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April 22, 2013

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3:28 AM | A Moment in the Sun for Biomimicry
Already inspired by botany, solar panels imitate photosynthesizing plants with t...

Dang, X., Yi, H., Ham, M., Qi, J., Yun, D., Ladewski, R., Strano, M., Hammond, P. & Belcher, A. (2011). Virus-templated self-assembled single-walled carbon nanotubes for highly efficient electron collection in photovoltaic devices., Nature Nanotechnology, 6 377-384. DOI:

Barr, M., Rowehl, J., Lunt, R., Xu, J., Wang, A., Boyce, C., Im, S., Bulović, V. & Gleason, K. (2011). Direct monolithic integration of organic photovoltaic circuits on unmodified paper., Advanced Materials, 23 3500-3505. DOI:

Shockley, W. & Queisser, H. (1961). Detailed balance limit of efficiency of p-n junction solar cells., Journal of Applied Physics, 32 510. DOI:

King, R., Law, D., Edmondson, K., Fetzer, C., Kinsey, G., Yoon, H., Sherif, R. & Karam, N. (2007). 40% efficient metamorphic GaInP∕GaInAs∕Ge multijunction solar cells., Applied Physics Letters, 90 183516. DOI:

Krogstrup, P., Jørgensen, H., Heiss, M., Demichel, O., Holm, J., Aagesen, M., Nygard, J. & Fontcuberta i Morral, A. (2013). Single-nanowire solar cells beyond the Shockley–Queisser limit., Nature Photonics, 7 306-310. DOI:

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March 23, 2013

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1:23 AM | Clean Coal Gets a Sponge
Over the course of hundreds of millions of years, the combustible, black rock we...

Lyndon R, Konstas K, Ladewig BP, Southon PD, Kepert PC & Hill MR (2013). Dynamic photo-switching in metal-organic frameworks as a route to low-energy carbon dioxide capture and release., Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), PMID:

Baxter PJ, Kapila M & Mfonfu D (1989). Lake Nyos disaster, Cameroon, 1986: the medical effects of large scale emission of carbon dioxide?, BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 298 1437-1441. PMID:

Ahern MM, Hendryx M, Conley J, Fedorko E, Ducatman A & Zullig KJ (2011). The association between mountaintop mining and birth defects among live births in central Appalachia, 1996-2003., Environmental research, 111 838-46. PMID:

Hendryx M, Wolfe L, Luo J & Webb B (2012). Self-reported cancer rates in two rural areas of West Virginia with and without mountaintop coal mining., Journal of community health, 37 320-327. PMID:

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February 21, 2013

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2:17 AM | Species Invaders: Assessing Pest Tech
Lately in the Land of 10,000 Lakes , Minnesota legislators have been heatedly d...

Laws, E. & Weisburd, R. (1990). Use of silver carp to control algal biomass in aquaculture ponds., The Progressive Fish-Culturist, 52 1-8. DOI:

Hobbs, R., Hallett, L., Ehrlich, P. & Mooney, H. (2011). Intervention ecology: Applying ecological science in the twenty-first century, BioScience, 61 442-450. DOI:

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November 16, 2012

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5:35 PM | The Disposable Dilemma
Expendable objects were not innovated recently. Although washi are now linke...

Liu, Q., Shi, S., Du, L., Wang, Y., Cao, J., Xu, C., Fan, F., Giesy, J., & Hecker, M. (2012). Environmental and health challenges of the global growth of electronic waste,, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 19 2460-2462. DOI:

Lubick, N. (2012). Shifting mountains of electronic waste., Environmental Health Perspectives, 120 DOI:

Wang, F., Huisman, J., Meskers, C., Schluep, M., Stevels, A., & Hagelüken, C. (2012). The Best-of-2-Worlds philosophy: Developing local dismantling and global infrastructure network for sustainable e-waste treatment in emerging economies., Waste Management, 32 2134-2146. DOI:

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September 17, 2012

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1:53 AM | Leafy Green Power
Ever since his debut in the comic strip Thimble Theatre in 1929, Popeye has lo...

