Led by Dr Luca Cortese from Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne Australia the team used the Herschel Space Observatory to observe galaxies at far-infrared
These dust grains are believed to be fundamental ingredients for the formation of stars and planets but until now very little was known about their abundance
and physical properties in galaxies other than our own Milky way said Dr Cortese'Cosmic dust is heated by starlight to temperatures of only a few tens of degrees above absolute zero
Although the Herschel Space Telescope completed its mission in April 2013 the combination of data in the Herschel archive with future observations from the newly commissioned Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile
#Innovative solar-powered toilet ready for India unveilinga revolutionary University of Colorado Boulder toilet fueled by the sun that is being developed to help some of the 2. 5 billion people around the world lacking safe and sustainable
The energy generated by the sun and transferred to the fiber-optic cable system--similar in some ways to a data transmission line--can heat up the reaction chamber to over 600 degrees Fahrenheit to treat the waste material disinfect pathogens in both feces and urine and produce char.
and because it is facing the sun for more of the year it's slightly warmer and slightly drier.
-Ching Chu entomology research associate Weilin Sun Illinois Natural history Survey insect behaviorist Joseph Spencer and U. of I. entomology professor Barry Pittendrigh.
The U n. Food and Agricultural organization estimates that grasslands cover between one-fifth and two-fifths of the planet's land area
and bacteria to clean up some of the worst soils on the planet while increasing their fertility.
and figure out how to keep livestock in ways that work best for individuals communities and the planet.
#Save money and the planet: Turn your old milk jugs into 3-D printer filamentmaking your own stuff with a 3d printer is vastly cheaper than
Besides a recent multidisciplinary study published in Nature Climate Change journal reveals that global warming is also accelerating deforestation of the planet.
Moisture data are derived from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES GOES data are inputted into the Atmosphere-Land Exchange Inverse (ALEXI) model previously developed by Dr. Mecikalski and others.
Vegetation cover is estimated using the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) scientific instrument launched into Earth orbit by NASA in 1999 on board Terra (EOS AM) and in 2002 on board the Aqua (EOS PM) satellites.
This setup is inexpensive and much more compact than previous systems allowing for the production of smaller volumes of smoke solution within a small space such as a fume hood.
This system can be constructed in a relatively small space and will allow future researchers to produce smoke solutions from a wide range of plant species found in the habitats they are investigating says Coons.
It is our hope that several satellite herds of Yellowstone bison can be assembled from the animals that graduate through this quarantine process.
and what role they will play in the planet's response. In related work Thornton's group was part of a campaign last summer to study air chemistry over the Southeastern United states where aerosols formed by reforested areas
Thinking that perhaps it had something to do with how the cones are packed into such a small space Corbo approached Torquato
forest recovery at a finer scale than can be observed from satellites and getting a better handle on the nuances of tree species height and soil conditions.
and the Carnegie Institution for Science have developed a new mathematical model that predicts how trees compete for space in the canopy.
If you think of the trees as competing for access to space in the canopy and we can infer what those rules are by analyzing data like these.
whereby tiny sulfate-based aerosols are released into the upper atmosphere to reflect sunlight and cool the planet.
The tree's surface area and the volume of space it occupies are nearly the same said physicist Jayanth Banavar dean of the UMD College of Computer Mathematical and Natural sciences.
Some have proposed that the missing part of the equation has to do with the space occupied by internal organs.
and particles at the edge of our solar system that appears to be a directional roadmap in the sky of the local interstellar magnetic field.
Unknown until now the direction of the galactic magnetic field may be a missing key to understanding how the heliosphere--the gigantic bubble that surrounds our solar system--is shaped by the interstellar magnetic field
Operations center at the UNH Institute for the Study of Earth Oceans and Space. Schwadron and IBEX colleagues published their findings online today in Science.
and direct galactic cosmic rays is a crucial component to understanding the environment of our galaxy which in turn influences the environment of our entire solar system
and our own environment here On earth including how that played into the evolution of life on our planet.
To date the only other direct information gathered from the heart of this complex boundary region is from NASA's Voyager satellites.
