News articles tagged with 'air' (Page 4)
Best hope for saving Arctic sea ice is cutting soot emissions, says Stanford researcher
— 29 Jul 2010 11:22 | EnvironmentThe quickest, best way to slow the rapid melting of Arctic sea ice is to reduce soot emissions from the burning of fossil fuel, wood and dung, according to a new study by Stanford researcher…
New invention at the Weizmann Institute
— 27 Jul 2010 09:37 | TechnologyA unique device based on sniffing - inhaling and exhaling through the nose - might enable numerous disabled people to navigate wheelchairs or communicate with their loved ones. Sniffing…
Sea levels rising in parts of Indian Ocean, according to new study
— 14 Jul 2010 11:40 | EnvironmentNewly detected rising sea levels in parts of the Indian Ocean, including the coastlines of the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea, Sri Lanka, Sumatra and Java, appear to be at least partly…
Breath of the Earth: Cycling carbon through terrestrial ecosystems
— 6 Jul 2010 10:13 | EnvironmentTwo recent international studies are poised to change the way scientists view the crucial relationship between Earth's climate and the carbon cycle. These reports explore the global…
Air pollution doesn't increase risk of preeclampsia, early delivery, study finds
— 3 Jul 2010 09:30 | HealthWhile pregnant women may worry about the effects of air pollution on their health and that of their developing child, exposure to carbon monoxide and fine particles in the air during…
Ultrafine particles in air pollution may heighten allergic inflammation in asthma
— 2 Jul 2010 11:52 | HealthA new academic study led by UCLA scientists has found that even brief exposure to ultrafine pollution particles near a Los Angeles freeway is potent enough to boost the allergic inflammation…
Putting muscle into birdsong
— 30 Jun 2010 12:33 | BiologyFemale zebra finches don't sing but make one-note, low-pitch calls. Males sing over a wide range of frequencies. University of Utah scientists discovered how: The males' stronger vocal…
Whiter clouds could mean wetter land
— 29 Jun 2010 09:50 | EnvironmentOne proposed emergency fix to halt global warming is to seed clouds over the ocean to make them more reflective, reducing the solar radiation absorbed by the Earth. But the scheme could…
New link between pollution, temperature and sleep-disordered breathing
— 15 Jun 2010 02:09 | HealthResearchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Harvard School of Public Health have established the first link between air pollution and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), a known…
Professor to present vision for a zero-carbon future
— 11 Jun 2010 11:18 | EnvironmentA University of Nottingham professor is to outline his vision for a UK powered completely by renewable energy by 2030 in an open lecture taking place later this month…