ACORE VP Thomas Weirich Visited Sweden – Clip Available on Energinyheter.se

On September 13 and 14, 2010, Thomas Weirich, Vice President of Membership and Corporate Relations, American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) visited Stockholm and Gothenburg. Mr. Weirich was interviewed by Energinyheter.se where he offered his view of the U.S. renewable energy market and U.S. perceptions of clean technology. Click here to see the edited interview.

Florida Scientist Examines Permafrost in Abisko, Norrland in Collaboration with Stockholm University

Florida State University oceanographer Jeff Chanton is part of an international team embarking on a new study of permafrost decomposition in arctic Sweden. What he and his fellow researchers discover there may be critical given the permafrost's key role in climate change, and vice versa. The warming climate is causing the Swedish permafrost to thaw and decompose and, as it does, the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane are released into the atmosphere, creating a feedback loop of further warming temperatures and accelerating permafrost's decomposition.

A three-year, $2.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy will fund the collaborative investigation, to be undertaken by researchers from five universities on three continents. University of Arizona scientists are leading the team, which includes Florida State's Chanton and research colleagues at the universities of New Hampshire, Stockholm, and Queensland (Australia). The study will periodically find Chanton north of the Arctic Circle, where he kicked off his research in August near Abisko in the very northern part of Sweden.

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