Big investors take aim at banks over climate change risk
The devastation caused by Hurricane Irma has added urgency to the fight against climate change © AP
A coalition of institutional investors managing more than...
Scientists: Future of Oldest Tree Species on Earth in Peril
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSSeptember 13, 2017FRESNO, Calif. — The bristlecone pine tree, famous for its wind-beaten, gnarly limbs and having the longest lifespan on Earth, is...
Scientists fund, other Korean investors in $665 mn Japan solar power plant deal
Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association (SEMA) and other South Korean institutional investors will invest an aggregate 150 billion won ($133 million) in acquiring...
Coal's problem is not climate change: Kemp
(Repeats Sept. 13 column. John Kemp is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own) By John Kemp LONDON, Sept 13 (Reuters)...
Experts discuss role of urban forests as protector from climate change
Seeking global partnerships to fight climate change, representatives from 17 countries gathered in Seoul on Wednesday to make city lives safe and sustainable by...
Helping Chinese farmers tackle erosion, increase profits
On the steep farming slopes of China, researchers are finding ways to improve economic and environmental stability. They studied intercropping with corn and either...
New method for identifying carbon compounds derived from fossil fuels
Scientists have developed a laboratory instrument that will greatly reduce the cost of analyzing carbon isotopes. Among other things, this will allow scientists to...
Evolution of ‘true frogs’ defies long-held expectations of science
New research shows, in contrast to expectations, 'the rapid global range expansion of true frogs was not associated with increased net-diversification.'
Wax on, melt off: Adding phase change materials, like paraffin, to concrete could make...
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Getting to the point (mutations) in re-engineering biofuel-producing bacterial enzymes
Helping bacteria become more efficient when breaking down fibrous plant waste into biofuel could result in more affordable biofuels for our gas tanks and...
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