Archive for July, 2010

July 25, 2010 / global warming

Eco friendly vehicles

Eco friendly vehicles

Global warming is the average increase in the earth’s temperature that leads to many adverse effects in environment. There are many causes for global warming. One such cause is the emission of green

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July 21, 2010 / energy

Wind turbine pioneers

Wind turbine pioneers

We must go almost 30 years in the past to see first wind turbines rising in North America. The first turbines were built in Tehachapi in early 1980s and were 13 to 18 meters tall and were producing on

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July 19, 2010 / energy

Solar plane smashes records

Solar plane smashes records

Just a few days after the first manned solar flight an unmanned solar aircraft set up the world record for continuous flight. Solar plane called Zephyr, designed and developed by UK defense technology

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July 18, 2010 / Earth

Mangroves are disappearing faster then other forests

Mangroves are disappearing faster then other forests

Last report by the U.N. Environmental Program or UNEP showed that about a one fifth of the world’s mangroves have been lost since 1980. It is more than 36 square kilometers of forests that are strad

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July 16, 2010 / disasters

BP stopped oil leak

BP stopped oil leak

Almost 3 months, to be exact 87 days after the start of catastrophe, oil flow is finally halted. People around the globe can take a break in hope that better days are in front of Gulf of Mexico. BP ma

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July 11, 2010 / disasters

Scientis propose big experiment to study Gulf oil spill

Scientis propose big experiment to study Gulf oil spill

Frustrated with limited data on the BP oil gusher, a group of independent scientists has proposed a large experiment that would give a clearer understanding of where the oil and gas are going an

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July 7, 2010 / energy

Solar powered plane takes off for 24-hour flight

Solar powered plane takes off for 24-hour flight

A manned solar-powered airplane took off in the early hours of Wednesday morning for a 24-hour trip that will include its first nighttime flight. After being postponed last week, the flight began

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July 3, 2010 / energy

Another solar project - CSP

Another solar project – CSP

When most people think of energy generated by the sun, they think of solar panels on rooftops. But one of the most promising solar projects to deliver large amounts of solar power is concentrated so

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