Abu Dhabi, May 21 – The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) opened its thirty-first Council meeting on Wednesday at its headquarters in Abu Dhabi, with more than 300 government representatives attending in person and online.…
Climate change realities to dictate future of energy…
Climate change realities to dictate future of energy sector Two weeks ago, in a precursor event to COP21, over 2,000 top-of-their-field scientists gathered in Paris to present their ideas and solutions on how best to…
Predicting the shape of river deltas
New method may help engineers determine coastal impact of dams and levees. [caption id="attachment_5330" align="alignright" width="639"] A variety of deltas: the Mississippi birdfoot delta (left) and Mexico's Grijalva cuspate delta (right).Image: NASA Landsat[/caption] CAMBRIDGE, Mass.…
Voxy and CASL Announce Research Partnership to Find…
NEW YORK(PRNewswire) -- Voxy, a leading online English learning solution, and the University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language (CASL) have announced plans to launch a joint empirical study to measure the effects…
Ocean acidification may cause dramatic changes to phytoplankton
Study finds many species may die out and others may migrate significantly as ocean acidification intensifies. [caption id="attachment_5317" align="alignright" width="638"] A variety of marine diatoms.Image: Wikimedia Commons (edited by MIT News)[/caption] CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Oceans have…