Voyager 1 is believed to have crossed into interstellar space in 2012. Interestingly when scientists compared the IBEX
what was just beyond near-Earth space. Now a whole new realm of science is opening up as we try to understand the physics all the way outside the heliosphere.
and to cross moderately open spaces in mosaic landscapes although the extent of this versatility remains to be investigated.
or sun. The presence of chocolate bloom does not mean that the chocolate is unsafe to eat.
and technologies to further our understanding of the dynamic forces that continue to shape our planet
and Technology who started her career creating a viable Mars colony food system for NASA.
The most traditional form of cultivation can be found in the gardens of the Chagga people Hhere the sun-shy coffee trees
which rely on shade by varieties that tolerate lots of sun and are more resistant to fungiâ#explains Professor Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter a tropical ecologist at the University of WÃ rzburg's Biocenter.
The tropical experts conducted experiments in twelve areas on the slopes of Mount kilimanjaro in Tanzania located in all three cultivation systems (Chagga gardens shade plantations and sun plantations.
Shaky foundations in sun plantationsâ#oehowever it is likely that these seemingly stable ecosystem services rest on shaky foundations in the sun plantationsâ#believe the WÃ rzburg scientists.
So if honey bee numbers were to decrease as they might in climatically unfavorable years this could reduce the harvest in the sun plantations.
Correcting for this artifact in the data Doug Morton of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt Md
or Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer sensors that fly aboard NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites make daily observations over the huge expanse of Amazon forests.
They culled satellite observations from MODIS and NASA's Ice Cloud and land Elevation Satellite (ICESAT) Geosciences Laser Altimeter System (GLAS)
Only one of the hypothesized mechanisms for the green-up changes in sun-sensor geometry was consistent with the satellite observations.
when the sun is as low and far north as it will get shadows are abundant.
because the sun is directly behind the sensor at the equinox. This seasonal change in MODIS greenness has nothing to do with how forests are changing.
In fact accounting for the changing geometry between the sun and satellite sensor paints a picture of the Amazon that as a whole doesn't change much through the dry season.
The above story is provided based on materials by NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center. Note: Materials may be edited for content and length.
and cools the planet. The researchers say this theory suggests that mountainous ecosystems have acted like Earth's thermostat addressing the risk of'catastrophic'overheating or cooling over millions of years.
In the past this natural process may have prevented the planet from reaching temperatures that are catastrophic for life. Co-author Yadvinder Malhi Professor of Ecosystem Science at Oxford University said:
because so much more of the planet was covered in forest. Those reactive compounds altered Earth's radiation balance contributing a net global warming as much as two to three times greater than the effect of carbon dioxide according to the study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
and by altering the color of the planet's surface thus influencing the albedo effect.
The albedo effect refers to the amount of radiation reflected by the surface of the planet.
and heat back into space than darker forests. Climate scientists have suggested that the Pliocene epoch might provide a glimpse of the planet's future
if humankind is unable to curb carbon dioxide emissions. During the Pliocene the two main factors believed to influence the climate--atmospheric CO2 concentrations
The answer might be found in highly reactive compounds that existed long before humans lived on the planet Unger says.
Using the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies Model-E2 global Earth system model the researchers were able to simulate the terrestrial ecosystem emissions and atmospheric chemical composition of the Pliocene and the preindustrial era.
At first I'd tell it to go five spaces to the left or five spaces to the right and things typically wouldn't go as planned.
After weeks of programming I eventually got to the point where the robot could paint shapes and lines in a particular color.
These cities lack areas that could be converted into conventional green spaces and thus there is an increasing interest in green roof systems.
and scholars to understand urban green spaces as not only providers of services but also providers of material products.
to green spaces beyond the boundaries of urban settlements. These planners argued that public spaces with large amounts of vegetation were essential elements of healthy functional cities.
 These new landscapes emphasized aesthetics relaxation recreation and refuge reinforcing emerging notions about which humanâ#ature interactions belonged in the city and which in the country.
