Monthly Archives: May 2008

Eutrophication

Posted on May 16, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

Eutrophication is a syndrome of ecosystem responses to human activities that fertilize water bodies with nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), often leading to changes in animal and plant populations and degradation of water and habitat quality. Nitrogen and phosphorus are … Continue reading →

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The Living Ocean Ecosytem

Posted on May 16, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

Much about the oceans is still not known: widespread weather and climate measurements for the atmosphere go back 150 years, but scientists have only been systematically monitoring ocean temperatures for about 50 years (although ice-sheet cores and deep-sea sediments provide … Continue reading →

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The price of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels is tipped to fall

Posted on May 15, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

The price of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels is tipped to fall in the next year as the so-called “solar module supply bubble”, which has seen demand exceed supply, bursts. The biggest problem facing the solar electric industry over the last … Continue reading →

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Vestas coming to Northern Colorado

Posted on May 15, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

It now looks likely that Vestas, the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturer will build a blade manufacturing plant in Nortern Colorado, near Windsor. I’d guess that some of the factors that made Danish Vestas consider locating here are: The proximity … Continue reading →

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