Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences
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The Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences is a non-profit scientific research organization with headquarters in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Manomet Center scientists and researchers work with a broad spectrum of industry, nonprofit and governmental partners to create a more sustainable world. They work in a variety of related fields, including climate change adaptation, wildlife conservation, sustainable forestry and farming, clean water and clean energy.
In June 2010, the Manomet Center published the Biomass Sustainability and Carbon Policy Study. The study, which was commissioned by the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources, investigated questions about generating electricity from biomass fuel, including the net effect of biomass energy on atmospheric carbon balance. The study concluded that greenhouse gas emissions from burning wood are initially higher than from fossil fuels, but the carbon sequestered by regrowing forests can yield lower greenhouse gas levels over time.
In September 2010, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service selected the Manomet Center to lead a $3 million, seven-month study to assess the impact on shorebirds from the massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill
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Manomet Center scientists and researchers work with a broad spectrum of industry, nonprofit and governmental partners to create a more sustainable world. They work in a variety of related fields, including climate change adaptation, wildlife conservation, sustainable forestry and farming, clean water and clean energy.
In June 2010, the Manomet Center published the Biomass Sustainability and Carbon Policy Study. The study, which was commissioned by the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources, investigated questions about generating electricity from biomass fuel, including the net effect of biomass energy on atmospheric carbon balance. The study concluded that greenhouse gas emissions from burning wood are initially higher than from fossil fuels, but the carbon sequestered by regrowing forests can yield lower greenhouse gas levels over time.
In September 2010, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service selected the Manomet Center to lead a $3 million, seven-month study to assess the impact on shorebirds from the massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico which flowed unabated for three months in 2010, and continues to leak fresh oil. It is the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry...
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