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Big Changes to the Grid can Pave Way for Carbon-Neutral Electrified World

In the push to decarbonize the economy throughout the Intermountain West and beyond, the public conversation often centers on wind and solar energy, electric cars, hydrogen power and carbon capture and storage.

22 Jul 2022

Bluesky’s Tree Map Helps Green Infrastructure Planning for Housing in Swansea

Bluesky International’s geospatial data is providing environmental insights and informing future green space plans in a bid to enhance resident well-being, improve air quality, maximise biodiversity and improve surface water management at a large housing estate on the outskirts of Swansea.

22 Jul 2022

Alsym Energy Partners with Synergy Marine to Provide Low-Cost, Non-Flammable Rechargeable Batteries for Shipping Vessels

Alsym™ Energy, a developer of next-generation rechargeable batteries, today announced that Alsym and Synergy Marine, in collaboration with Nissen Kaiun, Japan, will jointly develop applications specific to the marine shipping industry using Alsym’s high-performance, low-cost technology.

From Synergy Marine Group 22 Jul 2022

Howden Welcomes UK Government Hydrogen Funding Increase

Howden Group based in Renfrew, Scotland, a leading global provider of mission critical air and gas handling products, technologies and services with leadership in hydrogen compression solutions, has welcomed the UK Government announcing an increase in funding for hydrogen at the Hydrogen Investment Summit in July 2022.

22 Jul 2022

Novel Ways to Remove Carbon From the Atmosphere

Direct air capture technology removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and compresses it for sequestration or utilization, with the goal of assisting us in meeting net-zero emissions targets.

21 Jul 2022

Switching to Woody Biomass in Power Plants to Reduce Carbon

In a recent study, scientists at the University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources found that switching from coal to woody biomass in Georgia’s power plants could both fulfil the state’s energy demands and lower carbon emissions.

21 Jul 2022

Online Tool Developed to Estimate Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality

Healthy ventilation is an important component of good indoor air quality. Measuring indoor carbon dioxide (CO2) levels is a clear and simple way to evaluate if an area is adequately ventilated.

21 Jul 2022

Researchers Develop Carbon-Neutral Fuel for the Aviation Industry

Scientists have built an aviation fuel production system that uses water, carbon dioxide (CO2), and sunlight. They have put the system into action, and the design, which was published on July 20th, 2022, in the journal Joule, might support the aviation industry to become carbon-free.

21 Jul 2022

Rail Systems Could Help Mitigate Climate Change and Clean Air of CO2

ail systems around the world could help mitigate climate change and clean the air of CO2 by capturing the sustainable energy generated when trains break and decelerate.

21 Jul 2022

Microplastics: The Degradation of Plastic

The oceans’ surface is covered with more than five billion plastic particles, which harm wildlife, the delicate underwater ecology, and even the climate.

20 Jul 2022

How Climate Change Might Impact Disease Outbreak in Antarctic Fish

Researchers are discovering that an uncommon disease epidemic in Antarctic fish may be caused by climate change.

20 Jul 2022

Glacial Microclimates Helps Researchers Predict How Forests Will React to Climate Change

According to the scientists of a new 166-year case study of an Alaskan glacier that has been developing rapidly and retreating, a cool pocket climate near a glacier’s snout may be able to help scientists predict how forests will react to rapid climate change.

20 Jul 2022

Study Reveals Widespread Shifts in Water Resources Across the Northern Hemisphere by 2100

Water resources will fluctuate increasingly and become more and more difficult to predict in snow-dominated regions across the Northern Hemisphere by later this century, according to a comprehensive new climate change study led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and co-authored by a Cornell University climate scientist.

20 Jul 2022

Reports Lead to Overestimates of Actual Carbon Stored by 19-30 Per Cent

This is according to a new report from Imperial College London published today in Environmental Science & Technology Letters.

20 Jul 2022

Seed Dispersal and Fire Will Slow Arctic Shrub Expansion, Scientists Say

Scientists investigating the growth of arctic vegetation have found that seed dispersal and fire will slow its land expansion in the long term, despite more favorable conditions from a warming planet.

20 Jul 2022