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Storms Drive an Outgassing of Carbon Dioxide in the Southern Ocean

Storms over the waters around Antarctica drive an outgassing of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to a new international study with researchers from the University of Gothenburg.

27 Jan 2022

Salinization of Freshwater Ecosystems Poses a Global Threat to the Environment

The increasing salinity in freshwater habitats -;rivers, lakes, wetlands, etc.-; is a global threat to the conservation of biodiversity and the natural habitats of the world.

27 Jan 2022

Plastic Chemicals Could Contribute to Overweight and Obesity

It may sound strange, but chemicals in plastic may make the bathroom scale a less pleasant place to visit.

27 Jan 2022

Climate Change Will Change Land Suitability for Growing Coffee, Cashews, and Avocados

A new analysis predicts that, as climate change progresses, the most suitable regions for growing coffee arabica, cashews, and avocados will decline in some of the main countries that produce these crops. Roman Grüter and colleagues at Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland, present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS ONE on January 26, 2022.

27 Jan 2022

Construction and Property Services Company Wates Group Slashes Water Use with Propelair® Toilets

The Wates Group, the privately owned UK construction, development and property services company, has reduced water use by 87% at its headquarters as a result of installing a system by Propelair®, the UK designer and manufacturer of the world’s lowest-water-flush toilet.

From Wates Group 27 Jan 2022

Story Pitch: 10kg of Plastic PPE Waste to be Recycled Every Hour in World-first Collaboration

Plastic PPE waste is to be given another life in a ground-breaking recycling collaboration between Heriot-Watt University and Britain’s largest PPE manufacturer, Globus Group.

27 Jan 2022

SMC Global Power Holdings and Fluence’s First Battery Project of 470 MW Portfolio Begins Commercial Operation in the Philippines

Fluence, a leading energy storage technology and digital applications provider enabling the global clean energy transition, announced today that the first 20-megawatt (MW) / 20-megawatt hour (MWh) battery-based energy storage system in the 470 MW / 470 MWh portfolio the company is deploying for SMC Global Power Holdings Corp. (SMCGPH) has entered commercial service.

From Fluence 27 Jan 2022

Yokogawa Survey Reveals Significant Impact of Industrial Autonomy on Environmental Sustainability

Yokogawa Electric Corporation reveals today the results of its latest survey* to gain further insights into the current and future state of industrial autonomy in process manufacturing.

27 Jan 2022

National Grid Signs up to Trial Levidian LOOP: The Gamechanging Decarbonisation Device Aiming to Turbo Charge the UK’s Access to Hydrogen

National Grid has signed up to trial a cutting-edge decarbonisation device as part of a world-first bid to boost the amount of hydrogen in the UK’s gas supply.

From Levidian Nanosystems Limited 27 Jan 2022

HydroVolve’s GeoVolve HAMMER System Set to Halve Cost of Geothermal Well Spend

Global energy technology firm, HydroVolve, has launched GeoVolve HAMMER, a percussive drilling system set to cut well capital expenditure of geothermal wells by 50%.

From HydroVolve 27 Jan 2022

Offshore Wind Project Secures UK Funding

The Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Demonstrator (Demo) has been awarded £9.6m of UK Government funding to develop and demonstrate a suite of UK-manufactured innovative floating wind technologies for the first time.

26 Jan 2022

Exploring Hg Mass Balance in Tropical Forests Along a Latitudinal Gradient

Mercury (Hg), as a global pollutant, is directly emitted into the air — from geogenic and anthropogenic sources — and into the earlier deposited Hg in natural surfaces.

25 Jan 2022

New Review Explores the Effects of Climate Change on Tropical Cyclone Intensity

Researchers are confident that a climate change is driving an increase in tropical cyclone intensity, but a great deal of detail about this transformation is unknown, limiting society's ability to adapt. As a result, a group of tropical cyclone researchers have performed a review of all that we do know about the subject in order to precisely identify holes in our understanding and propose how the field can move forward.

25 Jan 2022

Reclamation Chooses Nine Recipients to Receive $1.6 Million in Desalination and Water Purification Research Program Funding

The Bureau of Reclamation chose nine recipients to receive $1.6 million in Desalination and Water Purification Research Program funding. This financial assistance will allow project sponsors to collaborate with Reclamation to design, construct, install and test their process.

25 Jan 2022

Study Highlights the Positive Effects of Additional Green Structures in Cities

Green spaces in cities have a number of positive effects: they're good for our physical and mental health, they're good for the environment, and they can even help fight off the effects of climate change.

25 Jan 2022