http://www.enn.com/topics/sci-tech http://www.enn.com/images/technology.gif http://www.enn.com/topics/sci-tech Green Technology and Environmental Science News - ENN en-us http://enn.com/news/feeds/sci_tech2.xml http://www.enn.com/sci-tech/article/53773 Going for the gold is what the Olympics is all about and three UBC entrepreneurs are working to help athletes get closer to the podium.Kevin Reilly and Behnam Molavi—both PhD engineering graduates from UBC—and sports physician Babak Shadgan have designed a smart garment capable of monitoring vital performance metrics through sensors and software embedded in the fabric. The technology uses near-infrared spectroscopy to measure the local metabolism of an athlete’s muscles. Mon, 29 Jan 2018 08:27:00 EST http://www.enn.com/sci-tech/article/53773 University of British Columbia (UBC) http://www.enn.com/sci-tech/article/53772 As farmers in the American West decide what, when and where to plant, and urban water managers plan for water needs in the next year, they want to know how much water their community will get from melting snow in the mountains.This melting snow comes from snowpack, the high elevation reservoir of snow which melts in the spring and summer. Agriculture depends on snowpack for a majority of its water. Meltwater also contributes to municipal water supply; feeds rivers and streams, boosting fisheries and tourism; and conditions the landscape, helping lessen the effects of drought and wildfires. Mon, 29 Jan 2018 08:27:00 EST http://www.enn.com/sci-tech/article/53772 NOAA http://www.enn.com/sci-tech/article/53764 Research led by The University of Texas at Austin has found that calculations of water storage in many river basins from commonly used global computer models differ markedly from independent storage estimates from GRACE satellites. Fri, 26 Jan 2018 09:44:00 EST http://www.enn.com/sci-tech/article/53764 University of Texas at Austin http://www.enn.com/sci-tech/article/53760 The ‘die-off’ events occurring in honeybee colonies that are bred and farmed like livestock must not be confused with the conservation crisis of dramatic declines in thousands of wild pollinator species, say Cambridge researchers. Thu, 25 Jan 2018 14:38:00 EST http://www.enn.com/sci-tech/article/53760 University of Cambridge http://www.enn.com/sci-tech/article/53759 Tiny particles fuel powerful storms and influence weather much more than has been appreciated, according to a study in the Jan. 26 issue of the journal Science. Thu, 25 Jan 2018 14:35:00 EST http://www.enn.com/sci-tech/article/53759 DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory http://www.enn.com/sci-tech/article/53757 Current levels of greenhouse gas emissions are putting nearly half of California’s natural vegetation at risk from climate stress, with transformative implications for the state’s landscape and the people and animals that depend on it, according to a study led by the University of California, Davis. However, cutting emissions so that global temperatures increase by no more than 2 degrees Celsius (3.2 degrees Fahrenheit) could reduce those impacts by half, with about a quarter of the state’s natural vegetation affected. Thu, 25 Jan 2018 13:30:00 EST http://www.enn.com/sci-tech/article/53757 University of California - Davis http://www.enn.com/sci-tech/article/53756 Man-made phosphorus pollution is reaching dangerously high levels in freshwater basins around the world, according to new research. Thu, 25 Jan 2018 13:26:00 EST http://www.enn.com/sci-tech/article/53756 American Geophysical Union