Hernández, A., Schiffer, T. A., Ivarsson, N., Cheng A. J., Bruton, J. D., Lundberg, J. O., Weitzberg, E., & Westerblad H. (2012). Dietary nitrate increases tetanic [Ca2+]i and contractile force in mouse fast-twitch muscle., The Journal of Physiology, 590 3575-3583. PMID:

Leblanc, G., Chen, G., Gizzie, E. A., Jennings, G. K. & Cliffel, D. E. (2012). Enhanced photocurrents of Photosystem I films on p-doped silicon., Advanced Materials., PMID:

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July 26, 2012

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5:23 PM | Coral Reef Relief?
When it is this hot outside, there really is no place I'd rather be than at th...

Roemmich, D., Gould, W.J. & Gilson, J. (2012). 135 years of global ocean warming between the Challenger expedition and the Argo Programme., Nature Climate Change, 2 425-428. DOI:

Toth, L. T., Aronson, R. B., Vollmer S. V., Hobbs, J. W., Urrego, D. H., & Cheng, H., Enochs, I. C., Combosch, D. J., van Woesik, R. & Macintyre I. G. (2012). ENSO drove 2500-year collapse of eastern Pacific coral reefs., Science, 337 81-84. PMID:

Selig, E. R., Casey, K. S., & Bruno, J. F. (2012). Temperature-driven coral decline: the role of marine protected areas., Global Change Biology, 18 1561-1570. DOI:

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June 24, 2012

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12:56 AM | S.O.S. Save Our Seagrass
As this year's United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development concluded in...

Fourqurean, J. W., Duarte, C. M., Kennedy, H., Marbà, N., Holmer, M., Mateo, M. A., Apostolaki, E. T., Kendrick, G. A., Krause-Jensen, D., McGlathery, K. J. & Serrano, O. (2012). Seagrass ecosystems as a globally significant carbon stock., Nature Geoscience,, DOI:

Lewis, S. L., Lopez-Gonzalez, G., Sonké, B., Affum-Baffoe, K., Baker, T. R., Ojo, L. O., Phillips, O. L., Reitsma, J. M., White, L., Comiskey, J. A., Djuikouo K, M. N., Ewango, C. E. N., Feldpausch, T. R., Hamilton, A. C., Gloor, M., Hart, T., Hladik, A (2009). Increasing carbon storage in intact African tropical forests. , Nature, 457 1003-1006. DOI:

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May 08, 2012

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3:56 AM | Buzz Kill? Bee Populations and Pesticides
A swarm of studies have recently been released concerning Colony Collapse Disor...

Henry, M., Béguin, M., Requier, F., Rollin, O., Odoux, J.F., Aupinel, P., Aptel, J., Tchamitchian, S., & Decourtye, A. (2012). A common pesticide decreases foraging success and survival in honey bees., Science, 336 348-350. PMID:

Whitehorn, P.R., O'Connor, S., Wackers F.L., & Goulson, D. (2012). Neonicotinoid pesticide reduces bumble bee colony growth and queen production., Science, 336 351-2. PMID:

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March 23, 2012

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5:57 PM | Bioplastics in Bloom
When imagining the world without a dependence on petroleum, I tend to think of o...

Torres Galvis, H., Bitter, J., Khare, C., Ruitenbeek, M., Dugulan, A., & de Jong, K. (2012). Supported iron nanoparticles as catalysts for sustainable production of lower olefins., Science, 335 835-838. DOI:

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February 07, 2012

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1:59 AM | Greener Worlds: Interview with Abby Hall
In addition to making the world's best cornbread, my friend Abby Hall is also a ...

December 07, 2011

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4:56 AM | Turning Over a New Leaf
Autumn's leaves have mostly fallen here in Brooklyn, but nearby at the Massachus...

