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Developing Predictable Renewable Energy to Save Electricity Costs

Researchers at University of Adelaide have investigated how predictable wind or solar energy production is and the effect of it on the electricity market’s profit.

27 Mar 2023

MIT Assistant Professor Aims to Get More Electricity Out of Renewable Energy Systems

Michael Howland was in his office at MIT, watching real-time data from a wind farm 7,000 miles away in northwest India, when he noticed something odd: Some of the turbines weren't producing the expected amount of electricity.

27 Mar 2023

Corporate Investments Could Help Advance Climate Technology

Corporate investments in climate-tech start-ups are a growing but overlooked aspect of energy innovation. According to a new report from Morgan Edwards, a professor at the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and her lead co-author at University of Maryland, these investments should be more fully considered as methods to advance climate technology.

27 Mar 2023

New Toolkit Guides Local Planners to Deal with Climate-Induced Extremes on Food, Energy, and Water Systems

As the world faces increasingly extreme and frequent weather events brought on by climate change – such as droughts, floods, heatwaves, and wildfires – critical civic resources such as food, water, and energy will be impacted. Local and regional planners need to anticipate those impacts and evaluate what measures can be taken to prepare.

27 Mar 2023

Contaminated Land and the Vital Role of Portable VOC Gas Detectors

Portable photoionization detectors (PIDs) have become an important tool in the management of many contaminated land remediation projects, and the following article will explain the reasons behind their popularity, despite the challenges presented by field work.

From Ion Science 27 Mar 2023

Disparities in Research into Climate-Influenced Zoonotic Disease

Climate change increases the risk of animal-borne (zoonotic) diseases that can spread to humans, whether from birds, bats, pigs, or mosquitoes.

24 Mar 2023

Closing the Gap Between Climate Economics and Research

Climate change has severe environmental and human consequences, and it is a big threat to economic stability. A new report examines cutting-edge, integrated research that supports the economic case for strong near-term climate action.

24 Mar 2023

Climate Change Impacts Diet Quality of Fish Across the World’s Oceans

The diet quality of fish across large parts of the world's oceans could decline by up to 10 per cent as climate change impacts an integral part of marine food chains, a major study has found.

24 Mar 2023

Increasing Temperatures Reduce Greenhouse Gas Sink Function of Pristine Wetlands

Wetlands occupy about 6% of the Earth's surface but store one-third of global soil organic carbon. Increasing evidence shows that climate warming is altering the function and service of wetland ecosystems.

24 Mar 2023

Untreated Wastewater may Contribute to High Methane Emissions in Urban Areas

Research published in Environmental Research Letters has shown that methane emissions from urban areas are underestimated by a factor of three to four and that untreated wastewater may be a contributing factor.

24 Mar 2023

Continued Global Warming Could Increase the Number of Fatal Bacterial Infections

Continued warming of the climate would see a rise in the number and spread of potentially fatal infections caused by bacteria found along parts of the coast of the United States.

24 Mar 2023

Does Warming Impact the Mitigation Potential of Pristine Wetlands?

Wetlands cover about 6% of the Earth’s surface and yet store one-third of the world’s soil organic carbon. Climate warming is changing the function and service of wetland ecosystems, according to growing evidence.

23 Mar 2023

Arctic Sea-Ice Likely to Melt in the Coming Decades

According to recent research, Arctic Sea ice could soon be a thing of the past during summer. The ice melted at temperatures equivalent to the current temperature 10,000 years ago. This could have an impact on the climate and the ecosystems.

23 Mar 2023

New Roadmap Provides Extensive Insights into Generating Green Energy

Professor Vincenzo Pecunia of Simon Fraser University guided a team of over 100 internationally recognized researchers in developing a comprehensive “roadmap” to guide international efforts to convert waste energy into clean power.

23 Mar 2023

Climate Change Fuels Longer and More Intense Pollen Seasons

It was only the beginning of March, but the pollen count Naresh Kumar measured with one of his aerosol samplers came in at more than 1,500 grains per cubic meter of air.

23 Mar 2023