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New Catalyst Performs Better than Current Natural Gas Cleaning Technology

A newly developed catalyst with unique, atomic-sized "rafts" does a better job than current technology for cleaning up emissions from natural gas engines.

19 Oct 2021

Texas A&M AgriLife Research Project Aims to Improve Climate Adaptability of Crops

With crops, farmers will adapt — they always have and always will. To help this adaptation, however, a Texas A&M AgriLife research project has used artificial intelligence modeling to determine what traits cultivars will need to be successful under changing climate conditions.

19 Oct 2021

$105 Million DOE Funding to Support Small Businesses Working on Clean Energy and Climate Change Solutions

The U.S. Department of Energy today announced $105 million in funding for small businesses to pursue the deployment of clean energy technologies, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to building a clean energy economy and achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

19 Oct 2021

Future Food Security of China will have Huge Environmental Impacts, Finds Study

Great environmental impacts will be witnessed domestically and globally while ensuring the future food security of China.

19 Oct 2021

Ocean Fronts and Eddies Likely Cause Changes to both Weather and Climate

The adage “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky in the morning, sailor’s warning” indeed remains true. The relationship between atmosphere and ocean can either be smooth sailing or stormy.

19 Oct 2021

Novel Method to Increase Energy Production from Microalgae

The multitude of common algae covering the surface of seas and ponds may have the solution to increasing the efficiency of artificial photosynthesis, enabling researchers to create more energy and cut wastage in the process.

19 Oct 2021

New Concerns for Wetlands

New research led by Flinders University is renewing calls to protect the source of water and aquifers supporting the ecologically significant Doongmabulla Springs Complex in central Queensland from a proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin.

19 Oct 2021

Fight to Combat Coastal Erosion Along Adelaide’s Metropolitan Coast

The fight to combat ongoing coastal erosion along Adelaide’s metropolitan coast will be helped by the deployment of three sophisticated buoys to measure real-time wave data in Gulf St Vincent.

19 Oct 2021

Life’s a Beach: Finding Trends in Marine Debris Across Australia

Plastic is 84 per cent of all rubbish found across Australian beaches, a UNSW-led study based on one of the largest marine debris databases in the Southern Hemisphere has found.

19 Oct 2021

Reengineering Microbes to Produce Robust Enzymes Used in the Production of Biofuels, Chemicals

Busy, productive microbes use enzymes to break down leaves, stalks and other biomass and then convert that material into renewable fuels and chemicals.

18 Oct 2021

Researchers Receive NSF Grant to Study How Katabatic Winds Impact Antarctic Ice Sheet

Scott T. Salesky, an assistant professor of meteorology at the University of Oklahoma, is the principal investigator of a recently awarded $530,297 grant through the National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs to study how katabatic winds – cold, dense winds flowing down a sloping surface – impact snow transport and ultimately contribute to the growth of the Antarctic ice sheet.

18 Oct 2021

New Research Project Aims to Produce Green and Directly Recyclable Lithium-Ion Batteries

Efficient battery systems are increasingly being used in cars, tools, bicycles and as stationary energy storage units.

18 Oct 2021

Fighting Floods with Natural and Nature-Based Approaches

When Hurricane Ida roared to shore in Louisiana last month, a system of flood gates, levees, and pumps largely kept the water out of New Orleans.

18 Oct 2021

Unlined Disposal Pits Threaten Groundwater Resource in San Joaquin Valley

Researchers from the energy science and policy research institute, Physicians, Scientists, and Engineers (PSE) for Healthy Energy have shown that dumping of more than 16 billion barrels of oil and gas wastewater into unlined pits over a five-decade period has added carcinogens, salts, and other toxins into regional aquifers.

18 Oct 2021

Research Analyzes Impact of Climate Change on Arctic Watersheds

A research team received financial support worth more than $256,000 from the National Science Foundation to study the climate change impact on Arctic watersheds in the Aklavik Range of the Northwest Territories in Canada.

18 Oct 2021