For several years, researchers have been trying to reconfigure the mechanisms of photosynthesis in cyanobacteria to extract energy. This may make it possible to meet a significant portion of the world's energy requirements from the combination of cyanobacteria, sunlight, and water.
Scientists have revealed that climate change, deforestation and forest fires mean that the Amazon has reached a tipping point. It is drying out, so unless action is taken quickly, the situation will become irreversible, and mitigating actions will be futile.
By Georgie Lyng
31 Mar 2022
This article looks at Keshavarz et al.'s study looking at hydrogen diffusion in coal and its implications for hydrogen geo-storage. The research was published in Journal of Colloid and Interface Science.
By Laura Thomson
28 Mar 2022
Martina Petranikova, from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, speaks to AZoCleantech about her team's optimized battery recycling process which is a vital step towards accelerating the electromobility society of the future.
By Laura Thomson
25 Mar 2022
Referring to coral that can survive in conditions where normal coral cannot, ‘super coral’ can tolerate extreme and rapid changes in its environment. This article looks at the importance of coral reef ecosystems, their decline and how super corals could help save them.
By Maham Adnan
24 Mar 2022
The Paris Agreement aims to limit further temperature rise to 0.5 °C at best and 1 °C failing that. A temperature increase of just 0.5 °C more would result in more droughts resulting in poverty, unstable weather leading to wildfires, and a threatening sea-level rise.
By Maham Adnan
23 Mar 2022
Climate-smart forestry is a type of forestry that involves monitoring forest functions and anticipating disturbances. This helps foresters devise suitable actions that could prevent any negative effect on the provision of ecosystem services and forest productivity.
By Dr. Priyom Bose
23 Mar 2022
Water plays a vital role in the survival of all animals and plants on Earth. In the absence of water, there would be no life on Earth. Our planet is covered by 70% of water but freshwater is astonishingly scarce.
By Olivia Hudson
22 Mar 2022
Every year on March 22, the world commemorates World Water Day. Ecologists of all countries celebrating Water Day draw public attention to the state of water bodies, the problems of water supply safe for human health, and rational water consumption.
Korean scientists working at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) have been researching the lengthening of summer under 1.5 °C and 2 °C conditions using several global models.
By Georgie Lyng
18 Mar 2022