July 26th, 2010

GM Air Conditioning Refrigerant Breaks Down in the Atmosphere in Less than 11 Days

Taking this problem seriously, GM recently announced their new type of refrigerant called HFO-1234yf. Acording to their statements, this refrigerant stays in the atmosphere for only 11 days.

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January 8th, 2010

Google Uses Satellite Imagery to Track and Monitor Global Deforestation

Rcently, Google launched a new deforestation monitoring system that can identify areas where the forest is intensively exploited, using satellite imagery.

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December 28th, 2009

Excessive Irrigation has led to a Decrease in Monsoon Rainfall in Northern India

Studies show that the low pressure necessary for monsoons to progress into northern India was reduced due to excessive irrigation.

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December 8th, 2009

Earth’s Climate Could Experience Another Sudden Ice Age

The first studies performed in Greenland’s ice sheets suggested that this blunt temperature shift happened over a course of ten years or more.

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August 22nd, 2009

How Forests Improve Human Health

Today I will present some special qualities of forests, and more specifically, the role of forest on human health (health role).

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August 21st, 2009

Fish from American Waters are Contaminated with Mercury

Recently, American Geological Services announced, after several studies, that all freshwater-fish from United States, contain a neurotoxic substance…mercury!!!

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July 31st, 2009

Walnut Tree Shadow is Harmful to Humans and Could Increase Pollution

The walnut tree can have harmful effects on humans. A walnut leaf contain iodine and juglona. It is not good to spend more time in the walnut tree shadow.

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July 25th, 2009

Anti-Desertification 6000 Km Wall Around Sahara Desert

Magnus Larsson,an architect, presented his project this year,about how desertification in Africa could be stopped,at the anual Oxford Conference.

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June 15th, 2009

Passive and Active Solar Systems for Buildings

The adaptation of urban buildings to the specific environmental conditions of cities in order to incorporate efficiently solar and energy-saving measures and couterbalance the radical changes and transformations of the radiative, thermal, moisture and aerodynamin characteristics of the urban environment is a major priority.

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June 15th, 2009

Urban Sustainability-A Realistic Perspective

Cities present important advantages and should not be considered as places that generate only environmental cost. They may provide high-quality living conditions with lower levels of energy use, waste, pollution and in general low environmental impact that the wealthy rural or suburban areas.

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