Enhanced geothermal energy using modern research methods Potsdam, 26.02.2009 – Geothermal energy is increasingly contributing to the power supply world wide. Iceland is world-leader in expanding development of geothermal utilization: in recent years the annual power supply here doubled to more than 500 MW alone in the supply of electricity. And also in Germany, a [...]
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CLEMSON, SC—In areas of the U.S. where golfers can enjoy the game year-round, winter temperatures, foot and equipment traffic, and frost can wreak havoc on healthy greens and present challenges for course managers and owners. Creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera var. palustris Huds.), a turfgrass commonly used on golf course putting greens, is often preferred because [...]
CLEMSON — Clemson University space physicists have traveled around the world to launch rockets to test atmospheric conditions. This shows the fourth launch of a rocket at Poker Flat Research Range. Center: time exposure of first- and second-stage firetrail. Background: auroral arc in the north.Scientists most recently launched a salvo of four rockets over Alaska [...]
Live sustainably just because it’s the right thing to do. Do you “hope” that everyone will see the light and start living more sustainably to save the environment? If so, you may be doing more harm than good. So say an environmental scientist and an environmental ethicist in a provocative essay in the March 2009 [...]
The research was funded by the National Science Foundation, Harvard University, and the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine and Office of Research. Image Copyright Mark Witton, 2009. ATHENS, Ohio – In the Mesozoic Era, 70 million years before birds first conquered the skies, pterosaurs dominated the air with sparrow- to Cessna-sized wingspans. Researchers suspected [...]
If nothing is done to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Oregon will face some $3.3 billion in annual costs, which could translate to an individual tab of about 4 percent of annual household income by 2020, according to a report produced for the University of Oregon’s Climate Leadership Initiative’s Program on Climate Economics by ECONorthwest. The [...]
CHICAGO, IL–After installing an extensive network of monitoring stations in Costa Rica, researchers have detected slow slip events (also known as “silent earthquakes”) along a major fault zone beneath the Nicoya Peninsula. These findings are helping scientists understand the full spectrum of motions occurring on the fault and may yield new insights into the events [...]
The Greenland and Antarctica ice sheets are melting, but the amounts that will melt and the time it will take are still unknown, according to Richard Alley, Evan Pugh professor of geosciences, Penn State. In the past, the Greenland ice sheet has grown when its surroundings cooled, shrunk when its surroundings warmed and even disappeared [...]