Keystone XL is an export pipeline that will not benefit the United states'energy security and will create far fewer jobs than claimed by the oil industry.
In its recent report FAO estimates that 868 million people (12.5 percent of the world population) are undernourished in terms of energy intake.
Afternoon energy boost In other forests the process of making food from light known as photosynthesis tends to drop off in the afternoon.
But these sky island trees see a boost in their energy harvesting into midday perhaps to take advantage of a period
and energy than males to raising their offspring. Â A female blue tit which is about the size of an adult hand from beak to tail picks her partner based on his colorful blue and yellow plumage and the sweetness of his song.
But all of this construction takes energy and puts a female in danger of attack from predators.
and energy since they are bright enough without street lamps.</</p><p>Full Story:<<a href=http://www. livescience. com/40622-starpath-glow-in-the-dark-roads. html target=blank>Glow-in-the-Dark Spray Could Make Night Driving Safer</a p><p
Carnitine is also a popular over-the-counter diet supplement often billed as helping to boost energy and bulk up muscle.
It's found in some energy drinks and muscle milks. The researchers looked at fasting levelsof blood carnitine in nearly 2600 men and women.
That person won't have the energy to start Apple or to fly across the Atlantic on a piece of wood like Charles Lindbergh.
The Compulsive Energy That Built a Nation (Grand Central Publishing 2013. The book is filled with examples of people (mostly men as OCPD is less common among women) who rose to the top of their fields largely due to their obsessiveness.
and energy we consume every year was within what the planet could sustain. In 1975 there were about 4. 1 billion people.
Over that same time demand for food water and energy are expected to double. If you think about today's consumption rate per billion people as a shopping cart people are filling 7 shopping carts.
and use other natural resources like forests water and energy resources. Instead of taking more to make more people need to commit to making more with less.
and deploy clean energy technologies with particular focus on wind solar and geothermal alternatives. White house officials hinted at a goal to expand renewable energy projects on public land
which would build on the president's objective to establish 10 gigawatts of renewable energy on public land by the end of 2012 which was fulfilled ahead of schedule.
In addition the president is expected to discuss measures to increase energy efficiency in homes and household appliances which the White house says will help American families
and businesses save money. Obama's plan will also include steps aimed at reducing methane emissions
Testimonials from ordinary folks are endless boasting advantages along the lines of having more energy better skin improved relationships with woodland creatures and so on
Live or uncooked foods are said to be filled with vital life energy. In this way raw veganism is an extension of the vegan appreciation for animal welfare with the added spirituality of a life force called chi or prana.
Dead or cooked foods are said to be depleted of their life energy as well as most of their nutrients.
As for the concept of life energy in raw food this is a spiritual belief beyond the realm of science so debating its benefit let alone existence would be futile.
The problem with the raw food diet is where do you get your energy food?
The human brain after all requires a lot of energy. Eating Meat Made Us Human Study Suggests Our raw-vegan cousin the gorilla has three times the body size of humans but one-third the brain cells;
Your body starts digesting these starches from the moment you start chewing extracting nutrients and energy.
The human body does not absorb nutrients or energy from them. Soluble fiber dissolves in water making food more viscous slowing digestion
or energy for the colonocytes cells lining the colon which are a barrier against infection.
Plants absorb energy from the sunlight. That energy then is converted into glucose in the plant by photosynthesis. Glucose is the sugar in the grape that ferments to become alcohol.
Nutrient-poor soil also makes for a good wine grape. The color and flavor that come from a grape are stored mostly in the grape's skin.
New Building codes Could Slash Energy Costs. This post is part of the NRDC Wasteland series featuring people towns businesses
Today I d like to discuss a mineral that is essential for energy production bone health and nerve function.
and muscle repair (musclebuilding) and play a smaller role as an energy source. In general about 10 to 35 percent of your daily calories should come from protein according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC.
