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Australia: Researchers Go Underground to Reveal 850 New Species

The team led by Professor Andy Austin (University of Adelaide), Dr Steve Cooper (SA Museum) and Dr Bill Humphreys (WA Museum) has conducted a comprehensive four-year survey of underground water, caves and micro-caverns across arid and semi-arid ...

From INNOVATIONS REPORT, EcoEarth News,  29 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Charles Darwin

Farmers protecting and growing significant amount of world's trees

The findings were announced at the opening of the 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry, which is being held in Nairobi, Kenya this week. The World Agroforestry Centre is one of 15 centers supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural ...

From INNOVATIONS REPORT, EcoEarth News,  25 Aug 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Wangari Maathai,  United Nations

Scripps-led study shows ocean health plays vital role in coral reef recovery

The new findings, published in the July 22 issue of the journal PLoS ONE, show that following a major bleaching event Mountainous star coral (Montastraea faveolata) on various reefs in Honduras and Belize was able to recover and grow normally within ...

From INNOVATIONS REPORT, EcoEarth News,  23 Jul 2009

Oceans will become oxygen depleted if fossil-fuel use remains unchecked

The DCESS model includes atmosphere, ocean, ocean-sediment, land-biosphere and lithosphere modules. According to the study, it reproduces 'observed evolutions since 1765 of key climate metrics including atmosphere and ocean warming, atmospheric gas ...

From INNOVATIONS REPORT, EcoEarth News,  27 Feb 2009

Using satellites to monitor climate change: Progress and challenges

However, many of the early research and meteorological satellites were either not designed for climate-quality measurements, or were not succeeded at the end of their lifetimes. The resulting patchwork of quality data has required extraordinary ...

From INNOVATIONS REPORT, EcoEarth News,  17 Feb 2009

Research highlights potential for improved solar cells

The research, explained in a recent issue of Accounts of Chemical Research, shows the possibility of solar cells that create more than one unit of energy per photon. Questions about the ability to increase the energy output of solar cells have prompted ...

From INNOVATIONS REPORT, EcoEarth News,  12 Feb 2009
Related Topics: John McGuire

10 new amphibian species discovered in Colombia

The species were discovered during a recent Rapid Assessment Program (RAP) expedition in Colombia's mountainous Tacarcuna area of the Darien, near the border with Panama. The expedition was led by herpetologists from Conservation International (CI) in ...

From INNOVATIONS REPORT, EcoEarth News,  4 Feb 2009

Sea bed provides information about present climatic change

Although gases in the atmosphere tell us about this greenhouse effect, oceans have accumulated information for million years which allow us a better understanding of this phenomenon. The past lets us know the present In this process, which involves a ...

From INNOVATIONS REPORT, EcoEarth News,  22 Jan 2009

Marine invasive species advance with a rate of 50 kilometers per decade caused by global warming

The international conference, organised by the Spanish Council of Scientitic Research (CSIC) and the European Network of Excellence on Marine Biodiversity MarBEF, Hill take place until 15 November in the premises of the City of Arts and Science, in ...

From INNOVATIONS REPORT, EcoEarth News,  13 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation,  Cadiz, Inc.,  Bob Marley

Top scientific meeting urges coordinated response to economic and environmental crises

Climate change, water and food scarcity, energy security and dangerous pollution are among urgent and accelerating problems across all aspects of the Earth system, the summit of high profile experts from 22 countries confirmed. Convened by the ...

From INNOVATIONS REPORT, EcoEarth News,  6 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Unilever PLC

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