Reece, S.Y., Hamel J.A., Sung, K., Jarvi , T.D., Esswein, A.J., Pijpers, J.J. & Nocera, D.G. (2011). Wireless solar water splitting using silicon-based semiconductors and earth-abundant catalysts., Science, 334 645-648. PMID:

Kanan, M. & Nocera, D. (2008). In Situ formation of an oxygen-evolving catalyst in neutral water containing phosphate and Co2+. , Science, 321 1072-1075. DOI:

Dincă M., Surendranath Y. & Nocera D.G. (2010). Nickel-borate oxygen-evolving catalyst that functions under benign conditions., PNAS, 107 10337-10341. PMID:

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November 12, 2011

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9:15 PM | Climate Change Heats Up
Every couple of years since 1988, the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change...

Sheridan, J. & Bickford, D. (2011). Shrinking body size as an ecological response to climate change., Nature Climate Change, 1 401-406. DOI:

Barnett, J. & Adger, W. (2007). Climate change, human security and violent conflict., Political Geography, 26 639-655. DOI:

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August 23, 2011

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11:26 PM | The Comeback Cove
Great news for conservation is always exciting, so when I read about a remarkabl...

Aburto-Oropeza, O., Erisman, B., Galland, G., Mascareñas-Osorio, I., Sala, E., & Ezcurra, E. (2011). Large recovery of fish biomass in a no-take marine reserve., PLoS ONE, 6 DOI:

Sergio, F., Newton, I., Marchesi, L., & & Pedrini, P. (2006). Ecologically justified charisma: Preservation of top predators delivers biodiversity conservation., Journal of Applied Ecology, 43 1049-1055. DOI:

Roberts, C.M., Bohnsack, J.A., Gell, F., Hawkins, J.P., & Goodridge, R. (2001). Effects of marine reserves on adjacent fisheries., Science, 294 1920-1923. DOI:

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July 16, 2011

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3:06 AM | Microalgae: The Next Big Thing In Green Power?
When German botanist Friderico T. Kützing first described the microalga Botryoc...

Niehaus, T.D., Okada, S., Devarenne, T.P., Watt, D.S., Sviripa, V., & Chappell, J. (2011). Identification of unique mechanisms for triterpene biosynthesis in Botryococcus braunii., PNAS, Published online. PMID:

Schenk, P., Thomas-Hall, S., Stephens, E., Marx, U., Mussgnug, J., Posten, C. & Kruse, O., & Hankamer, B. (2008). Second generation biofuels: High-efficiency microalgae for biodiesel production., BioEnergy Research, 1 20-43. DOI:

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July 01, 2011

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2:10 AM | The Fracking Fracas
As the demand for new energy sources surges, an emerging technique for extractin...

Osborn, S.G., Vengosh, A., Warner, N.R., & Jackson, R.B. (2011). Methane contamination of drinking water accompanying gas-well drilling and hydraulic fracturing., PNAS, 108 8172-8176. PMID:

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June 15, 2011

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3:33 PM | Desperately Seeking Species
Distinguished ninety-something Gálapagos tortoise seeking female companion to ex...

May 27, 2011

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1:27 AM | Silent Spring?
Earlier this May, a joint oversight hearing on US pesticide regulation was calle...

April 23, 2011

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3:59 AM | Happy Earth Day!
Spring's in full swing, a perfect time to celebrate our beautiful planet. For w...

April 18, 2011

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2:15 PM | Are We There Yet? Hydrogen-Powered Cars
Three exceptional vehicles from the German manufacturer Mercedez-Benz have recen...

March 28, 2011

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1:10 AM | The Nuclear Hour
Sixteen days ago, a megathrust earthquake ocurred approximately 81 miles (130 ...

March 13, 2011

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7:38 PM | Fashion Trend Alert! Eco-Chic
Nestled along the northeastern banks of China's Pearl River is Xintang, Guangdon...

March 01, 2011

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4:37 AM | Rare Earth Minerals: The New Non-Renewables
Green energy today relies on multiple advanced technologies like solar cells, hy...

February 14, 2011

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4:35 PM | 2010's Natural Disasters: Why Where Matters
Las t April, the European air transit system found itself completely gridlocked ...

February 04, 2011

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11:16 AM | What We Mean When We Say Green
While I was growing up, I was taught that green was a color. Leaves were green. ...

January 27, 2011

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4:04 PM | Greetings, Neighbors!
Welcome to Green Screen , a blog that brings you t he latest news, studies, and...
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