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Pairing Solar Energy with Pollinator Habitat Offers Great Promise

Amid the steady growth of solar energy production in the United States, pollinator conservation at solar installations has become an appealing secondary pursuit, but the long-term success of such efforts remains to be seen.

4 Jun 2021

Sedimentary Sequence Preserves Five Million Years of Climate Change

Paleo researcher Charlotte Prud'homme, who until recently worked at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and is now a researcher at the Université Lausanne, explains: "The 80-meter-thick sedimentary sequence we found at Charyn Canyon in southeast Kazakhstan provides us with a virtually continuous record of five million years of climate change.

4 Jun 2021

Interacting Tipping Elements Potentially Cause Climate Domino Effects

Interactions in the network can lower the critical temperature thresholds beyond which individual tipping elements begin destabilizing on the long-run, according to the study - the risk already increases significantly for warming of 1.5 °C to 2 °C, hence within the temperature range of the Paris Agreement.

4 Jun 2021

High-Resolution Models of the Earth's Climate can Accurately Predict Extreme Rainfall

To limit the impacts of climate change it is essential to predict them as accurately as possible.

4 Jun 2021

Increasing Offshore Energy Production Reduces Wind Speed Around Wind Farms

The expansion of wind energy in the German Bight and the Baltic Sea has accelerated enormously in recent years. The first systems went into operation in 2008.

4 Jun 2021

Mixed Farming Methods Could Eliminate Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Small-scale mixed-use agriculture that avoids synthetic fertilizers in favor of manure could eliminate agricultural greenhouse gas emissions if established across the United States' 100 million hectares of lush high quality cropland, according to a study by Gidon Eshel, publishing 3rd June 2021 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology.

4 Jun 2021

Life Stage Differences Crucial for the Stability of Complex Ecological Communities

A new study by ecologist André de Roos shows that differences between juveniles and adults of the same species are crucial for the stability of complex ecological communities.

4 Jun 2021

Study Provides Better Understanding of Temperatures in Antarctica During the Last Ice Age

A study of two methods for reconstructing ancient temperatures has given climate researchers a better understanding of just how cold it was in Antarctica during the last ice age around 20,000 years ago.

4 Jun 2021

Despite Worsening Climate Change, Clean Energy Technology is Emerging

The comprehensive discussion at the forthcoming Conference of the Parties (COP26) in November will probably focus on how the world has deviated from the track to fulfill the Paris Agreement’s goals of ending global warming at much below 2°C.

4 Jun 2021

Sea Ice in Arctic Coastal Regions are Thinning Faster Than Previously Thought

According to a new modeling study headed by researchers from the University College London (UCL), sea ice in the Arctic coastal regions may be thinning up to twice as fast as previously assumed.

4 Jun 2021

NSW Councils Encouraged to Highlight their Efforts as Part of World Environment Day

This Saturday (June 5) is World Environment Day, and NSW councils are being invited to highlight their environmental achievements with the opening of nominations for the 2021 Local Government NSW (LGNSW) Excellence in the Environment Awards.

4 Jun 2021

Carbon Streaming Announces Investment Into Two Carbon Credit Projects in the Bonobo Peace Forest

Carbon Streaming Corporation is pleased to announce it has entered into an exclusive term sheet with the Bonobo Conservation Initiative to provide initial funding for BCI to develop two carbon credit projects within the Bonobo Peace Forest located in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

4 Jun 2021

Australia Post Offsets Emissions from 108 Million Parcels in Partnership with Qantas

Australia Post has today announced that since October 2019, through its Post Office Network and MyPost Business platform, and working in partnership with Qantas Future Planet, it has offset more than 200,000 tonnes of emissions – the equivalent of taking 85,000 cars off the road.

4 Jun 2021

HLP Klearfold Creates a New Guide to Recycling Symbols Ahead of World Environment Day

Ahead of World Environment Day this Saturday (5th June) HLP Klearfold, the world's largest producer of innovative and environmentally friendly printed plastic/acetate packaging, has created a useful downloadable guide to the recycling symbols found on plastic packaging in the UK.

From HLP Klearfold 4 Jun 2021

ABB Strengthens Commitment to Reduce Carbon Emissions

On its way to reaching its ambitious science-based targets, the company commits to electrifying its vehicle fleet by 2030, sourcing 100 percent renewable electricity by 2030 and establishing energy efficiency targets, including the systematic use of energy management systems.

From ABB 4 Jun 2021