Study Reveals That Seagrass Stores More Carbon Than Trees

Seagrass Photo from Shutterstock The destruction of rainforests has long been a huge cause of concern for environmentalists due to trees’ ability to capture carbon — however a new collaborative study published in the journal of Nature Geoscience has found that seagrass can actually store more carbon per square mile than forests can . The plants, which populate coastal wetlands, could play a major role in combating climate change. Read the rest of Study Reveals That Seagrass Stores More Carbon Than Trees Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: ocean carbon , seagrass carbon storage , seagrass climate change , seagrass environment , seagrass florida international university , seagrass study , seagrass university of virginia , wetlands restoration

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Emil Lukas Makes Ghostly Shadow Paintings Using Thread

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Students Create Award-Winning Robot That Cleans Solar Panels

Solar panels must be regularly cleaned and maintained in order to keep them operating efficiently and maximize the amount of sunlight they convert into electricity. With this in mind, a group of students from CalTech and UCLA have developed an impressive robot that cleans solar panels . The design won a third of $200,000 in prize money in the DOE’s National Clean Energy Business Plan Competition . Read the rest of Students Create Award-Winning Robot That Cleans Solar Panels Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: award winning robot , Caltech Greenbotics , design robot solar panels , greenbotics , greenbotics design , greenbotics robot , prize money robot , solar panel cleaning , solar panels , Solar Power

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