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Networking initiative to support interdisciplinary research By News Releases (European Space Agency) Specialists from various Earth system science disciplines recently gathered to address a major question: what will our environment look like in the future?

Risoe DTU takes the lead for a test and approval center for fuel cell and hydrogen technologies By News Releases (Risoe National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, the Technical University of Denmark) Danish industrial players have expressed a strong need for support in the process to push fuel cell and hydrogen technologies from the research and development stage into the commercial domain.

NoMix toilets get thumbs-up in 7 European countries By News Releases (American Chemical Society) People in seven European countries have positive attitudes toward a new eco-friendly toilet that could substantially reduce pollution problems and conserve water and nutrients, scientists in Switzerland are reporting. Their article, which calls on authorities to give wider support for the innovative toilet technology, is in ACS' Environmental Science & Technology, a semi-monthly journal.

World crude oil production may peak a decade earlier than some predict By News Releases (American Chemical Society) In a finding that may speed efforts to conserve oil and intensify the search for alternative fuel sources, scientists in Kuwait predict that world conventional crude oil production will peak in 2014 -- almost a decade earlier than some other predictions. Their study is in ACS' Energy & Fuels, a bi-monthly journal.

Texas earthquake study cites 'plausible cause' By News Releases (Southern Methodist University) A study published in the March issue of "The Leading Edge" examines series of small earthquakes occurring near the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport between Oct. 30, 2008, and May 16, 2009.

Prehistoric response to global warming informs human planning today By News Releases (University at Buffalo) Since 2004, University at Buffalo anthropologist Ezra Zubrow has worked intensively with teams of scientists in the Arctic regions of St. James Bay, Quebec, northern Finland and Kamchatka to understand how humans living 4,000 to 6,000 years ago reacted to climate changes.

UC Riverside to host 3-day international meeting on drought By News Releases (University of California - Riverside) To compare drought impact and mitigation at the international level, UC Riverside has organized a meeting that will bring together senior drought experts and policy makers from five drought-plagued regions: Spain, Australia, South Africa, Mexico and California. The "International Drought Symposium: Integrating Science and Policy" will take place March 24-26, 2010, at the Riverside Marriott Hotel, 3400 Market St., Riverside, Calif. Topics to be covered include economics, agronomy, hydrology, ecology, technology, policy and water management.

Low strengthens into Hubert, making landfall in Madagascar By News Releases (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) The low that forecasters were watching for development yesterday, March 9, strengthened into Tropical Storm Hubert, and is already making landfall in eastern Madagascar.

90Q: A curious short-lived 'tropical' cyclone in the southern Atlantic By News Releases (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Tropical cyclones typically don't form in the Southern Atlantic because the waters are usually too cool. However, forecasters at the Naval Research Laboratory noted that a low pressure system off the coast of Brazil appeared to have tropical storm-force winds yesterday.

UOG projects on aphids, compost and noni funded By News Releases (University of Guam) Three University of Guam, Western Pacific Tropical Research Center scientists were recently awarded $445,000 in T-STAR grant funds from the USDA.