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UK Businesses Forging Ahead to Meet China’s Undimmed Low Carbon Energy Demand

Eight green energy innovators secure major collaborations to supply world’s fastest growing offshore and renewable energy markets.

10 Jun 2020

Australian Researchers Set Record for Carbon Dioxide Capture

Researchers from Monash University and the CSIRO have set a record for carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) using technology that resembles a sponge filled with tiny magnets.

5 Jun 2020

Reduced Ocean Carbon Sink is Related to Slow Growth Rate of Atmospheric CO2

Volcanic eruptions and human-caused changes to the atmosphere strongly influence the rate at which the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide, says a new study.

4 Jun 2020

Study Aims to Quantify and Reduce Carbon Intensity of Agriculture

Farmers have enough worries - between bad weather, rising costs, and shifting market demands - without having to stress about the carbon footprint of their operations.

3 Jun 2020

Smaller Fires Enhance Peatlands' Long-Term Storage of Carbon

High-intensity fires can destroy peat bogs and cause them to emit huge amounts of their stored carbon into the atmosphere as greenhouse gases, but a new Duke University study finds low-severity fires spark the opposite outcome.

22 May 2020

Scientists Successfully Develop ‘Heat Resistant’ Coral to Fight Bleaching

A team of scientists has successfully produced in a laboratory setting a coral that is more resistant to increased seawater temperatures.

14 May 2020

New Membrane Efficiently Separates CO2 from a Mixture of Gases

Researchers at Newcastle University have designed a new kind of self-forming membrane to isolate carbon dioxide (CO2) from a mixture of gases.

4 May 2020

WorldGBC and GRESB Join Forces to Drive ? Net Zero Carbon Buildings

World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) and GRESB have announced a collaboration that will see companies who commit to making their portfolios 'Paris Proof' by signing WorldGBC’s Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment (the Commitment) recognised.

30 Apr 2020

New Study Finds Lakes Have Tripled the Amount of Carbon They Bury in Response to Human Disruption of Global Nutrient Cycles

A new study led by Loughborough University has revealed that lake burial of organic carbon has increased three-fold over the last 100 years in response to human disruption of global nutrient cycles.

28 Apr 2020

Long-Living Tropical Trees Play Larger Role in Carbon Storage Than Previously Thought

A group of trees that grow fast, live long lives and reproduce slowly account for the bulk of the biomass--and carbon storage--in some tropical rainforests, a team of scientists says in a paper published this week in the journal Science.

10 Apr 2020