global warming

Engineered trees to help environment
By Marquise Francis
October 1, 2010 - 5:26pm
Genetically altered trees could help the environment and reverse global warming

A study was just released that genetically altered trees could help the environment. According to CNN.com, the journal BioScience reports that an analyzed study looked into the ways that trees process carbon dioxide into carbon. This finding could one day be the lead to a forest of trees and other genetically altered plants in pulling in billions of tons of carbon from the air, reversing what pollution has done to the earth and ozone layer. 

It's easy being green
By Hanna Dubansky
April 19, 2010 - 3:17pm
Green ways think, drink, and do your laundry on Earth Day.

In honor of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, The NewsHouse presents Earth Day videos featuring two fun, easy ways to be greener, and a closer look at how much Syracuse University students really know about environmental issues. 

 

Green IQ
By Dina Spector
April 19, 2010 - 3:07pm
SU students show their (lack of) knowledge about environmental issues.

Imagine Syracuse University 50 years from now, under 10 feet of water — waves sloshing up the sides of the Carrier Dome, desk chairs and tables rushing past E.S. Bird Library, students backstroking down Marshall Street.  It’s a nightmarishly wet future for SU. But one that will become increasingly real if unmitigated global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions continue to rise over the next half century, bringing the planet closer and closer to the point of irreversible change.  

Hate crime bill waiting for President's signature
By Alexa Olson
October 22, 2009 - 7:38pm

The Senate passed legislation today that would make it a crime to assault an individual based on their sexual orientation or gender identity according to CNN.com.

The bill will be sent to President Obama for his approval. Obama has said that he plans to sign the legislation.

Matthew Shepard, a gay teenager from Wyoming, was the reason the bill got put into motion in the first place. Shepard died in October of 1998 after being severely beaten for...

Israeli police on alert as Jews gather to celebrate the holiday of Sukkot
By Heila Nir
October 5, 2009 - 6:44pm
Palestinians rioted after Israeli police forbid Muslims from one of Jerusalem's holiest sites.

According to CNN.com, Israeli police were on alert at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount in fear of another Palestinian riot.

About 30,000 Jews gathered at the Western Wall, adjacent to Temple Mount to celebrate Sukkot; a harvest festival.  Police closed the mount to Muslims to minimize any fear of violence. In return, Palestinians rioted and threw stoned and bottles at police forces.  Ten Palestinian youths were arrested after they threw rocks at Orthodox Jews.