They began to experiment with green space policies that explicitly seek to integrate social economic and ecological concerns in urban environments recognizing
and other vegetation that characterize these spaces are important for meeting the community and ecosystem needs of low income urban neighborhoods that do not have large expanses of undeveloped land
or existing parks These shifts in the conceptualization of urban nature and human roles in it have to some extent created openings for the return of productive practices such as farming horticulture and beekeeping to public green spaces.
Of the four cities Seattle and Philadelphia are the furthest along in rethinking the role of foraging in urban green spaces.
and scholars to understand urban green spaces as not only providers of services but also providers of material products.
A single model was morphed to represent species within the entire space in order to calculate the engineering performance of different skull shapes.
Its developers foresee electrical generators driven by changes in humidity from sun-warmed ponds and harbors.
when the sun doesn't shine or the wind doesn't blow and we have no good way of storing enough of it to supply the grid for long said Wyss Institute Founding Director Don Ingber M d. Ph d
The two thermostats were separated by an empty space into which were added radiative shields that could mimic individual hairs in a fur coat.
The researchers also compared their ground-based photos with color data from a satellite looking at the same forest over the same period of time.
That suggests that cameras are a good way to validate data from satellites. This is really exciting
which analyzed data from ranches in western Montana including 15 years of records on ranch husbandry satellite-generated climatological data spatial data on wolf pack locations and confirmed depredations on 18
The above story is provided based on materials by The Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR.
and lead to sustainable intensification of food production that we must achieve to meet the demands on the planet's finite resources.
Sunscreen which blocks dangerous rays from the sun is your best bet to avoid skin cancer.
Because the carbon and nitrogen cycles are linked so strongly our previous results indicated that changes in carbon dioxide sequestration will gathered occurrodrigues'team samples of soil from the Fazenda Nova Vida site in Rondonia Brazil one of three states
or west, research getting a solar system. In many areas, third-party financing companies will install a solar photovoltaic PV system to generate electricity on your house for zero money down,
Solar thermal (hot water) and heat pump systems (ground-loop'geothermal'or air-exchanging systems for space heating) can also be good investments,
For both efficiency upgrades and solar systems, there may be rebates and other incentives available to help with the cost.
and to help the planet. Smart buildings can help people translate the mass amounts of data that our buildings generate,
At least in the concept images, this seems like a large space to just use for growing food.
Space is maximized by using towers, so I think it's smart that the area is designed for multiple uses.
Then they contracted with third-party financier Solarcity to install solar systems on several large city buildings,
What to do with all that abandoned space? Â Let the city take it over and convert it to parks and recreation areas?
The vertical farm will only take up about one-third of the building space. The rest will be an incubator for sustainable food businesses,
As the sun began to set, he would chase after the shadowy insects swarming around the glowing street lamps.
a fitness center, research space of 30, 000 square feet, a central plant, and parking.
in order to keep tabs on all the raw data needed to make a farming operation more sustainable--such as the daily evapotranspiration ratio (how quickly the sun will suck up moisture from plants and the dirt) and wind speeds.
The company is capturing the sun's energy to kill nocturnal insects that feast on crops.
Jean-Charles Noudell, manager of green spaces and gardens of the 3rd arrondissement, says that the recycling program helps create mulch for the gardens that will keep soil moist,
so there this big clear space that ready for the tower to come in. Grow NYC served as farm advisors.
and heart for the three-block project, will feature five floors of work space. The public green space will include a playfield, off-leash dog park, two-way cycle track on 7th avenue and a weather-protected walkway between the buildings.
The intent of the structure, which is designed by NBBJ, the same firm behind Google and Samsung's projects, is to create an alternative environment where employees can work
NBBJ has designed the high-rise workplace in such a way that each employee will be no further than one floor away from green space.
Part of it is less space, reducing our usage of natural resources and now having the ability utilize technology that effectively reuses resources like water instead of letting it go to waste by flushing it down a storm drain.
Sakhiwe Shongwe and Bonkhe Mahlalela-both 14 years old-developed a looked into growing lots and lots of crops and veggies with limited space and no soil.
