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Some Coral Species Display Resilience to the Effects of Ocean Warming

According to a study involving three types of coral in Hawaii, few coral species exhibit resilience to the effects of ocean warming and acidification caused by climate change.

11 Mar 2022

Experts Determine the Feasibility to Upcycle Discarded Plastic Bottles into Advanced Materials for Carbon Capture

Plastic pollution is one of the most serious environmental concerns of this decade, aside from climate change, which is largely caused by carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

11 Mar 2022

Study Investigates Ancient Air Trapped Inside Tiny Air Bubbles

Ice cores help climate researchers to investigate 800,000 years back in time. Atmospheric carbon serves as fertilizer, thereby increasing biological production. The mechanism helps eliminate carbon from the air and thereby reduces the extent of global warming.

11 Mar 2022

Researchers Receive $2 Million DOE Grant to Design New Recyclable Packaging Material

The Department of Energy has granted $2 million over three years to Braskem America, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Princeton University to develop plastic that can be recycled perpetually, reducing waste and pollution from single-use plastics.

11 Mar 2022

Accelerated HFC Phase-Down Could Provide a Better Chance of Holding Global Warming to 1.5°C

To have a better chance of holding global warming to 1.5 deg.C, we need to accelerate the phase-down of HFC refrigerants under the Montreal Protocol. This could also reduce pollution and improve energy access.

11 Mar 2022

Climate Change Likely Impacts Water Drinking Habits of Mountain Gorillas

Endangered mountain gorillas increase the frequency they drink water as the temperature increases, suggesting a likely impact of climate change on their behavior, finds a new study published in Frontiers in Conservation Science.

11 Mar 2022

Time Window for Counteracting Global Change is Much Shorter than Thought

The increase in emissions of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere is only one of several serious global threats to our continued existence on Earth, and their reduction is at the core of international agreements like the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

11 Mar 2022

Octopus Energy Generation Accelerates Green Power with Wind Farms in the UK, Sweden, France and Finland

Octopus Renewables, the fund management specialist in Octopus Energy Group’s generation business, has signed four deals to ramp up wind power generation across Europe to help deliver Net Zero.

From Octopus Energy Ltd 11 Mar 2022

Soap-Based System to Eliminate Micropollutants from Water

A team of researchers from MIT has developed a soap-based system to eliminate micropollutants from water.

By David J. Cross 10 Mar 2022

Nature-Centered Solutions in Mountains Can Lessen the Effects of Climate Change on Drought

A new study, directed by Dr Petra Holden from the African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI) at the University of Cape Town (UCT), has demonstrated how catchment restoration—by controlling alien tree invasion in the mountains located in the southwestern Cape—could have diminished the effect of climate change on low stream flows during the “Day Zero” drought in Cape Town.

10 Mar 2022

Researchers Examine the Negative Impact on Flamingo Population Due to Climate Change and Lithium Mining

The lithium metal is powering the world’s electric vehicles, making it a critical component in the fight against carbon pollution. According to a new study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the conjunction of lithium mining and climate change in the Andes Mountains may be seriously impacting flamingo populations.

10 Mar 2022

Private Investment in Solar Energy Development Makes California More Vulnerable to Climate Extremes

California is a national leader in renewable energy development. But energy systems development is driven more by financial considerations than environmental ones, leaving customers more vulnerable to the effects of climate change, a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researcher determined.

10 Mar 2022

Scientists Analyze Global Warming in Caribbean Coral Reefs

A new study examines the history of sea-surface temperature in the Greater Caribbean for the past 150 years, pinpointing major warming trends that have harmed coral reef ecosystems. On March 9th, 2022, Colleen Bove and colleagues from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill published their findings in the open-access journal PLOS Climate.

10 Mar 2022

Idaho National Laboratory Commits to Achieve Net-Zero Carbon Emissions by 2031

Idaho National Laboratory?continues its 70-year legacy of clean energy leadership today?by?committing?to?achieve?net-zero carbon emissions?by 2031.

10 Mar 2022

New Insights on Learning to Live with Climate Change

By some measures, climate change is in the past. "Multiple lines of evidence strongly support the finding that anthropogenic greenhouse gases have become the dominant driver of global climate warming observed since the mid-twentieth century," reports the revised Statement on Earth's Changing Climate adopted by the Council of the American Physical Society this November-;representing the collective voice of more than 50,000 members.

10 Mar 2022