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New Counterintuitive Approach Holds Promise for Returning the Atmosphere to Pre-Industrial Levels of Methane

A comparatively easy process could help reverse the trend of climate change while also leading to a healthy profit.

21 May 2019

Study Offers More Insight into the Impact of Melting Ice Sheets

Ice sheets melting across the Antarctic and Greenland and the ensuing sea level rise (SLR) this creates, is generally acknowledged as a substantial threat to coastal communities and ecosystems.

21 May 2019

Use of Ionic Liquids in CO2 Conversion Technology

“Ionic liquid” (IL), which is a salt in the liquid state, is one of the most typical solvents in green chemistry. It has been extensively used in clean energy, biochemistry, new materials, green process engineering, and so on.

20 May 2019

Critical Upgrades to Argonne’s WATER Tool Help Bioenergy Developers Manage Resources

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory recently launched an upgraded version of an online computer model put together to help bioenergy developers preserve vital resources.

17 May 2019

Researchers Suggest Integration of Biodiversity and Agriculture for Ensuring Maximum Yields

Agricultural ecologists at the University of Göttingen were involved in collaborative thinking for the conservation of nature.

15 May 2019

Study Explores Trade-Offs Between Climate Mitigation and Food Security

IIASA scientists partnered with colleagues in Japan to explain the effects of strict climate mitigation policies on food security. The team identified smart and comprehensive climate policy designs where the danger of food-security for hundreds of millions of people could be solved at a reasonable cost.

14 May 2019