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Vehicles are the Main Source of Urban Airborne Ammonia Pollution

COVID-19 lockdowns offered a special opportunity to study the impacts of normal societal activities, like driving, on the environment by briefly disrupting them.

24 Nov 2021

Study Attributes Tree Mortality to the Direct Effect of Warming on Bark Beetles

In California's Sierra Nevada, western pine beetle infestations amped up by global warming were found to kill 30% more ponderosa pine trees than the beetles do under drought alone.

24 Nov 2021

EU and ECB Devise Plan to Ensure Banks Adopt Climate Plans

Through a blog post from Executive Board member Frank Elderson, the European Central Bank warned on Monday that a majority of the lenders it oversees have not produced strategies to respond to climate change.

24 Nov 2021

Battery-Electric Trains Can Deliver Zero-Emissions, Cost-Savings

Trains have been on the sidelines of electrification efforts for a long time in the U.S. because they account for only 2% of transportation sector emissions, but diesel freight trains emit 35 million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually and produce air pollution that leads to $6.5 billion in health costs, resulting in an estimated 1,000 premature deaths each year.

24 Nov 2021

Free Green Electricity and Public Transport Could Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Using carbon tax revenue to fund free green electricity and public transport could significantly reduce individual households' greenhouse gas emissions, a new study has found.

24 Nov 2021

Innovation Increase in Energy Storage for Renewables and Solid-State Batteries for EVs – New Report

The imperative to create a consistent energy supply from renewable sources – and support the phasing out of fossil fuels – is inspiring investment in long-term energy storage innovation, a new report says.

24 Nov 2021

Protium and Jericho Energy Ventures to Make Emissions-Free Distilling a Reality for Bruichladdich with £2.65m Green Hydrogen Project

Protium, the UK-based green hydrogen energy company, and project partner ITPEnergised (ITPE), have confirmed that the revolutionary hydrogen technology, called a Dynamic Combustion Chamber (DCC™), patented by Jericho Energy Ventures, will help to successfully decarbonise Bruichladdich Distillery’s (Bruichladdich) operations following an extensive feasibility study during Q1 2021.

From Protium 24 Nov 2021

Aceleron Launches World-First Residential Battery Energy Storage System

Award-winning clean technology company, Aceleron, has launched the world’s first serviceable, upgradable and scalable residential battery energy storage system, which has been engineered to support a sustainable circular economy model as its future-proofed batteries can be repaired, serviced and upgraded.

From Aceleron Ltd 23 Nov 2021

AMETEK STC Releases a New JOFRA Temperature Calibrator Focused on Calibrating Sanitary Sensors

Allerød, Denmark – Some of the most challenging sensors to calibrate are the sanitary sensors found in the pharmaceutical and food industries. To accurately calibrate these sensors, the technician must p...

From AMETEK STC 23 Nov 2021

Detailed Reconstruction of Climate in the Land of Israel at the End of Last Ice Age

Based on the identification of plant remains, Tel Aviv University and Tel-Hai College researchers provide the first detailed reconstruction of the climate in the Land of Israel at the end of the last ice age (20,000-10,000 years before present).

23 Nov 2021

Rice Researchers Boost the Efficiency of Ultrathin Solar Cells

Rice University engineers have achieved a new benchmark in the design of atomically thin solar cells made of semiconducting perovskites, boosting their efficiency while retaining their ability to stand up to the environment.

23 Nov 2021

Northeastern U.S. Cities may See Worsening Hurricane Outcomes, Causing Greater Damage

By the late 21st century, northeastern U.S. cities will see worsening hurricane outcomes, with storms arriving more quickly but slowing down once they've made landfall.

23 Nov 2021

Cornell Researchers Explore the Role of Microbes in Global Carbon Cycle

Cornell researchers have developed an innovative technique to track microbes and understand the various ways they process soil carbon, findings that add to our knowledge of how bacteria contribute to the global carbon cycle.

23 Nov 2021

Cost-Effective Approach to Turn Global Warming Liability into a Food Security Solution

Like a mirage on the horizon, an innovative process for converting a potent greenhouse gas into a food security solution has been stalled by economic uncertainty.

23 Nov 2021

Study Reveals Snow Cover is Important for Revegetation After Extreme Forest Fires

A study by researchers at Oregon State University (OSU) and the University of Nevada, Reno states that a key factor in the return of vegetation would depend on how much and how long a severely burned Pacific Northwest mountain landscape remains covered in winter snow.

23 Nov 2021