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An Analysis on Extreme Heat Waves and Long-Term Climate Change

The Pacific Northwest heat wave in 2021 killed hundreds, crumbled roads, melted power lines, and sparked a deadly wildfire when temperatures reached a top of 121 ?. The extreme temperatures astonished climate scientists.

29 Sep 2022

Prototype that Can Test and Sort Used Battery Cells for Second Life Use Successfully Developed

An automated system that can detect the health of individual cells taken from end of life battery products, such as those used in EV’s, and sort them according to their state of health has been successfully developed in the UK. Cells with a state of health that is above 70% can then be repurposed for further use.

From Aceleron Ltd 29 Sep 2022

Rainforest's Ability to Store Carbon Decreases in Pace with Climate Change

The ability of rainforests to store carbon can decrease in pace with climate change. This is due to photosynthesis rates in the leaves of rainforest species falling at higher temperatures and the trees' natural cooling systems failing during droughts.

28 Sep 2022

Developing Customized Climate Resiliency Solutions on a Local Scale

Argonne scientists help communities, businesses, prepare for climate impacts that vary from region to region.

28 Sep 2022

Elevated Carbon Dioxide Levels in the Atmosphere are Making Trees Bigger

Trees have long been known to buffer humans from the worst effects of climate change by pulling carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Now new research shows just how much forests have been bulking up on that excess carbon.

28 Sep 2022

ORNL Researchers Create Mitigation Strategies for Cities Stressed by Climate Change

Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers are deploying their broad expertise in climate data and modeling to create science-based mitigation strategies for cities stressed by climate change as part of two U.S. Department of Energy Urban Integrated Field Laboratory projects.

28 Sep 2022

New Method Determines the Impact of Climate Change on Local Renewable Energy

Researchers have devised a method to determine the impact of climate change on the supply and variability of local renewable energy.

28 Sep 2022

Clean Planet Energy Secures Supply Agreement with World’s Largest Plastics Recycler, KW Plastics, for Supply of Plastic Scrap in Alabama, USA

Clean Planet Energy’s North American division has today announced a long term agreement with the world’s largest recycler of HDPE and PP rigid plastic, KW Plastics. The agreement will provide plastic scrap to Clean Planet’s new ecoPlant, to be built in Alabama.

28 Sep 2022

Managing a Changing Energy Landscape

The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has highlighted the need for the European Union (EU) to move away from gas and to embrace renewable energy sources on a much wider scale — with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announcing plans to “get rid of the dependency on Russian gas and go deep into the renewables.”

28 Sep 2022