Today’s milk production system has smaller carbon footprint than mid-20th century

October 5th, 2009 LONDON - A new study has determined that 'green roofs', that is, roofs with a cover of plants, can significantly cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. According to a report in New Scientist, Kristin Getter and colleagues at Michigan State University in East Lansing carried out the study.

August 26th, 2009 LONDON - A new research has indicated that environmental stresses could be causing physical changes in the bears, making them shrink over the last century. According to a report by BBC News, the conclusion was arrived at by scientists after comparing bear skulls from the early 20th Century with those from the latter half of the century.

August 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new research report has determined that the world's largest companies need to double the pace of carbon dioxide (CO2) reductions to avoid dangerous climate change. According to 'The Carbon Chasm', a research report by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), based on current reduction targets, the world's largest companies are on track to reach the scientifically recommended level of greenhouse gas cuts by 2089 - 39 years too late to avoid dangerous climate change.

August 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - A study by statisticians at Oregon State University (OSU) in the US has determined that family planning is important to reduce the "carbon footprint" of people. According to the study, some people who are serious about wanting to reduce their "carbon footprint" on the Earth have one choice available to them that may yield a large long-term benefit - have one less child.

August 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new report has determined that the current methods for estimating greenhouse gas emissions have limitations that make it difficult to monitor CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions and verify an international climate treaty. This is part of a new National Research Council letter report to the administrator of NASA, Charles F.

July 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - If a model by scientists at the University of Bath turns out to be successful, then straw houses might turn out to be the buildings of the future. Researchers at the University of Bath will be testing this summer by constructing a "BaleHaus" made of prefabricated straw bale and hemp cladding panels on campus.

July 26th, 2009 LONDON - This might come as a shocker to the milkman or cows, but Coca-Cola are to launch a range of fizzy milk drinks. Trials of the new product - Vio - started last month in New York where it is being marketed as a refreshment drink, and comes in four "natural" flavours - peach mango, berry, citrus and tropical colada.

July 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has estimated that the vast amount of carbon stored in the arctic and boreal regions of the world is more than double that previously estimated, which raises new concerns over the role of the northern regions as future sources of greenhouse gases. "We now estimate the deposits contain over 1.5 trillion tons of frozen carbon, about twice as much carbon as contained in the atmosphere," said Dr.

June 19th, 2009 Study: US technology key to China and climateWASHINGTON — Finding an economical way to capture carbon dioxide from existing coal burning power plants is key to getting China to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions as well as for U.S. efforts to combat global warming, says a study being released Friday.

June 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A researcher has said that scientists studying the impact of climate change on the Arctic need to consider ways to reduce their own carbon footprints. The statement has been made by Ryan Brook, postdoctoral fellow at the University of Calgary.

June 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new report released by the Worldwatch Institute has said that agriculture could become a big part of the solution to global warming. According to a report in Environmental News Network (ENN), innovations in food production and land use that are ready to be put to work could reduce greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to roughly 25 percent of global fossil fuel emissions and be managed to reduce carbon already in the atmosphere as well.

May 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a new research, scientists have determined that each litre of milk produced in New Zealand can generate nearly 1kg of greenhouse gases - about 85 percent of it on-farm. According to a report in NZPA (New Zealand Press Association), each litre of milk produced causes the emission of greenhouse gases equivalent to 940g of carbon dioxide, meaning New Zealand's leading diary Fonterra's 15 billion litres of milk would produce nearly 15 million tonnes of carbon.

May 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has determined that concrete may absorb more carbon dioxide (CO2) than earlier estimates suggested. Many scientists currently think at least 5 percent of humanity's carbon footprint comes from the concrete industry, both from energy use and the CO2 byproduct from the production of cement, one of concrete's principal components.

May 13th, 2009 Union of Concerned Scientists: Green travel adviceWASHINGTON — A scientists' group has put together a guide to green travel to help you determine which modes of transportation have the smallest carbon footprint, and the group, the Union of Concerned Scientists, says some of the greenest choices can also save money. UCS researchers compared the amount of carbon dioxide — the chief heat-trapping gas that drives global warming — from driving, flying, traveling by train or bus, and also compared per-person emissions for solo travelers versus those traveling in pairs or as a family of four.

May 11th, 2009 Scientists' group gives green travel adviceWASHINGTON — A scientists' group has put together a guide to green travel to help you determine which modes of transportation have the smallest carbon footprint, and the group, the Union of Concerned Scientists, says some of the greenest choices can also save money. UCS researchers compared the amount of carbon dioxide — the chief heat-trapping gas that drives global warming — from driving, flying, traveling by train or bus, and also compared per-person emissions for solo travelers versus those traveling in pairs or as a family of four.