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Canadian Cement Plant Becomes First to Capture CO2 in Algae
The process of manufacturing cement is both energy intensive and dirty. Globally, it emits roughly five percent of greenhouse gas emissions annually. But a...
Plankton Power To Build Algae Biofuel Facility on Cape Cod
To help meet the federal mandate of quadrupling biofuel use by 2020, a public-private consortium announced plans to construct a new facility on Cape...
Virgin Galactic Spaceships Look to Be Powered by Algae
Proof of Sir Richard Branson's dedication to low carbon emissions will be displayed next year when Virgin Galactic's two spacecrafts, Mothership Eve and SpaceShipTwo,...
Could Algae be Oil’s Next Competitor? (Video)
Scientists in Southern California are trying to design the next oil, and it may be floating in most oceans and ponds. Researchers...
Once Catfish Farmers Now Algae Pioneers
Turning pond scum into biofuels is fast becoming a new revenue stream for weary catfish farmers whose catch has dried up. PetroSun BioFuels...
Venice Seaport Eyes Algae to Fuel Energy Needs
Venice's seaport plans to become self-sufficient in its energy needs by building a power plant fueled by algae, in what would be the...
Greener, Cleaner Crude Oil From Algae
A New Zealand company says it has produced the first samples of green crude oil at a commercially competitive price, made from wild algae...
Making Renewable Gasoline – From Algae
"A San Diego start-up says it is using algae to make oil that can be refined into gasoline and other fuels that are both...
Algae-to-Biodiesel Fuel Tackles Two Problems (Video)
Algae has been the least-publicized source for biodiesel fuel, yet it may hold the greatest potential for simultaneously tackling the two problems of our...
Scientists Discover ‘World’s Largest’ Coral –the Size of 5 Tennis Courts
On an expedition to the Solomon Islands, divers affiliated with National Geographic have found the world's largest single coral colony ever recorded.
It's longer than...
Tadpoles Walk Away With Top Prize in the 2024 Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Marine conservation photojournalist Shane Gross captured this simply unreal image of a swarm of western toad tadpoles in a Canadian lake, and with it...
Before and After Photos of World’s Largest Dam Removal in Calif. Will Have You Cheering for Team Salmon (LOOK)
For years, California was slated to undertake the world's largest dam removal project in order to free the Klamath River to flow as it...
Patagonia Helping to Revolutionize California’s Farms
Organic and regenerative farming practices are taking root in the polluted yet beautiful Ventura County in California, where a truly staggering amount of the...
First-Ever Coral Crossbreeding Hopes to Mimic the Resilience of an ‘Invincible’ Reef in Honduras
Mere feet under the waters off the coast of the Honduran city of Tela lies a coral reef that has the entire marine scientific...
High Schooler Wins $10,000 for Discovery Solution to Mysterious Outbreak Killing Sea Turtles in His Hawaii Hometown
A young man has won a five-figure financial prize at the nation's top science fair for his research into a mysterious outbreak of tumors...
He Solved a Medical Mystery and Finds a Key to Alzheimer’s Disease in Simple Amino Acid
For over decade, big pharma has been pouring billions into drug trials for Alzheimer's disease treatments without progress.
But what if there were a neuroprotective...
Endangered Pupfish Found Only in a Death Valley Cave Springs Back to Life in Numbers at 25-Year High
Quick: Where is the most unlikely place to find a fish in the USA? Unless your answer was Death Valley, you were probably wrong.
The...
Town Saves the Threatened Bum-Breathing Punk Turtle–a 9lb Wonder Found Only in the Mary River
Australia is filled with wild and wonderful critters, but few surpass the novelty of the Mary River turtle—which was once one of the continent's...
After Scenic Waterway Declines, Government Sides with Activists to Intervene on the Wye River’s Behalf
The fourth-longest river in the UK is declining due to farming pollution, but the government has appointed several former and current MPs to organize...
‘The Largest Environmental Restoration in History’ Continues to Restart the Heart of the Everglades
24 years ago, a fledging Good News Network reported on a vote in Congress to restore the Florida Everglades.
Rep. Clay Shaw, (R - FL)...