Green Science and Technology

There is more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere now than there was at this time last year.
Scientists in northern Norway have been taking measurements for the past two weeks, and they've found that carbon dioxide now makes up 393.71 parts per million of the atmosphere. It made up 393.17 parts per million last year.

On March 16th, 17th, and 18th, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA will host an event called Launch: Water. It will be the first in a series of NASA-sponsored forums that will focus on sustainable solutions to big problems.

Sick of hearing about miles per gallon? How about espresso shots per mile?

That's how the makers of the Carpuccino, a refurbished 1988 Volkswagen Scirocco that runs on coffee grounds, measure efficiency. Fifty six shots to the mile is what they're getting at the moment. That's not efficient enough to be affordable, but it is another transportation alternative that could bloom into something bigger.

Last week, the California Air Resources Board adopted a measure designed to achieve a 70% reduction in sulfur hexaflouride emissions by the year 2020.

The United Nations Environment Programme thinks we need to know more about marine and coastal ecosystems.

Bloom Energy has been very quietly (some say secretly) generating electricity for Google, WalMart, eBay, FedEx, and other corporations for years. But their official launch isn't until Wednesday. And, on Sunday, for the first time, they offered a sneak preview.

Bill Gates made a wish at this February's TED conference.

He wants a non-polluting energy source that costs half what today's cheap, dirty energy costs.

Puma is pretty darn good at making soccer shoes. Starting in April, we'll how good they are at making mobile phones.

The US Department of Defense plans to start filling its jet engines with algal biofuel earlier than expected.