je.st
news
Tag: scientists
400 ppm atmospheric CO2 levels soon to be surpassed, scientists report
2013-04-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Scientists monitoring global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations report that, for the first time in human history, CO2 levels could soon rise above 400 parts per million for a sustained period of time in much of the Northern Hemisphere. Hourly readings have surpassed 400 ppm in the past week, but daily averages remain just below 400, reported The Guardian. Daily readings are expected to surpass 400 ppm in early May. They will reach their annual peak by mid-month. The measurements come...
Tags: report
levels
scientists
co2
United Kingdom: Beware the rise of the government scientists turned lobbyists
2013-04-29 21:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: What happens to people when they become government science advisers? Are their children taken hostage? Is a dossier of compromising photographs kept, ready to send to the Sun if they step out of line? I ask because, in too many cases, they soon begin to sound less like scientists than industrial lobbyists. The mad cow crisis 20 years ago was exacerbated by the failure of government scientists to present the evidence accurately. The chief medical officer wrongly claimed that there was "no risk...
Tags: united
kingdom
government
united kingdom
Europe needs genetically engineered crops, scientists say
2013-04-26 22:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: The European Union cannot meet its goals in agricultural policy without embracing genetically engineered crops (GMOs). That's the conclusion of scientists who write in Trends in Plant Science, a Cell Press publication, based on case studies showing that the EU is undermining its own competitiveness in the agricultural sector to its own detriment and that of its humanitarian activities in the developing world. "Failing such a change, ultimately the EU will become almost entirely dependent on the...
Tags: say
europe
scientists
crops
Android keyboard Kalq quicker than Qwerty, scientists say
2013-04-24 19:38:07| CNET News.com
Kalq, a keyboard for Android tablets, positions letters scientifically to have you typing 34 percent faster. [Read more]
Tags: keyboard
scientists
quicker
qwerty
IBM, scientists collaborate to develop high concentration photovoltaic thermal system
2013-04-24 10:00:00| Power Technology
The Swiss Commission for Technology and Innovation has awarded a three-year, $2.4m grant to a collaboration of scientists to research and develop a high concentration photovoltaic thermal (HCPVT) system.
Tags: high
system
develop
concentration
Sites : [224] [225] [226] [227] [228] [229] [230] [231] [232] [233] [234] [235] [236] [237] [238] [239] [240] [241] [242] [243] next »