<Para ID="Par1">Science was once pure, unadulterated, and a source of public entertainment. Entertainment is now driven by celebrity, and choice is everywhere. Yet, many scientists still believe decision-makers will find and use their research to make science-based decisions. However, this is simply not the...</para>

This paper describes exploratory analyses of domestic electricity-profiles recorded at a high time resolution of 1 min on eight houses. It includes a detailed analysis of the effects of time averaging. For dwellings with on-site generation, such as micro-CHP, a better understanding of...

This paper attempts to link Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) scores with the actual level of disclosure as published in the UK FTSE 100 companies' sustainability reports. By investigating the level of disclosure on a range of climate change related activities, the findings suggest that disclosure...

In this paper, panel methods are applied in new and innovative ways to predict daily mean internal temperature demand across a heterogeneous domestic building stock over time. This research not only exploits a rich new dataset but presents new methodological insights and offers important...

Switchgrass is a high yielding, low-input intensive, native perennial grass that has been promoted as a major second-generation bioenergy crop. Raw switchgrass is not a readily acceptable feedstock in existing power plants that were built to accommodate coal and peat. The objective of this...

Today, the tuna fishery of the western and central Pacific is one of the world's largest fisheries. Annual catches exceed 2 million mt--approximately 50% of the global tuna catch--with an estimated landed value of USD 3 billion (in 2005). The fishery expanded rapidly from the mid 1980s,...

The South Pacific albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga) fishery is one of the region's oldest commercial fisheries. Fleets from major distant-water fishing nations (DWFNs) deploy long-line, troll and drift-net vessels in the fishery. While addressing issues of biology and distribution of stocks, the...