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Researchers find bio-inspired high-tech surfaces on hulls could greatly reduce drag and CO2 emissions of ships; up to 1% of global CO2

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If ship hulls were coated with special bo-inspired high-tech air trapping materials, up to 1% of global CO 2 emissions could be avoided according to a new study by researchers from the University of Bonn together with colleagues from St. This corresponds to almost one percent of global CO 2 emissions.

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Study finds GHG methane offsets its warming ~30% and precipitation increase ~60% by short-wave absorption

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A new study by researchers from the University of California, Riverside and colleagues in the US and Europe has now found that methane short-wave absorption counteracts ~30% of the surface warming associated with its long-wave radiative effects. However, greenhouse gases also absorb short-wave radiation incoming from the sun. Randles, C.A.

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Hyundai and Kia license Paice’s hybrid vehicle technology, ending litigation

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Paice and the Abell Foundation, a Baltimore-based non-profit organization that invested in Paice, filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Hyundai and Kia in US District Court in 2012. Dr. Alex Severinsky formed Paice in 1992 with the support of the University of Maryland incubator program.

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DISCOVER-AQ project to begin flights to enhance measurement of ground-level air-quality from space

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This summer two NASA research airplanes will fly over the Baltimore-Washington region and northeast Maryland as part of a mission to enhance the capability of satellites to measure ground-level air quality from space. A third aircraft, a Cessna operated by the University of Maryland, will also participate in the campaign. Source: NASA.

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Campaign Begins

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Such a vehicle could reduce gasoline consumption for the average American by 50 percent to 70 percent and reduce automobile emissions well in excess of emissions that might result from the additional use of power plants. EV world NATIONAL COALITION LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO URGE AUTOMAKERS TO PRODUCE PLUG-IN HYBRID VEHICLES WASHINGTON, D.C.—January