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National Science Foundation
Monday, August 08, 2011
Recently, multiple NSF-funded researchers have documented genetic changes resulting from climate change. These studies suggest that extreme variation in temperature and rainfall are causing genetic shifts in organisms with short life spans.
Tags: california, washington, plants, warming, temperature, arthur, weis, UC-Irvine, rainfall, genes
UCS
Friday, July 08, 2011
Smart gardening practices can reduce global warming emissions. The Union of Concerned Scientists visits Eden Place in Chicago, an urban garden and environmental learning center, to see climate-friendly gardening in action.
Tags: Carbon, emissions, Urban, chicago, trees, kids, union of concerned scientists, ucs, heat island, eden place
UCS
Friday, July 01, 2011
Trees and shrubs help combat global warming by storing carbon and reducing energy use. The Union of Concerned Scientists visits Eden Place Nature Center in Chicago to see these benefits in action in an urban neighborhood.
Tags: Carbon, emissions, Urban, chicago, trees, kids, union of concerned scientists, ucs, heat island, eden place
Planet Forward
Monday, February 22, 2010
From UC Berkley Professor of Renewable Energy Dan Kammen
Tags: cap and trade, sustainable energy, green collar jobs, cap and dividend
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
The University of California system has already earned 87 LEED certifications and is saving $32 million annually on its utility bills thanks to energy efficiency investments.
Tags: Student activism, Campus Sustainability, Colleges and Universities, Sustainability Research, University of California, Clean Parking Power
The UC Davis Renewable Energy Anaerobic Digester, which officially opened Earth Day, April 22, 2014, converts organic waste from campus and other sources into clean energy for the campus electrical grid. The anaerobic digestion technology used in the facility was invented by UC Davis professor Ruihong Zhang and licensed to Sacramento-based CleanWorld. (UC Davis)
Planet Forward Senior Correspondent | University of Wisconsin-Madison
Monday, December 10, 2018
Next in our Tackling Food Waste series: What if you could take food waste and give it another life — or two? That's the idea behind the biodigester facility at UC Davis. University of Wisconsin-Madison's Peter Jurich reports.
Tags: woodland, pfincali, agriculture, sustainability, Food Waste, biodigestion, anaerobic digester, fertilizer, synthetic fertilizer, storyfest2019
Planet Forward
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
The University of California, Berkeley aims to foster a culture of sustainability on campus and around the world.
Planet Forward Correspondent | University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Thursday, December 06, 2018
Next in our series: Photojournalist James Wooldridge takes a peek into the diversity of form among California's farms, which points out the intersection between art and science in agriculture.
Tags: woodland, davis, pfincali, farms, agriculture, sustainability, organic farming, conventional farming, storyfest2019
Planet Forward
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
Here is a new way to deliver energy to those who need it. The women in one small community in Guatemala have wind, they just need a way to harness it. Enter enthusiastic students from the University of Michigan College of Engineering.
WATCH
Tags: wind, webisode, union of concerned scientists, University of Michigan, offshore wind
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Future carbon emissions will not come primarily from the currently industrialized world, but from the emerging economies, especially China.