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Forest Conservation Enhances Resilience of Drinking Water Supplies

The infrastructure that helps bring drinking water to homes is an investment.

2 May 2023

Asian Elephant’s Historic Habitats in Rapid Decline

More than 3 million square kilometers of the Asian elephant’s historic habitat range has been lost in just three centuries, a new report from an international scientific team led by a University of California San Diego researcher reveals.

28 Apr 2023

Arthropods Play a Key Role in Mediating the Effects of Tree Diversity on Forest Productivity

An international team of researchers led by Prof. MA Keping from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IBCAS) has shown that forests with higher tree species richness tend to have greater arthropod diversity.

28 Apr 2023

Climate Change Could Reduce Life in the Ocean’s “Twilight Zone”

Life in the ocean's "twilight zone" could decline dramatically due to climate change, new research suggests.

28 Apr 2023

Surrey Researchers Highlight the Need to Address Stability Bottleneck of Perovskite Solar Cells

Mass adoption of perovskite solar cells will never be commercially viable unless the technology overcomes several key challenges, according to researchers from the University of Surrey.

28 Apr 2023

Arctic Sea Fog Could Influence Trans-Arctic Shipping Routes

Trans-Arctic shipping has expanded as the Arctic warms and sea ice melts, lowering travel time and expenses for international trade.

28 Apr 2023

The Challenges Posed by Surface-Plastic Cleanup on the High Seas

Recent research published in PeerJ Life and Environment by Rebecca Helm et al. at Georgetown University illustrates why it is essential that assessment methods and examination of ecosystem effects of novel high seas activities account for ambiguity, using The Ocean Cleanup (TOC) as a model.

28 Apr 2023

Are Seawater Batteries That Use Chelating Agents Superior?

A research group headed by Professor Changshin Jo (Graduate Institute of Ferrous & Energy Materials Technology (GIFT), Department of Chemical Engineering) and Ph.D. candidate Hyebin Jeong (Chemical Engineering) at POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) has made progress in this area by verifying the excellent performance of seawater batteries (SWBs) that integrate chelating agents.

28 Apr 2023

Conserving Functionally Diverse Forests Promotes Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Storage

According to a recent University of Alberta research, preserving tree diversity in Canada’s various forests over time can assist enhance carbon capture and prevent climate change.

27 Apr 2023

Predicting Changes In Microbial Food Webs

Increasing either temperature or nutrients can hurt ecosystems by destabilizing food webs, which are all of the interconnected food chains that make communities behave the way they do.

27 Apr 2023

Solar-Powered Airships Could be a “Real Game Changer” in Aviation

Flying is the most damaging mode of transportation for our climate. At least, up until now. But work is already underway to investigate technical alternatives to conventional aircraft.

27 Apr 2023

HydRegen Raise £2.6m in Its Latest Investment Round, Led by Clean Growth Fund

Revolutionary Oxford biotechnology company pursues a huge growth opportunity to decarbonise the global chemical manufacturing and pharmaceutical industries.

From HydRegen Limited 27 Apr 2023

UniSieve Unlocks Decarbonising Opportunity for Heavy Industry as It Lands $5.5m Seed Funding Round

Heavy industries such as chemical or energy companies are among the heaviest carbon emitting sources yet they are broadly committed to the Net-Zero goals of the Paris Agreement.

From UniSieve Ltd 27 Apr 2023

Greater Gippsland Offshore Wind Project to Boost the Local Gippsland Economy and Create Thousands of Jobs

BlueFloat Energy has today announced the findings of a socio-economic analysis of the Greater Gippsland Offshore Wind Project.

27 Apr 2023

New Human-Made Shooting Star Satellite Is First Step Towards Multi-Billion-Dollar Space Entertainment Market

Space technology company ALE today announced its plans to launch the next SKY CANVAS satellite into orbit, a major step forward in the world’s first human-made shooting star project.

26 Apr 2023