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Review Questions the Viability of Carbon Capture and Utilization Technology to Meet Emission Goals

As the climate crisis becomes more immediate, carbon capture and utilization (CCU) technology has been touted as part of the solution. The process involves harnessing carbon dioxide from emissions or the atmosphere and repurposing them.

21 Feb 2022

London Releases More Methane Mainly from Natural Gas Leaks

Measurements of London's atmosphere show the city is releasing more of the potent greenhouse gas methane, primarily from natural gas leaks.

18 Feb 2022

Frontiers Report Identifies and Offers Solutions to Three Environmental Issues

Wildfires are burning more severely and more often, urban noise pollution is growing into a global public health menace, and phenological mismatches – disruptions in the timing of life-cycle stages in natural systems – are causing ecological consequences.

18 Feb 2022

Net-Zero Vision for Germany in 2050

Germany in the year 2050. The goal of a carbon dioxide-neutral life and economy has been achieved: Greenhouse gas emissions have fallen drastically, and unavoidable emissions are counterbalanced. Changes in energy supply and new solutions in industry, transportation and traffic are key to avoiding and reducing emissions.

17 Feb 2022

Seasons and Tides Influence the Distribution of Wastewater Pollutants in the River Ganges

A new analysis of the River Ganges in West Bengal, India, highlights how wastewater flowing into the river impacts its water quality, and how that influence shifts with seasons and tides. Sayanti Kar of Jadavpur University and Asutosh College in Kolkata, India, and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS Water on February 15, 2022.

16 Feb 2022

Guam Endorses a Resolution on Plastic Pollution

Guam is now one of the eight countries and territories with Pacific interests to support “Pacific Regional Declaration on the Prevention of Marine Litter and Plastic Pollution and Its Impacts.”

15 Feb 2022

Nuclear Power Generation Could Help Reach the Key Goal of Zero Carbon Emissions

According to a new study performed by Lei Duan and Ken Caldeira from the Department of Global Ecology at the Carnegie Institution for Science, nuclear power generation could play a vital role in helping the world achieve a key goal of zero carbon emissions by the middle of the century. This could be specifically done in countries having low wind resources.

15 Feb 2022