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FACT Alliance Launched to Make Food Systems More Resilient and Sustainable

Announced at the UN Climate Change Conference, the initiative aims to make food systems more resilient and sustainable by better connecting research to practice.

11 Nov 2021

New Strategy in PSA Video can Help Improve Recycling Compliance

A specific messaging strategy used in a public service announcement (PSA) video can effectively encourage New Yorkers who struggle with recycling compliance to properly separate their trash from recycling, according to the results of a University at Buffalo study.

11 Nov 2021

Researchers Explore the Potential of China’s Wind Energy to Produce Low-Cost Green Hydrogen

China is the world's largest producer of hydrogen – currently chiefly an industrial feedstock consumed by the chemical and refining industries – and overwhelmingly produces it from coal emitting CO2, termed "black" hydrogen.

11 Nov 2021

Current Temperatures are Unprecedented in 24,000 Years, Study Suggests

A University of Arizona-led effort to reconstruct Earth's climate since the last ice age, about 24,000 years ago, highlights the main drivers of climate change and how far out of bounds human activity has pushed the climate system.

11 Nov 2021

High-Resolution Mapping Analysis Estimates the Impact of Human Sewage on Coastal Ecosystems

A first-of-its-kind, high-resolution mapping analysis estimates the amounts of nitrogen and pathogens released into coastal ecosystems from human wastewater sources around the world.

11 Nov 2021

Argonne Brings Deep Research Expertise to Net Zero World Initiative

Argonne brings deep research expertise, unique scientific tools and facilities, and world class talent to bear in collaborating with global partners.

11 Nov 2021

IIASA Researchers Culminate a New Policy Brief to Deal with Climate Risk

As the impacts of climate change become more severe and limits to adaptation draw near, vulnerable communities will need different kinds of finance to build resilience and transform how they protect themselves.

11 Nov 2021

Cement Production by Milling Instead of Burning Lime can Reduce CO2 Emissions

Global warming and cheap housing are two main topics of public discussion. Climate protection is realized by decreasing greenhouse gas emissions, mainly carbon dioxide (CO2). Housing is created through more housing being constructed. This necessitates concrete, the most vital building material in today’s world.

10 Nov 2021

Study Reveals How the Compound Hot Extremes Affect Human Health

Most areas of the world are experiencing increasing and intensifying hot extremes. Heat-related health consequences vary with the characteristics of the exposed landscape and types of hot extreme.

10 Nov 2021

Life Cycle Assessment Examines the Advantages and Disadvantages of Carbon Capture Plant

In our efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, carbon capture is mentioned as a possible technology. CO2 can, for example, be captured from large industrial companies and from incineration plants.

10 Nov 2021

Study Analyzes How Climate and Household Characteristics Drive Air-Conditioning Adoption

The rise of air-conditioning is on the brink of becoming a new emergency, adding unprecedented challenges to the already difficult task of decarbonizing the economy and reducing emissions.

10 Nov 2021

Melbourne's Buildings Could be Close to Self-Sustaining Through Fully Integrated Solar

Net zero within reach for major Australian city through comprehensive adoption of photovoltaics in built environment.

10 Nov 2021

New Material to Cut 3.7 Million Tons of CO2 Emissions in Aviation

As part of its Measurement for Recovery (M4R) programme, the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is working with TISICS, an SME based in Farnborough, who are pioneering a new class of materials.

10 Nov 2021

Holmen Iggesund Awarded for Sustainability Leadership

The Holmen Iggesund mill, Iggesunds Bruk, has been awarded the EcoVadis Leadership Award for 2021 in recognition of its sustainability performance in 2020.

From Holmen Iggesund 10 Nov 2021

Agricultural Soils Produce Sufficient Nitrous Oxide Emissions to Contribute to Climate Change

Poorly drained agricultural soils emit enough of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide that the resulting climate change effects could far exceed the benefits of using the same soils as a means of sequestering carbon, according to a recently published scientific study.

9 Nov 2021