Fracturing Rock to Make Geothermal More Productive Posted: 28 Sep 2009 11:11 PM PDT University of Utah researchers will use a method similar “hydraulic fracturing” done by the natural gas industry to stimulate the yield of a geothermal well at a US Geothermal, Inc site near Malta, Idaho. Increasing the number of fractures in the rock should enhance its ability to deliver steam. |
| Blue-Green Algae Problems Increasing Posted: 28 Sep 2009 10:58 PM PDT More and more people are building homes next to natural or man-made water bodies. When nutrient levels and other conditions are right these lakes and canals can host heavy blooms of blue-green algae. These can result in objectionable odors and illness or death of people and animals that come in contact with [...] |
| Climate Change and Fossil Fuel Subsidies Posted: 28 Sep 2009 08:55 PM PDT Public Radio International reports on President Obama’s comments at the recent G20 Economic Summit on fighting climate change by eliminating fossil fuel subsidies that contribute to global warming. |
| Gas Shale in the Baltic Basin (Poland) Posted: 28 Sep 2009 08:53 PM PDT Conoco plans to develop up to one million acres of gas shale in the Baltic Basin of northern Poland. The gas shales there are located near growing demand areas of the European Union. |
| Measuring the Speed of a Glacier Posted: 28 Sep 2009 08:51 PM PDT Researchers are monitoring the speed of Greenland’s Helheim Glacier and other glaciers using GPS receivers. They don’t move at a steady rate of speed but instead accelerate abruptly and slow down. These dynamics of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets have not been entered into sea level rise calculations. |
| Posted: 28 Sep 2009 08:45 PM PDT Seattle PI has a big list of alternative energy projects from the western United States. |
| Gotthard Base Tunnel (World’s Longest Tunnel) Posted: 28 Sep 2009 08:16 PM PDT When completed the Gotthard Base Tunnel will be the longest in the world with a length of over 35 miles. It will provide high speed rail beneath the Swiss Alps and will replace the long switchback routes that slowly climb over the mountains. New tunneling technology enabled a breakthrough of the first tube [...] |
| Hundreds of New Underground Species Discovered Posted: 28 Sep 2009 07:08 PM PDT Scientists have found over 800 new species living underground in Australia’s caves and micro-caverns. Many of them do not have eyes or pigment. |
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