His model research includes studies on the global distribution of carbon sources and sinks and studies on environmental consequences of expanding reliance
on biomass for energy supply.
This switch grass field will be the first of its size anywhere in the world focused
on biomass production.
Their listing of the benefits of bamboo includes it
putting on a biomass growth of 10 - 30 % annually, compared with 2 - 5 % for most trees.
However, strong population growth in developing countries, especially sub-Saharan Africa, has meant that the number of people
relying on biomass for cooking has grown by 400 million people, despite growing awareness of the associated health risks and decades of programmes targeting access to modern cooking.
Henry Ford built an automobile from a mixture of plant fibers, such as hemp, and plant based resins that ran
on biomass fuels.
Most of our people, they depend on forest resources for their livelihood and in most cases they depend
on biomass energy for cooking.
Other trips included multi-day visits to Antigua, one funded by a trade union and another by a regional forum; visits to Rio de Janeiro for conferences; trips to Dubai sponsored by conference organisers; visits to Saudi Arabia and the UAE covered by the respective governments of each country; and a visit to Florida to speak
on biomass power generation.
Adapting microbial communities to
grow on biomass substrates has provided access to the genomes of uncultivated bacteria often overlooked in natural ecosystems.
Genome - resolved metagenomics has enabled a detailed view of microbial communities adapted to grow
on biomass substrates.
Pouring free fertilizer into the sky, along with better agricultural practices, has produced a global boom in crops (See CO2science for scores of
studies on biomass -LSB-...]
We also helped achieve key changes in laws and
regulations on biomass energy to ensure forests are managed sustainably in their roles in providing renewable energy and sequestering carbon.
Bourtourault, 31, is currently
working on biomass and renewable energy for a leading French renewable - energy company.
With the gradual shift away from a world dependent on fossil resources to a world
dependent on biomass — and the plethora of technical difficulties this presents — interesting career and business opportunities should be plentiful.
Others simply kill off vast amounts of organisms, putting a
cap on the biomass that can support food webs in the world's oceans.
Its president, Maurício Lopes, a geneticist who took office in October, has promised to build up
research on biomass technology and double EMBRAPA's funding for that area, which today stands at a modest 24 million real per year.
Available evidence from herbaceous systems indicates mixed effects of species
richness on biomass stability to extremely wet and dry events.
Based on 14,000 fossils, the scientists reconstructed the diversity of terrestrial large mammals and compared it with
data on the biomass production of plants during the same time period.
UQ's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) brings to the table its expertise in bioplastic production and characterization.Paul Greenfield, the Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor of UQ, expects to see a shift in the $ 2000 billion global chemical industry from the current reliance on petroleum to one
on biomass within the next few decades.
I mean, if an F - 22 Raptor can fly at the speed of — faster than the speed of
sound on biomass, then I know the old beater that you've got, that you're driving around in --(laughter)-- can probably do so, too.
Although certain biomes are sensitive to
constraints on biomass productivity and others to atmospheric conditions promoting combustion, substantial and rapid shifts are projected for future fire activity across vast portions of the globe.
Despite the seemingly slow progress, 900 million people in fact gain access to clean cooking; urban areas seeing some substantial progress, with the number of people relying
on biomass declining by over 40 %.
A recent example was the mischaracterization of a study in Massachusetts that some media reported as casting a negative
light on biomass energy generation.
First Climate assists businesses and the public sector with expert
consulting on biomass and wood energy as well as environmentally friendly heating in general.
Total adoption estimates vary widely between different future adoption prognostications, due to the fact that different sources place a different
value on biomass and waste for energy adoption.
The European Commission's
tinkering on biomass policy effectively promotes oil over economically viable and sustainable biofuels, writes Francis X. Johnson.
José Moreira (Brazil)-- Chairman of the Brazilian Reference
Center on Biomass, Brazil.
I guess I have been more
focused on biomass - to - ethanol processes, but FT BTL is promising as well, especially Choren's system, which seems to be the most advanced at this point.
Two - thirds of India's population still lives outside of cities, and 80 percent of these households rely
on biomass like wood and dung for cooking and heating.
On April 23, 2018, Pruitt's EPA went a step further, issuing «a statement of policy making it clear that future regulatory
actions on biomass from managed forests will be treated as carbon neutral when used for energy production.»
Overfishing in the Gulf of California, an area Jacques Cousteau called the «world's aquarium,» has had a serious
impact on the biomass.
Use of biomass fuels: The pulp and paper industry is more
reliant on biomass fuels than any other industry.
Iain Sedgley, practice head, and Kon Nee Leow are advising a government
agency on a biomass project.