RETECH 2010: Negotiating the Bumpy Path to a Renewable Future

Image credit: David DeFranza Entrepreneurs, inventors, students, and politicians gathered in Washington, DC, this week to discuss the latest developments in and newest challenges facing renewable energy . Whether called alternative, renewable, or cleantech , the underlying consensus at RETECH 2010 was that clean energy and innovative technology is the futur..

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RETECH 2010: Negotiating the Bumpy Path to a Renewable Future

RETECH 2010: Negotiating the Bumpy Path to a Renewable Future

Image credit: David DeFranza Entrepreneurs, inventors, students, and politicians gathered in Washington, DC, this week to discuss the latest developments in and newest challenges facing renewable energy . Whether called alternative, renewable, or cleantech , the underlying consensus at RETECH 2010 was that clean energy and innovative technology is the futur..

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RETECH 2010: Negotiating the Bumpy Path to a Renewable Future

Scientists Developing Swarms of Miniature Drifting Robots to Patrol the Ocean

The National Science Foundation has just awarded researchers at UC San Diego a $1million grant to develop small robotic devices that will drift with the ocean currents to study the mechanisms that support plankton and other tiny marine creatures.  Swarms of the autonomous underwater explorers (AUE’s) could provide a window into the underlying factors that drive broader ocean processes, by more precisely focusing on localized data on currents, temperature, salinity, pressure, and other properties.

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Scientists Developing Swarms of Miniature Drifting Robots to Patrol the Ocean

CO2, Methane Ousted as Worst Global Climate Change Chemicals

Move over CO2—you’ve been ousted, along with methane, as the biggest offenders of global climate change . According to a new a study by Purdue University and NASA, the major chemicals most frequently cited as leading to climate change, namely carbon dioxide and methane , are actually outclassed in their warming potential by compounds receiving less attention. The majority of “greenhouse gases” are created by humans .

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