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UK-Led Study Receives NSF Funding to Understand Climate Change, Biodiversity

A study led by the University of Kentucky has been selected for funding by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) "Biodiversity on a Changing Planet" program, an international, transdisciplinary effort that addresses major challenges related to climate change.

30 Aug 2022

Researchers Gain New Insights into the Mechanisms of Arctic Sea Ice Decline

Sea ice levels in the Arctic Ocean are rapidly declining, thanks to global warming. Now, to understand and forecast the growth and decay of the ice, researchers from Japan and collaborating countries have conducted a survey in the Arctic Ocean to investigate the influence of ocean heat on sea ice in the ice-ocean boundary layer.

30 Aug 2022

Scientists Effectively Create a Method to Triage Declining Ecosystems

News headlines on extreme weather, melting ice caps, and threatened species are daily reminders of our changing environment.

30 Aug 2022

Microplastics Removal by IMS Efficient Compared To Other Methods

A growing environmental pollution issue is microplastic, which is characterized to be less than 5 nm. Microplastics’ accumulation in different environments and ecosystems is caused by the increase of plastic waste from personal care products or the plastic industry.

30 Aug 2022

Wastewater Reuse Becomes Major Health Threat

Reclaimed water is often used in metropolitan areas. Persistent microorganisms in recovered water, on the other hand, have been frequently detected and identified as the greatest health risk associated with wastewater reuse.

29 Aug 2022

Extreme Weather Could be a Potential Threat to Heart Health

An analysis in nearly 2.3 million Europeans has found detrimental associations between cold weather and deaths from heart disease, particularly in poor neighbourhoods.

29 Aug 2022

Natural Climate Solutions are Critical to Slow Down the Rate of Global Warming

Natural climate solutions (NCS), which comprise various land stewardship options, are approaches to trapping carbon in terrestrial pools and/or reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. They are critical for slowing down the rate of global warming over the next few decades.

29 Aug 2022

$12.6 Million to Support Cornell Energy Center in Developing Advanced Fuel Cell Technologies

Cornell University's Center for Alkaline-Based Energy Solutions (CABES) has received renewal funding of $12.6 million for a four-year period to continue its work developing advanced fuel cell technologies in alkaline media.

29 Aug 2022

Hydropower Dams Have Links to Species Extinctions

Deforestation, habitat loss, and fragmentation are all linked and contributing to the current biodiversity catastrophe, with hydropower being responsible for the majority of this degradation.

29 Aug 2022

Sercel Makes Another Major Sale of its Nodal OBN Solution

CGG announced today that Sercel has sold a second batch of 12,000 GPR300 nodes to BGP Inc., following their earlier major order of 18,000 GPR300 nodes in 2021.

From Viridien 29 Aug 2022

Record-Breaking Heat Events of Recent Summers to Become Much More Common in 2100

Record-breaking heat waves have occurred recently from Delhi to the Pacific Northwest, and the number of these deadly events is expected to increase. New research from the University of Washington and Harvard University gives a range of heat impacts worldwide by the end of this century, depending on future emissions of greenhouse gases.

26 Aug 2022

Green Material Absorbs Light More Strongly than Conventional Solar Cell Technologies

Solar cells are vital for the green energy transition. They can be used not only on rooftops and solar farms but also for powering autonomous vehicles, such as planes and satellites. However, photovoltaic solar cells are currently heavy and bulky, making them difficult to transport to remote locations off-grid, where they are much needed.

26 Aug 2022

Chinese Cities Reduce CO2 Emissions Despite Growing Economies and Populations

Thirty-eight Chinese cities have reduced their emissions of planet-warming carbon dioxide (CO2) despite growing economies and populations for at least five years - defined as proactively peaked cities, a new study reveals.

26 Aug 2022

Siberia Records the Warmest Summers of the Last 7,000 Years

The north of Western Siberia is recording the warmest summers of the last 7,000 years. While for several millennia the temperature of the region was following a general cooling, in the 19th century there has been an abrupt change with rapidly rising temperature that has reached its highest value in the recent decades. These findings were published today in Nature Communications.

26 Aug 2022

Adaptation to Climate Change Requires More Energy than Previously Estimated, Study Finds

A new study published today in Nature Communications by researchers from the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, the European Institute on Economics and the Environment and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine finds that adapting to climate change will require more energy than previously estimated, leading to higher energy investments and costs.

26 Aug 2022