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Arctic Lakes Reveal Hidden Climate Threats

This study highlights the role of deep Arctic lake sediments in greenhouse gas emissions, emphasizing their impact on permafrost carbon feedback mechanisms.

10 Jan 2025

DARPA Funds $7.8M Project to Harness Marine Microbes for Sustainable Energy

The PODPower system uses marine microbial fuel cells to generate eco-friendly energy, supporting oceanographic research and monitoring climate change impacts.

7 Jan 2025

Compound Low-Solar-Wind Events Intensified by Climate Change

Peking University's study on compound LSLW extremes uncovers risks to China's renewable energy, stressing the importance of adaptive infrastructure development.

3 Jan 2025

Rising Temperatures Threaten Reefs-Study Pinpoints Where Conservation Efforts are Most Needed

New science from WCS has mapped coral reefs across the Western Indian Ocean, uncovering unexpected pockets of climate resilience that could offer hope for conservation efforts in the region.

24 Dec 2024

MIT Course Helps Students Tackle Climate Change with Energy Decarbonization

MIT students are adept at producing research and innovations at the cutting edge of their fields. But addressing a problem as large as climate change requires understanding the world's energy landscape, as well as the ways energy technologies evolve over time.

23 Dec 2024

Hydrogen Leaks Could Have Significant Climate Effects

As the world looks for ways to stop climate change, much discussion focuses on using hydrogen instead of fossil fuels, which emit climate-warming greenhouse gases (GHGs) when they're burned. The idea is appealing.

20 Dec 2024

Reducing Greenhouse Gases: The Role of Microbial Processes in Glacial Melt

This research highlights the role of microbial communities in glacial meltwater, which reduces CH4 emissions and informs strategies for climate change mitigation.

20 Dec 2024

Dotz Announces Strategic Collaboration Agreement with Bar-Ilan University to Pilot an Innovative Electrochemical CO2 Removal by DAC Technology

Dotz Nano Limited (“Dotz”), a leading developer of innovative climate and industrial nanotechnologies, today announced a technology collaboration with BIRAD Research and Development Ltd. (BIRAD), the technology licensing subsidiary of Bar-Ilan University (BIU), to develop a pioneering electrochemical pilot system for Direct Air Capture (DAC).

20 Dec 2024

Beat the Heat: How UNSW Researchers are Making Cities Cooler and Safer

Urban overheating is a growing problem, and UNSW researchers have created a national index to measure and then mitigate heat vulnerability in Australia’s towns and cities.

17 Dec 2024

Microbial Oxidation Reduces Glacial Methane Emissions

In a recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers from Dickinson College under the direction of Kristin Strock provided a rare glimmer of hope in the face of climate change.

16 Dec 2024