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Researchers Determine the Most Intense Heatwaves Across the World

A new study has disclosed that throughout the world the majority of the fierce heatwaves—and exceptionally few of these went nearly unseen several years back.

5 May 2022

Study Shows the Impact of Landslides on Glacier Melt and Movement

Using satellite imagery to study the effects of a 2019 landslide on the Amalia Glacier in Patagonia, a University of Minnesota-led research team found the landslide helped stabilize the glacier and caused it to grow by about 1,000 meters over the last three years.

5 May 2022

Methods for Slowing Climate Change Bring Dangerous Risk Tradeoffs, Study Shows

To slow down the accelerating pace of climate change, scientists are working on radical geoengineering technologies like space mirrors, ocean iron fertilization, and cirrus cloud thinning to tweak the earth's climate system.

5 May 2022

Urbanized Knowledge Syndrome may be Detrimental to Natural Ecosystems, Study Says

A new study by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and collaborators highlights a sharp contrast between urban and suburban ways of thinking about coastal ecosystems.

5 May 2022

New Report Evaluates Global Progress on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation

A major scientific assessment on REDD+ is published today, evaluating the world's progress towards goals to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.

5 May 2022

New Curtin Research Resurrects ‘Lost’ Coral Species

With about one-third of the world’s corals currently under threat of extinction due to climate change, Curtin researchers have made the encouraging discovery of a ‘lost’ species of coral that had been hidden for more than 50 years.

5 May 2022

Ocean Organism Could be Key to Animal-free Meat

A fungus-like microbe taken from the pristine waters of South Australia could prove to be a vital ingredient in making everything from nutritional supplements, medicines and biofuels to animal-free meat, according to Flinders University researchers.

5 May 2022

Save Our Seas Foundation Joins Shark Conservation Fund to Save Sharks and Secure Healthy Oceans

The Save Our Seas Foundation (SOSF) has joined the Shark Conservation Fund (SCF) as one of its members. Dr James Lea, the SOSF’s chief executive officer, has joined the advisory board and says of the partnership, ‘I am delighted that we are joining the Shark Conservation Fund.

5 May 2022

Surrey Sound Artist Produces New Work to Shine a Light on Marine Sound Pollution

The University of Surrey’s leading sound artist, Professor Tony Myatt, has produced a new, state-of-the-art sound and light installation featuring recordings of the elusive blue whale to draw attention to the significance of sound for ocean inhabitants, and the devastating impact sound pollution can have on marine life.

5 May 2022

Innovative Dual-Membrane Design Provides More Flexibility for Redox Flow Battery Designs

According to Imperial College London investigators, a novel strategy for battery design could be the key to low-cost, long-term energy storage.

4 May 2022

“Dual Water and Energy Storage Scheme” Paves the Way for High Shares of Renewable Energy Generation

Scientists from the IIASA Energy, Climate, and Environment Program discovered that a “dual water and energy storage scheme,” which also lays the groundwork for high shares of renewable energy generation in the region, would dramatically increase agricultural efforts in downstream countries in Central Asia, which have conventionally been hindered by a lack of water for irrigation during the summer growing season.

4 May 2022

Novel Framework for a Snowpack Decision Support Tool Likely to Help Water Managers

Midwinter “rain-on-snow” events in the Sierra Nevada take place when rain falls on top of the existing snowpack, resulting in some of the region’s largest and most damaging floods.

4 May 2022

Clean Air Act Provision Could Enable the U.S. to Achieve Climate Goals

The most recent United Nations climate change report indicates that without significant action to mitigate global warming, the extent and magnitude of climate impacts — from floods to droughts to the spread of disease — could outpace the world's ability to adapt to them.

4 May 2022

ABB and Eviny Install World’s Fastest Electric Car Charger in Norway

ABB and Eviny have collaborated on the first installations of ABB’s Terra 360.

From Eviny 4 May 2022

Tree Mortality in Tropical Regions Calls Into Question Global Pledges to End Deforestation by 2030

According to new data, the world’s tropical regions dropped 11.1 million hectares of forest cover in 2021, casting doubt on global goals to cease deforestation by 2030.

3 May 2022