ScienceDaily: Top Environment News: Nitrogen has key role in estimating carbon dioxide emissions from land use change

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News Nitrogen has key role in estimating carbon dioxide emissions from land use change Something’s fishy in the tree of life: Largests and most comprehensive studies of fish phylogeny After major earthquake: A global murmur, then unusual silence Research harnesses solar-powered proteins to filter harmful antibiotics from …

Wildfires light up western Australia

Ethical MarketsEarth Systems Science

Wildfires light up western Australia Posted: 07 Dec 2012 02:45 PM PST Careful observers of the new “Black Marble” images of Earth at night released this week by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have noticed bright areas in the western part of Australia that are largely uninhabited. …

The Blue Economy – Report to the Club of Rome 100 innovations – presented weekly over 2 years

kristyGreen Prosperity

The Blue Economy – Report to the Club of Rome 100 innovations – presented weekly over 2 years Dear Reader, next February, our weekly presentation of business cases will be running for two years – next summer, we will reach case 100. To celebrate and mark an increased focus on …

Sail Transport Network is Unfurling

kristySustainability News, Resource Efficiency

Sail Transport Network is Unfurling By Jan Lundberg http://www.culturechange.org/cms/content/view/734/1/ A sail transport revival is afoot and afloat around the world. As the cheap, easy crude oil has mostly been extracted from the Earth and spewed into the sky and water, the desirability and economics of sail power get stronger. Sail …