As part of that work the university has major research partnerships with federal agencies in Earth science climate and energy research.
and the Joint Global Change Research Institute a partnership between UMD and the Department of energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
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Scientists believe the cosmological constant which amounts to just 10 raised to the minus 122 power reveals clues to the dark energy that is mysteriously accelerating the universe Aaronson said.</
#To Cut Carbon, a Decade is Too Long to Wait (Op-Ed) Jeffrey Rissman policy analyst at Energy Innovation:
and move from the countryside to the cities they demand energy-using technologies such as lighting appliances cars and electronics.
This long-lasting infrastructure will set patterns for how energy is used for decades to come. Now not ten years from now is the critical time for those countries to adopt policies that will ensure the construction of efficient buildings;
and renewable energy-generation facilities. Third in the U s. greenhouse-gas emissions have declined recently from their peak in 2007.
The U s. must make a serious commitment to zero-carbon energy and energy efficiency in the next ten years in order to be able to reduce emissions to the level required to stabilize atmospheric CO2 concentrations in a reasonable timeframe.
Finally some critics of immediate action to reduce greenhouse gasses point out that technological innovation will bring down the costs of clean energy
and open up new options in the future so society should wait until clean-energy costs are lower before making a serious commitment to deployment.
However in the energy sector innovation is tied fundamentally to deployment. Companies decide what research to pursue on the basis of
what they believe they will be able to market and sell they learn how to efficiently manufacture technologies
and Hallie Kennan is a research assistant atâ Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology. Â They contributed this article to Livescience's Expert Voices:
they lower building energy-use per person; and compared to other patterns of human habitation densely-populated cities reduce the amount of land used per person
Transportation impacts Research shows that densely-populated cities use less transportation energy the reason is less reliance on car travel.
The figure data take into account energy-related emissions for both cities and countries. The city emissions numbers take into account the direct combustion of fuels including from small mobile sources (like cars)
-and transportation-energy demands and conserve green undeveloped land thus reducing the carbon footprints of their residents.
Since 2000 China's energy-related greenhouse gas emissions have increased at an average rate of more than 10 percent each year according to the Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements
While the population of the United states is expected not to leap significantly in the next century diminishing natural resources are already adding stress to the country's food and water supplies and the availability of future energy resources.
and climate change at the University of East Anglia in the United kingdom. This includes investing in renewable energy alternatives such as technologies to efficiently harness solar
and wind energy he added. As part of his work at the Worldwatch Institute Engelman also promotes the idea of carbon taxes which would introduce fees based on the carbon content of fuels.
and to make biofuels like biodiesel a fuel with growing demand as a source of cleaner energy.
and the Pacific is not counterweighed by any energy-saving benefits. Â Increased demand Demand for the products comprising wildlife habitat such as the timber in forests minerals in mountains
Development of clean energy including solar wind and geothermal energy has immense potential to reduce the amount of coal
and oil burned to power electrical generating plants. More sustainable transportation options such as mass transit and alt-fuel vehicles will also reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
The Union of Concerned Scientists estimates that about 25 percent of energy-related CO2 emissions in the United states come from passenger vehicles.
Even individual efforts such as lowering thermostats in winter and using energy-efficient light bulbs will help to address global warming
and a higher energy level than visible light while IR radiation has a longer wavelength and a weaker energy level.
Fewer reds Because it actually takes energy and nutrients to produce the red colors of fall several other climate-related changes could dim autumn forests Neufeld said.
because these particles have so much energy they can destroy DNA molecules he said. To that end Halberg studies how a water bug called a tardigrade can withstand spacelike conditions.
because trees grow back biomass offers a carbon neutral form of energy. But not all biomass is created equal.
And the latest science reveals that burning whole trees for energy results in more carbon emissions than burning coal for decades.
That's because trees are less energy-dense than coal and harvesting them for fuel means foregoing the carbon they would have absorbed from the atmosphere if left standing.
and atmosphere when people burn forests to produce energy instead of allowing trees to keep their day jobs as massive carbon storage facilities.
and manmade fossil fuel-based energy consumption which accelerates greenhouse gas emissions and drives climate change still need further clarification.
and showcase solutions to climate change and energy issues in the United states. Â She contributed this article to Livescience's Expert Voices:
Most experts believe the impact of climate change on allergic diseases will vary by region depending on latitude altitude rainfall and storms land-use patterns urbanization transportation and energy production.
