Environment News - February

Between the River and the Deep Blue Sea
Stand on the banks of the Rhine where it ?ows into the North Sea, near the port of Rotterdam in theNetherlands, and you'll witness a vast, untapped source of energy swirling in the estuary
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Sun-powered device converts CO2 into fuel
Powered only by natural sunlight, an array of nanotubes is able to convert a mixture of carbon dioxide and water vapour into natural gas at unprecedented rates.
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Cyborg leaves doing what nature does best
Gold leaf doesn't grow on trees, but it can now harvest power from the Sun. A team of US chemical engineers has extracted photosynthetic molecules from plants and attached them to thin sheets of gold, creating a photosynthesising cyborg.
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High yield biofuel from the oceans requires almost no processing
Almost all commercially produced liquid biofuels come from either sugary crops like sugar beet or cane, or starchy ones like potatoes or corn.
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UK Picked for International Wave Energy Research Hub
A managing contractor has just been appointed to manage the design, procurement and construction of Wave Hub, an exciting new development set to be built approximately 10 miles off Hayle, the north coast of Cornwall, UK.
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