The dark surface of the lake's water will then capture more heat from the sun
if satellites and aerial photography can be used to detect trends. The roles of methane and wildfires The first reason the thawing of the permafrost is especially worrisome has to do with methane.
It's not entirely clear exactly how these changes will impact the Arctic, the permafrost or the planet as a whole.
Grant Park is one of the city's finest green spaces. The 300-acre park,
Get the most out of Philly's parks and outdoor spaces during the spring, summer,
to feeding our hungry planet? Perhaps. Not only are the perennial grains efficient, they can be bred easily from annual crops.
it was the Venus'Flower Basket sea sponge, a glowing creature that thrives in the inky depths of the sea.
REFORESTING CITIES Biomimetic principles are already transforming public spaces in the most densely populated areas of the U s.
Space that was unused in a dense city is now teeming with life, and increased the size of public space in a city with no physical room to grow.
It parkland moving across an industrial object. It's accomplished a quite wonderful thing in the preservation
In the United states, parking lots may be the most regularly used outdoor space. They are public places that people interact with and use on a daily basis,
parking lots could actually become significant public spaces, contributing as much to their communities as great boulevards, parks or plazas.
including their durability on working farm, the Kansas city Star reported. The study also tracked milk production because of concerns the LED lights could harm the animals by interfering, for example, with their feeding schedule.
food wastea new report from the United Nation's Food and agriculture organization points to a major global food waste problem that's hurting the economy and the planet.
it's the ultimate public space. But for a number of decades it has not been treated that way.
The space will provide magnificent views of the gardens and the mall. There will be a restaurant in the pavilion to attract people to this corner of the mall that is often overlooked.
what the National Mall needs to become a great public space. All the designs are bold yet thoughtfully integrated into the mall,
Fly me to the moon. Well, maybe not the moon. But the tiny brain in this little thing could take you places you've never been before,
and bring you back again. The honey bee has a puny brain. But man is that miniscule mound of gray matter finely tuned as the winged pollinator's mission control center.
after well-guided sojourns through unfamiliar flowery territory, using the sun and an acute sense of smell.
Demographics the size of the population influences the demand for space and services; Urban form and density sprawling cities tend to have higher per capita emissions than more compact ones;
Å By placing hives on the roof spaces of cafes, restaurants, hotels and individual gardens in and around Melbourne,
and Queen of the Sun Become involved, donate, purchase local honey or sponsor a hive.
Richard Ballard and Steven Dring hope to transform the space into a unique 2. 5 acre farm that would provide fresh produce to London restaurants and grocery stores.
Of course, without access to the sun, they will rely on a hydroponic growing system with LED lights.
The Standouts As the sun broke through the fog, the festival streets filled with groups of chatty friends and families with small children,
The Vancouver Sun reports: The inside of the greenhouse will be anything but ordinary. Four-metre-high stacks of growing trays on motorized conveyors will ferry plants up, down and around for watering,
to capture the sun's rays and then move them into position for an easy harvest.
The greenhouse will cover less than half of the available space on the rooftop leaving open the possibility that a second,
High-tech greenhouse planned for city parkade rooftop The Vancouver Sun Photo: Valcent Products
Vertical gardens reaching new heights in Milanthe 27th story of a building provides a skyline vista,
and take off vertically--an advantage in tight spaces. They could one day come in different sizes
Plant types Soil composition Slope of the soil Sun exposure The type of irrigation you're using (hose versus sprinkler versus drip lines, etc.
when it fails to account for our wellbeing and that of the planet on which we all rely.
humans have come to dominate the planet. Ecosystems are being altered rapidly for numerous reasons, and the planet is undergoing a massive loss of biodiversity due to habitat loss and fragmentation, overexploitation, pollution, invasive species,
and climate change. Many of our everyday actions, from consumption to our choices of where we live, impact biodiversity.
the Chesapeake bay Foundation and Sterling Planet on a new initiative to reduce greenhouse gases and improve air and water quality in the Chesapeake bay region.
Back in October, NASA satellites spotted a massive crack that cuts across the floating ice shelf of Pine Island Glacier in Antarctica.
