science nation – marshes and sea level rise

mon, 25 jul 2011 16:48:19 +0000

with support from the national science foundation, villanova university marine scientist nathaniel weston studies how both land use and climate change can impact habitat in tidal marshes, including how rising sea levels may affect microbes and other plants and animals. rising sea levels can actually cause marshes to grow in very different ways. his experiments are already simulating different amounts of sea level rise in several tidal creeks in the delaware river estuary. he studies how salt-water intrusion impacts freshwater marsh stability, which is something a lot of regions around the world will be dealing with during climate change events.

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science nation – green gasoline from cellulose

thu, 17 mar 2011 11:44:03 +0000

carbon neutral gasoline … from plants! like everyone else, george huber knows money doesn’t grow on trees. but, ask him where gasoline comes from and he won’t just tell you, he’ll show you. to fully understand, science nation recently went with huber to a local lumber yard in amherst, mass. a lumber yard is the perfect place to find cellulose, the key building block in plant cells and the organic material that gives plants their structure. so what does cellulose have to do with gasoline? a lot!

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science nation – green gasoline from cellulose