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Project BudBurst Volunteers Across United States to Track Climate Clues in Spring Flowers	A nationwide initiative in the United States of America, Project BudBurst, started on February 15, 2008 to enable volunteers to track climate change by observing the timing of flowers and foliage.
Kiribati Creates World’s Largest Marine Protected Area	The small Pacific Island nation of Kiribati has become a global conservation leader by declaring the Phoenix Islands a protected area to ensure its biological diversity and sustainability.
Remarkable New Shirt Harvests Energy from Wearer's Movement	Nanotechnology researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are developing a shirt that harvests energy from the wearer's physical motion and converts it into electricity for powering small electronic devices worn by soldiers in the field, hikers and other users.
Coralpedia Established to Identify Corals, Soft Corals and Sponges of the Caribbean	Professor Charles Sheppard of the University of Warwick, UK, responded to what he perceived as the need to have a good, comprehensive source of identification for the main reef occupiers and builders of Caribbean reefs, namely corals, soft corals and sponges by developing Coralpedia.
WASH Media Award Competition Call for Entries Of Reports on Water Supply, Sanitation or Hygiene	The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) and the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) are co-sponsoring the second edition of the WASH Media Award competition, to be held between July 2007 and April 2008.
Coral Reef Playing Cards Capture Nationwide Audiences	Horizon International’s Magic Porthole coral reef playing cards with intriguing, fun photographic mirror-images are providing a new chance to explore life in coral reefs.
Illuminating Study Reveals How Plants Respond to Light	Most of us take it for granted that plants respond to light by growing, flowering and straining towards the light, and we never wonder just how plants manage to do so. But the ordinary, everyday responses of plants to light are deceptively complex, and much about them has long stumped scientists.
Microbes Churn Out Hydrogen at Record, New Efficient Rate	By adding a few modifications to their successful wastewater fuel cell, researchers have coaxed common bacteria to produce hydrogen in a new, efficient way.
Coral Reef Playing Cards Launched In Advance of International Year of the Reef (IYOR)	Horizon International today announced the launch of its Magic Porthole coral reef playing cards with photographic mirror-images of coral reef creatures.
Clean Coal-Fired Power Plant Test Traps 95 Percent of Carbon	Tests of a new technology for capturing greenhouse gases from coal-fired power plants have achieved 95 percent cuts in a step towards new ways to fight climate change, a Norwegian company said on November 16, 2007.