Kyocera Group has begun using viney plants to create “green curtains”, which are formed over trellises to shade portions of windows and outer walls of buildings at 20 different locations in Japan, Thailand and Brazil. These curtains create a canopy over the buildings to prevent direct sunlight from raising the temperature of the building’s interior, helping to reduce the need for energy-intensive air conditioning. Not to mention, the plants also help to protect the environment by absorbing…

According to a new study of NASA satellite data, global plant productivity that had once been flourishing with warming temperatures and an extended growing season is now declining due to regional drought. Plant productivity is a measure of the photosynthesis process that green plants use to convert solar energy, carbon dioxide and water into sugar, oxygen and ultimately plant tissue. During the 1980s and 90s…

A newly released study suggests that the general public may be more likely to accept and support climate change mitigation action if it were a proven threat to human health. According to the study, if the human health effects of global warming were explained and supported in sufficient detail, people might be more engaged and motivated in encouraging tougher action to reduce its impact. The survey of US adults showed they reacted more favorably to statistics about the health…

For BP, the fight is on to hold down the truth about the gulf oil spill by any means possible. The large-scale oil polluter is now purchasing ad words – paid descriptive keywords designed to boost website traffic – through Google and Yahoo to cover up the mess continuing to brew in the Atlantic. BP has covered its bases by purchasing the term, “oil spill”, one of the top ranking keywords over the last several weeks. Search for news and information about the oil spill on the internet, and your first result…

With the planetary effects of long-term human negligence exposing itself more and more everyday, experts are now expirimenting with cow farts and burps in an attempt to curb global warming. Scientists claim that the slow digestive system of cows designates them a leading producer of methane – a potent greenhouse gas that receives far less social awareness than CO2. To further “digest” the impact of the flatulence produced by cows on climate change, Argentine scientists collected gas from their stomachs in…