Archive for the ‘India’ Category
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008
Air New Zealand has joined a number of other commercial airlines in testing alternative fuels. The airline conducted a two-hour test flight using fuel made from jatropha plants blended 50:50 with conventional Jet A1 fuel in the tank of one of four Rolls-Royce engines on a 747-400 airplane. ...
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Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
FEBRUARY 2008
Fire is an essential part of many ecosystems, which rely on fire to clear away dead plant matter and return nutrients to the soil. On the other hand, fire can spread easily out of control, threatening fragile ecosystems and human life and property.
AUGUST 2008
Like plants, wildfires have seasonal patterns. ...
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Monday, December 29th, 2008
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Sunday, December 28th, 2008
This false color map shows the distribution of human population on the Indian sub-continent south of the Himalayas. Reds indicate the most densely populated regions, yellows are intermediate values, while greens are more sparsely populated. About half a billion people live in the wide swath just south of the Himalayas. ...
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Saturday, November 8th, 2008
Will a government led green revolution galvanize the foundering economy of the United States and set the stage for a new era of growth and prosperity? The question has attracted a significant amount of attention since the financial crisis began to escalate several months ago and stuck a wrench in ...
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Energy efficiency has enormous promise for most developing economies. The investment yields in energy efficiency over the next two decades will generally be several times higher in the developing world, according to a new report from the McKinsey Global Institute.
Developing countries could invest $90 billion annually over the next 12 ...
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Monday, October 6th, 2008
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Sunday, September 28th, 2008
Between 1990 and 2004, an estimated $41 billion was invested in the water sector. By 2004, nearly half of these investments were either canceled or in distress. As a result, total investment in all countries has fallen substantially since the late 1990s. In addition, investment in middle- and low-income countries ...
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
NASA's Map of Carbon Emissions
Dark Red = Highest Intensity
The United States has lost its status as the world's leading source of carbon emissions.
Carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels and manufacturing cement have increased 38% since 1992. But the global geography of carbon emissions has shifted dramatically since then, according ...
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