Green Car Congress
JANUARY 7, 2021
Kathmandu in Nepal, Dar es Salaam in Tanzania). Credit: The University of Hong Kong. Due to the rapid economic growth in the study period, China invested a large amount of resources into infrastructure construction for advancing the urban living environment. By 2050, the global population is expected to soar to 9.7
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 3, 2011
Research on Jatropha planting in Tanzania found the net present value of a five-year investment in Jatropha plantation was negative with a loss of US$ 65 per ha on lands with yields of 2 tons/ha of seeds and only slightly beneficial at US$9 per ha with yields of 3 tons when the average expected Jatropha seed yield on poor barren soils is only 1.7
Green Car Congress
JUNE 26, 2021
Some of the world’s cities suffer disproportionate economic losses because of the health consequences of in-car air pollution, according to a new study by an international team led by researchers at the University of Surrey (UK). Surrey’s Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE) set out to investigate whether the amount of PM 2.5
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 7, 2020
Car users from the world’s least affluent cities are exposed to a disproportionate amount of in-car air pollution because they rely heavily on opening their windows for ventilation, according to a new global study led by researchers at the University of Surrey. —Professor Prashant Kumar, Director of GCARE at the University of Surrey.
Green Car Congress
MAY 17, 2010
A team of researchers led by Brown University has found that Lake Tanganyika in east Africa—the second-oldest and the second-deepest lake in the world—has experienced unprecedented warming in the last century. A paper on their work was published online 16 May in the journal Nature Geoscience. —Andrew Cohen. Tierney, Marc T.
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