Over the years, glaciologists have kept a close eye on the Antarctic as changes in this region known as the end of the earth plays a significant role in the fate of our planet.
Mysterious site spotted from space Mysterious Ëoenazca Lines ruins discovered in Saudi desert China s massive Ëoepollution cloud can be seen from space NASA satellites unearth Egypt s lost
The plant will provide landowners with economic incentive to keep open spaces open. Â Without this particular solution for our challenge
With the Baltimore Neighborhood Energy Challenge (BNEC), the city is partnering with the Baltimore Community Foundation and Constellation Energy to do energy audits,
If the test shows this use of a renewable fuel in our locomotive is successful, its a home run for our passengers, for our partners and for the planet.
Bioserve Space Technologies: The magic behind shuttle experimentsbioserve Space Technologies, a center within the University of Colorado Boulder, specializes in conducting microgravity life science research
and designs and develops space flight hardware. It currently has two piece of its hardware on the International Space station and two on the Space shuttle mission.
Yesterday I spoke with Stefanie Countryman, the centers director of business development and director of its K-12 science education payloads.
and spiders in space and why she wouldnt be a good candidate for space flight.
Say theres a researcher who wanted to conduct an experiment in space. Where do you come in?
So if you can fly a tree in space, the lignin is like the bones in your body--your bones dont need to support your structure in space.
So the seedlings dont lay down as much lignin. And if you could figure out a way to do that On earth
They get the whole process of flying experiments in space. So for a time now
An astronaut on STS-126 activating an experiment Tell me about the spider in space for your K-12 program.
so they grew up in space. Were hoping theyll still be alive when they come back.
The experiment was to look at how they would spin their webs in space They spin these half orbs that have a three-dimensional aspect.
In space they spun circular webs, which are very different. On the ground, they sit on the top of the web looking down.
In space they sat in the middle of their web and faced all different ways. You can see Youtube videos here and here.
If you had an opportunity to travel in space, what experiment would you conduct? I get sick on roller coasters,
I guess I would just like to see the life science experiments in space continue. Now that the shuttle is retired, its hard for the life sciences.
The model is that we send our experiments to space and then bring those samples back
There is some hardware being developed to do some analysis in space while on the station, but its a difficult thing to do.
but a few recent examples provide shelter and protection for the fuzzier fellow citizens of planet Earth.
and solar panels increase the temperature of roof spaces, which can disturb the animals. The concern is so great that the Royal Institute of British Architects is offering a course, in conjunction with the Bat Conservation Trust, on designing bat roosts.
it's only fair to give a little space back. Via: CNN Eco Solutions, Artinfo, Â University of Buffalo Press Images:
IBM analytics technology helps Sun World use drip irrigation to decrease its water usage by 8. 5%.That difference is readily apparent in a new agribusiness case study that was brought to my attention by the IBM mid-market group.
It involves Sun World International, a midsize operation in Bakersfield, Calif, . that produces various fruits and vegetables on approximately 12,000 acres of farmland across the state of California.
Sun World has been collecting information about its business for years. An example: The company has been acting on its water consumption to change irrigation techniques,
Sun World, which specializes in table grapes, peppers, stone fruits and citrus varieties, can now look at everything from unit costs
according to IBM and Sun World. Fuel usage has also been cut by 20 percent. The sales team can also use Sun World's data in conjunction with industry buying trends to figure out the best timing for campaigns.
This has helped with balancing product mix. It also resulted in $3 million in new business in 2009
Sun World is tracking $175 million in total annual revenue, according to Robertson. The plan is only as good as Day One.
Steve Greenwood, Sun World's director of budgets and reporting, says the technology behind these changes was Cognos,
Sun World worked with an IBM Business Partner Applied Analytix, to craft the solution. Here's his perspective from the IBM press release about the solution:
director of business analytics for IBM, says there are typically three things that hold entrepreneurs back from a technology investment like this that could yield results similar to the Sun World example.
If you want to be generate results like Sun World, you'll need to get over all three things
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