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Effective Strategy to Circulate Energy with Minimum Waste Generation

The Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) research team created and developed a unique recycling process for generating biomass-derived chemicals by reusing the target product’s byproducts.

11 Apr 2023

Air Pollution Could Increase if Nuclear Power Plants are Shut Down

Nearly 20 percent of today's electricity in the United States comes from nuclear power. The U.S. has the largest nuclear fleet in the world, with 92 reactors scattered around the country. Many of these power plants have run for more than half a century and are approaching the end of their expected lifetimes.

11 Apr 2023

Integrating Biogeography and Behavioral Ecology to Tackle Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss

A group of researchers from the University of Oklahoma has published a perspective article in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences promoting convergent research that combines the fields of biogeography and behavioral ecology to more quickly respond to climate change and biodiversity loss challenges.

11 Apr 2023

Estimating the LWS for 18 Lakes on the Inner Tibetan Plateau

The Inner Tibetan Plateau is an endorheic basin with relatively dense lakes that act as climate change “sentinels.” The lakes on the Inner Tibetan Plateau have grown dramatically as the climate has warmed and humidified.

10 Apr 2023

Accelerating the Development of Flow Batteries for Large-Scale, Long-Duration Electricity Storage

In the coming decades, renewable energy sources such as solar and wind will increasingly dominate the conventional power grid.

10 Apr 2023

Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage Could Fit into the Larger Goal of Decarbonizing Energy Systems

About 12% of the total global energy demand comes from heating and cooling homes and businesses. A new study suggests that using underground water to maintain comfortable temperatures could reduce consumption of natural gas and electricity in this sector by 40% in the U.S.

10 Apr 2023

Warming Tropical Waters can Push Hurricanes to the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts

New research finds that global warming will bring stronger and more frequent hurricanes to U.S. coasts, up by a third compared to current levels.

10 Apr 2023

Mitigating Air Pollution: Understanding the Sources and Sinks of OH

Numerous pollutants are emitted into the atmosphere as a result of human activities, and without a molecule called hydroxide (OH), many of these pollutants would continue to aggregate in the atmosphere.

10 Apr 2023

Climate Tipping Points Trigger Rapid Global Warming Phases

Can rapid warming of the Earth cause tipping points in the climate? For decades, researchers have disputed the fact of whether today’s warming can strongly amplify itself by triggering a catastrophic release of greenhouse gases.

10 Apr 2023

Climate Change-Related Natural Disasters Likely to Increase Along With Their Economic Burden

Scientists have long predicted that global climate change could fuel an increase in the frequency and severity of natural disasters including hurricanes, heatwaves and cold snaps, droughts and floods and wildfires.

7 Apr 2023

Study Highlights Striking Uncertainty in US Forest Carbon Storage Potential Due to Climate Risks

When you walk through a forest, you are surrounded by carbon. Every branch and every leaf, every inch of trunk and every tendril of unseen root contains carbon pulled from the atmosphere through photosynthesis

7 Apr 2023

Identifying the Challenges in Reducing Residual Emissions

According to University at Buffalo Researcher Holly Jean Buck, humanity is not on track to mitigate the most catastrophic effects of climate change.

7 Apr 2023

New Project Addresses the Recovery of the Non-Metallic Components

Electromobility is an essential building block for the energy transition. Many electric vehicles presently use lithium-ion batteries as their primary energy storage device because of their high energy and power density.

7 Apr 2023

Pulses of Rapid Ice Sheet Retreat Can be Speedier Than Believed

During periods of climate warming, ice sheets can retreat up to 600 m per day, which is 20 times faster than the maximum rate of retreat ever documented.

6 Apr 2023

Artificial Intelligence can be Used for Better Prediction of Heatwaves

Extreme heatwaves are rare, but they have major consequences on living beings and their environments. Anticipating their arrival is a central challenge.

6 Apr 2023