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Failure to agree radical reductions in carbon dioxide emissions at the Copenhagen climate change conference in December would spell a global health catastrophe, warn Professor Sir Michael Marmot (Dir

BERKELEY — Two researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, are among 10 recipients being recognized for their environmental achievements with the 15th annual Heinz Awards, announced today (Tuesday, Sept.

Birds had different reactions to climate change (from left): The Western bluebird shifted its geographical range in response to both temperature and precipitation changes, while the Anna's hummingbird simply moved away from its climatic niche. The high-elevation Clark's nutcracker tracked temperature in its response, while the low-elevation Bullock's oriole tracked precipitation.

A team of UCL experts led by Ka Man Lai (UCL Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering) is investigating how revolutionising the design and building of our living spaces could dramatically reduce the spread of swine flu and other infectious diseases.

PA229/09 Researchers at The University of Nottingham have a new weapon in their arsenal of tools to push back the boundaries of science, engineering, veterinary medicine and archaeology.

Cambridge, Mass. September 10, 2009 - A team of environmental scientists from Harvard and Tsinghua University has demonstrated the enormous potential for wind-generated electricity in China.

September 03, 2009 — Virginia Key — Carbon sequestration is developing into one of the nation's premiere tools in the fight against global warming.

Sound-wave technology is helping Solix Biofuels, Inc. optimize production of algae-based fuel in a cost-effective, scalable, and environmentally benign fashion.

Costs of adapting to climate change significantly underestimated Researchers say UN climate negotiations should aim for substantially more funding %0A " Download a copy of the IIED and Grantham Insti

August 25, 2009 — St. Thomas, Virgin Islands — Representatives of the University of Miami's (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and the University of the Virgi

Parasites persuade immune cells to invite them in for dinner, says new research %0A " Imperial College London News Release Under embargo until 01.00hrs British Summer Time Friday 21 August 2009 (20.

The warming of an Arctic current over the last 30 years has triggered the release of methane, broken down from methane hydrate stored in the sediment beneath the seabed. Scientists at the University of Birmingham, working in collaboration with researchers from the National Oceanography Centre Southampton, Royal Holloway London and IFM-Geomar in Germany have found that more than 250 plumes of bubbles of methane gas are rising from the seabed of the West Spitsbergen continental margin in the Arctic, in a depth range of 150 to 400 metres.

Small businesses will perform up to $100 million in environmental work Los Alamos, New Mexico, August 14, 2009—Los Alamos National Laboratory today named three small businesses as subcontractors for up to $100 million in environmental cleanup work.

Princeton - Princeton In University-led studies to be conducted over the next few years, faculty and students from the Princeton Environmental Institute will learn just how much energy can be conserv

July 30, 2009 — Virginia Key — The role of clouds in climate change has been a major question for decades. As the earth warms under increasing greenhouse gases, it is not known whether clouds will dissipate, letting in more of the sun's heat energy and making the earth warm even faster, or whether cloud cover will increase, blocking the Sun's rays and actually slowing down global warming.

DNA barcode chosen for identifying the world's plants New identification technique could aid plant conservation %0A " Adapted from a press release issued by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Tuesday

Funding will aid environmental cleanup and compliance Los Alamos, New Mexico, July 22, 2009—Los Alamos National Laboratory today announced plans to begin spending environmental cleanup funds made available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

July 20, 2009 — Miami — Hurricanes are the costliest natural disasters that strike the United States.

Solar sells: Imperial students help Rwandan villagers set up energy business Students install ?solar kiosk?

College plans Sustainable Technology Center Los Alamos, New Mexico, July 16, 2009—Representatives from Los Alamos National Security, LLC and Los Alamos National Laboratory today are presenting a check for $100,000 to the Santa Fe Community College and its GROW Foundation for the college's planned Sustainable Technologies Center.

Flu mortality formula is potentially misleading, say scientists Calculating the case fatality ratio is tricky, according to new research - %0A " Imperial College London News Release Under strict embargo for 00.

UCL formally launched its Grand Challenge of Sustainable Cities ' a programme to rally the university's breadth of expertise in service of urban sustainability ' at an evening event on 8 July 2009.

BERKELEY — A University of California, Berkeley, project to catalog nearly every living thing on the Polynesian island of Moorea is enlisting the help of the island's 5th graders and showing them that science is not for foreigners only.

Just months before world leaders are scheduled to meet to devise a new international treaty on climate change, a research team led by Princeton University scientists has developed a new way of dividing responsibility for carbon emissions among countries.

Climate change and the mystery of the shrinking sheep How milder winters are causing Scotland's Soay sheep to decrease in size Imperial College London news release Strictly embargoed for 1900 hours B

Plant scientists reach for the skies with London rooftop experiments New GroDome facility on roof of campus building %0A " Imperial College London news release For immediate use Thursday 2 July 2009

July 02, 2009 — Virginia Key — Three-years of in situ measurements, combined with a long-track satellite data to createlong-term index of Agulhas Current transport The U.S.

Mobile pollution monitors to be trialled across the UK today Scientists transform pedestrians, cyclists, buses and cars into mobile wireless sensors Under Strict Embargo Tuesday 30 June 2009 00:01BST

PA 183/09 A University of Nottingham graduate and a 'children's advocate' has been appointed to the top Church of England job in Nottinghamshire.

A 'quantum of sol' ? how nanotechnology could hold the key to a solar-powered future Imperial solar cell physicists take part in the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition %0A " Imperial College Lon

Giving the keynote speech at the launch of the UCL Energy Institute on 29 June 2009, Lord Hunt, Minister of State for the UK Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC), said that high-quality academic research would provide the blueprint for a low-carbon world.

PA 175/09 Pupils from a Nottingham secondary school will use advanced GPS technology to help protect our unique habitats — and the plants and animals that make their home there — from the effects of climate change.

PA 171/09 How will climate change affect when, where and how we travel? And how should this influence those planning the transport systems of the future? These questions are being addressed by The Un

United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon has chosen to visit the University of Birmingham to meet key figures including business leaders, leading academics and politicians from Birmingham and the West Midlands.

Deforestation causes 'boom-and-bust' development in the Amazon No long term benefits for local people when rainforests are cleared University of Cambridge and Imperial College London joint news relea