming larger carbon sinks thanks to
How to supply sustainable electricity to world’s billions of ‘energy poor’ people
Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership, Montreal 02 Jun 11 UN Summit to launch 2012 as ‘International Year of Sustainable Energy for All’ New
Void in leadership on world water crisis cited by 20 former heads of government
InterAction Council, Tokyo 31 May 2001 Clinton, Fox, Zedillo, Chretien, Brundtland among 20 former leaders urging greater effort to avert
Icy meltwater pooling in Arctic Ocean: A wild card in climate change scenarios
Project CLAMER (Flanders Marine Institute, (VLIZ) Oostende, Belgium, and Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Canada’s role grows amid looming world water shortages in some places, more flooding in others
Canadian Water NetworkWaterloo, Ontario27-Feb-2011 $1 trillion global water market forecast for 2020; Global freshwater demand expected to exceed supply by
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Africa Can Feed Itself in a Generation
Harvard Kennedy School Cambridge,MA,USA 2-Dec-2010 Africa can feed itself. And it can make the transition from hungry importer to self-sufficiency