As a result right whale mothers and their calves are expending much precious energy during a time of year
And it was time we waste an awful lot of resources in this country including 40 percent of our food and more than half our energy.
Americans boosted energy efficiency Just in time for Christmas a coalition of pay-TV and electronics companies working with NRDC
and several energy efficiency groups announced their commitment to improve the energy efficiency of set-top boxes including DVRS
This move will save as much energy as three power plants generate and result in energy savings of about $1 billion a year for consumers.
Also this year the U s. Department of energy (DOE) finally issued proposed rules for four long-delayed federal energy-efficiency standards thanks to pressure from NRDC
and other groups including for the electric motors that run everything from elevators to conveyor belts and consume about half the electricity used by the U s. industrial sector.
The DOE also issued final efficiency rules for distribution transformers and microwave ovens as well as proposed standards for furnace fans.
This year's new model building energy code which my NRDC colleagues helped strengthen will make new homes and major renovations more than 30-percent more energy-efficient than the older 2006 standards.
and provides homeowners with information about their home's energy efficiency. This is a major win that will help homeowners save hundreds of dollars in energy and water costs each year while cutting carbon pollution from homes.
Of course the biggest efficiency booster of all could be President Barack Obama's climate action plan
which will rely on energy efficiency as a tool to cut carbon pollution from power plants and is helping scale up efforts already underway to make homes buildings industrial processes equipment appliances and electronics more efficient.
and energy efficiency measures help to reduce the carbon footprint of electric power generation there. There are some big exceptions to those goals however.
but China and India he said adding that the solution exists in developing renewable energy technologies that drive fossil fuels from the marketplace.
Xcel Energy Environmental Policy Director Jack Ihle speaking at the Bloomberg Future of Energy Summit in April in New york city said the new rules will likely take coal plants pretty much off the table
#Is Industrial Hemp the Ultimate Energy Crop?(Op-Ed) This article was published originally at The Conversation.
Bioenergy is currently the fastest growing source of renewable energy. Cultivating energy crops on arable land can decrease dependency on depleting fossil resources
and it can mitigate climate change. But some biofuel crops have bad environmental effects: they use too much water displace people
This has led to a demand for high-yielding energy crops with low environmental impact. Industrial hemp is said to be just that.
not only complement but exceed other available energy crops. Hemp Cannabis sativa originates from western Asia and India and from there spread around the globe.
Energy use of industrial hemp is limited today very. There are few countries in which hemp has been commercialised as an energy crop.
Sweden is one and has a small commercial production of hemp briquettes. Hemp briquettes are more expensive than wood-based briquettes but sell reasonably well on regional markets.
Large-scale energy uses of hemp have also been suggested. Biogas production from hemp could compete with production from maize especially in cold climate regions such as Northern europe and Canada.
Farmers interested in cultivating energy crops are often hesitant about tying fields into the production of perennial energy crops such as willow.
(or any other crop) for energy production is not the overall solution. Before producing energy from the residues it is certainly more environmentally friendly to use fibres oils or other compounds of hemp.
Even energy in the fibre products can be used when the products become waste. Recycling plant nutrients to the field such as in biogas residue can contribute to lower greenhouse gas emissions from crop production.
Sustainable bioenergy production is not easy and a diversity of crops will be needed. Industrial hemp is not the ultimate energy crop.
Still if cultivated on good soil with decent fertilisation hemp can certainly be an environmentally sound crop for bioenergy production and for other industrial uses as well.
Their waterproof thick fur keeps platypuses warm in chilly temperatures and their big tails store extra fat for energy.
