New rules to ease air pollution in Beijing

New rules to ease air pollution in Beijing

With the coming of the Olympic Games, and the problem of air pollution not easing, China has launched traffic restrictions in a last minute ditch to ease the air pollution problem.
Vehicles with even and odd plates will hit the roads only on alternate days, which effectively means just half of the capital’s 3.29 million automobiles [...]

What is Carbon Capture and Storage : Pt 2 - Storing Carbon Dioxide

What is Carbon Capture and Storage : Pt 2 - Storing Carbon Dioxide

Welcome back. For part 2 of this article, I will be talking about how carbon dioxide is stored. After being captured, the carbon dioxide can be either stored undergound ( geological sequestration ) or in the ocean ( ocean sequestration ).

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What is Carbon Capture and Storage : Pt 1- Capturing Carbon Dioxide

What is Carbon Capture and Storage : Pt 1- Capturing Carbon Dioxide

With the effects of climate change and ocean acidification caused by greenhouse gases worsening, government bodies worldwide are pressed to find a way to curb with carbon dioxide emissions. But with fossil fuel still proving to be the dominant source of fuel and with the recent G8 agreement to target a 50% reduction in carbon [...]

Whales Inspire Wind Turbine Tech

Whales Inspire Wind Turbine Tech

In a report by Jessica Marshall of Discovery News, researchers are looking into the attributes that grant whales and dolphins the speed and agility in the waters.  They are working to translate these attributes to benefit manmade technologies. Marshall mentioned how Frank Fish of West Chester University in Pennsylvania began his study on the humpback [...]

Thailand Begins Hydrogen Car Journey

Thailand Begins Hydrogen Car Journey

The concept of hydrogen car is probably nothing new to many people from US/ European region, but in Asia, only Japan has came out with prototypes of hydrogen cars before. However, this is going to change as Thailand has recently introduced a new prototype hydrogen car.
The car was designed by a group of researchers led [...]

Fusionopolis - Sustainable Development

Fusionopolis - Sustainable Development

Launched in 2003, Singapore’s Fusionopolis is making slow but steady progress towards completion. The 30-hectare project has seen the completion of its Phase 1 early 2008 after the deadline was postponed from end-2007; work on Phase 2A started in December 2006. Fusionopolis is part of the 200-hectare development, one-north at Buona Vista. The initiative was [...]

Impact of ethanol usage felt at the Gulf of Mexico

Impact of ethanol usage felt at the Gulf of Mexico

The picture above shows the how widespread the Dead Zone area at the Gulf of Mexico is. Scientist has said that this area could stretch to more than 8,800 square miles this year - about the size of New Jersey, compared with 6,662 square miles in 2006 and nearly double the annual average since 1990 [...]

Revival of Jakarta's Green Map Movement

Revival of Jakarta’s Green Map Movement

After three years in the wilderness, a movement to map out green spaces in Jakarta is back in style, riding the global trend towards an environmentally conscious lifestyle.
“The campaigning stage is over, people are aware of the ‘green’ lifestyle now. Let’s focus on green maps’ effectiveness, power to change, availability and design,” Marco Kusumawijaya, a [...]