They use 30 percent more energy walking across land than swimming through the water according to the Australian Museum of History. t
because the body cannot get the glucose into the cells to be used for energy. Risk factors for developing diabetes include obesity and physical inactivity.
or vegetable relative to the energy (measured as calories) the food provides. Nutrition experts refer to this number as nutrient density.
and conserve their energy when it's dry. So scientists were surprised when they discovered the Amazon forest turns green during the tropical dry season from June through October even during an extreme drought based on data from NASA's Terra satellite.
which mostly consisted of sodas juices and sports or energy drinks. So if you're looking to consume a healthy diet rich in fresh fruits
As for thrills nothing beat taking icy dunks on hot afternoons in a big windmill-fed tank where a rancher stored water for his cattle.
Were it not for the water our windmills pumped we couldn't have survived there. And to make a living my father had to practice the science of farming where rainfall is deficient.
All these elements of the agricultural Green revolution requires large amounts of energy. Imagine how much energy it takes to dig up phosphorus-bearing minerals grind
and physically and chemically process it. Then transport it many miles load it onto a spreader
or reducing the amount washed off from farmland in runoff will also take energy probably a lot of energy due to the need for significant new infrastructure.
We have the energy sources for this now but will we when phosphorus scarcity really starts to bite?
Getting up and running on that will require energy. Where will that low carbon energy come from in the middle of the century?
Will we starve or will we cook the climate? OK that s a false dichotomy.
NRDC also found that energy efficiency provides the cheapest way for utilities to meet carbon limits
Jorge Rodrigues receives funding from US Department of agriculture US Department of energy/Joint Genome Institute. This article was published originally at The Conversation.
This productivity was crucial for providing a consistent energy source for horses and livestock to support armies.
It's not surprising that livestock emissions were found to be higher than EPA methodologies said Adam Brandt an energy resources engineer at Stanford university in Palo alto California
and other animals by increasing alertness and reallocating energy reserves to react to stressors. But chronic stress can produce negative effects in an individual's health
and expend more energy while hunting for krill than they have in the past Images: Adã lie penguins Cope with Changing Sea Ice Conditions.
Indulgence foods may boost energy and improve mood in the short term but these positive effects are usually fleeting.
so consumption of excessive energy (kilojoules) saturated fat and sodium was associated with a worse mood two days later.
Instead they degrade complex organic molecules in their environment into smaller molecules they can absorb to meet their energy and nutrient needs.
Some species of freshwater turtles such as snapping turtles also eat small mammals frogs snakes fish and even other smaller turtles according to Connecticut's Department of energy and Environmental Protection.
#Mysterious Energy Ribbon at Solar system's Edge a'Cosmic Roadmap'A strange ribbon of energy and particles at the edge of the solar system first spotted by a NASA spacecraft appears to serve as a sort of roadmap in the sky for the interstellar
By comparing ground-based studies and in-space observations of solar system's mysterious energy ribbon which was discovered first by NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) in 2009 scientists are learning more details about the conditions
The study also sheds light into the sun's environment protects the solar system from high-energy cosmic rays.
Photos and Images from NASA's IBEX Spacecraft What I always have been trying to do was to establish a clear connection between the very high-energy cosmic rays we're seeing from the ground
and what IBEX is seeing study leader Nathan Schwadron a physicist at the University of New hampshire told Space. com. Previously maps from ground-based observatories showed researchers that clusters of cosmic rays extremely high-energy
The sun's solar wind of high-energy particles flows within the heliosphere and pushes back against high-energy cosmic rays originating in interstellar space.
#The Mystery of the Missing Methane (Op-Ed) Chris Busch is director of research at Energy Innovation:
According to our analysis at Energy Innovation the methane missing from the EPA's inventory in terms of the contribution to global warming over a 20-year time period would be equivalent to the greenhouse gas emissions of 252 coal power plants.
for their Western Renewables Energy program. He contributed this article to Live Science's Expert Voices:
The Time for Wind and Solar energy is Now (Op-Ed) It's time we stopped jeopardizing our precious nation's natural resources for the sake of tar-sands industry profits and invested instead in clean energy and our children's future.
and they provide energy for those planets as our own sun does for us. Astronomers have yet to see a solar system that is neatly ordered like our own with a nice rocky planet located in the sweet spot for liquid water and life.
Triglycerides are a type of fat in the blood that the body uses for energy
but most B vitamins have a role in helping your body's cells to produce energy said Heather Mangieri a spokeswoman for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and owner of Nutrition Checkup in Pittsburgh.
Supplement makers market Vitamin b12 as an energy and endurance booster particularly for athletes. People also take Vitamin b12 to improve their mood and concentration as well as their immune system.
or increase energy levels in people who are not deficient in Vitamin b12 according to the NIH's Office of Dietary Supplements.
After long focusing on fuel economy and energy production environmentalists and scientists are now promoting a diet of more plants and less meat to slow climate change but why?
which requires extensive water energy and chemical use as well as energy for transporting that feed live animals and animal products.
The total process for bringing such vast quantities of meat egg and dairy products to our plates comes at a substantial cost to the environment.
Isn t it remarkable that we recognise the fact that the world faces huge problems in terms of water energy
What if the world s food water and energy problems were tackled together in a way that lowered costs
-but it does demonstrate great potential because of the links it builds between water energy and food.
The concept is to turn sunlight and seawater(#oesundrops#)into clean food water and energy.
It harnesses the sun s energy to produce heat that is then used to desalinate seawater and supply freshwater to a greenhouse;
Australia s profitable green investment bank#the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is providing debt financing for up to A$40 million of the investment.
Whole grains are an important source of energy in the diet and they also provide fiber iron and B-vitamins.
The finding suggests the reptiles prefer to play it safe rather than conserve energy researchers say.
It may be that arboreal (tree-living) snakes move so infrequently that their energy expenditure while climbing has little overall impact on their lives the researchers suggest.
Or perhaps the benefits of playing it safe simply outweigh the energy costs. Though the topic hasn't been explored much choosing safety over economy may be more common in the animal kingdom than thought Byrnes said.
and her co-authors also called on state officials to make Montana a hub for clean-energy jobs.
and the District of columbia Montana has a standard in place promoting renewable energy such as wind and solar.
Jeff Deyette a senior energy analyst at the Union of Concerned Scientists calls it a missed opportunity.
and ramping up their renewable energy targets Montana is missing a golden opportunity to build on
which plants convert the sun s energy into sugars for growth and storage. In wheat like in other crops this process results in more energy-rich grains.
The Rothamsted group aims to select wheat varieties with high photosynthetic rates in addition to traits which breeders conventionally look for such as healthy grains
Can a young animal spend too much energy playing rather than putting energy into growth and maintenance?
And we need to incorporate zero-waste and low-energy technologies into the task of food production.
in order to take advantage of the sun s energy or grow indoors with the help of artificial lights.
and energy and improve crop yield. It takes advantage of the vertical space of city buildings rather than turning over wide expanses of land to agriculture and uses advanced greenhouse technology:
Vertical farming s biggest limitation is energy consumption. Considerable energy is required to power a closed indoor greenhouse facility s artificial lighting heating and cooling and hydroponic or aeroponic growing systems.
The amount of energy required per unit of product is an important factor for ensuring
not only that the farm is sustainable but that it is economically viable. Recently more and more studies have focused on pairing solar panels
They re also physically small have a long service life lower power consumption generate less heat
This increases efficiency not just in terms of energy use but by allowing layers of growing plants to be packed more densely making more efficient use of space.
Leaving the trees burns energy and makes sloths easy prey for predators but the benefits of a richer diet appear to be worth the perils.
and expend very little energy at rest. Pauli and his colleagues thought they knew why these tree-dwellers come down from the canopy to relieve themselves.
and gives them energy. In addition to being a tasty nutritional supplement the algae may serve as camouflage against predators from above such as the Harpy eagle.
The next generation of sensors will generate power from insect movement store the energy in batteries being developed at CSIRO
though so they don't get much energy from it. This may be why sloths are so slow.
The researchers consulted records from the U s. Department of agriculture the Department of the interior and the Department of energy from 2000 to 2010.
Tung and Chen noticed that the North Atlantic's heat content (a measure of stored energy) shifted in 1999 about
These regions stored more heat energy than the rest of the world's oceans combined even the enormous Pacific ocean the researchers'temperature data show.
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