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Recent Global Warming has Led to a Decrease in Dust Storm Events

Dust storms are generally defined as disastrous weather events in which huge amounts of dust particles are lifted and transported by powerful winds. Such storms are characterized by suddenness, weak horizontal visibility (less than 1 km), brief duration, and extreme destruction.

27 May 2021

Ofgem “Sandbox” Awarded to Emergent Energy Unlocks New Commercial Offer for Housing Industry that can Cut the Costs of Delivering Net Zero Technologies by 25%

New entrant Emergent have today launched a “smart local energy system solution” that connects individual houses and flats with on-site net zero technologies on residential developments through a microgrid.

From Emergent Energy Systems Ltd. 27 May 2021

Blue World Technologies’ Green Journey Gets Support from the Danish Green Investment Fund

Blue World Technologies has received loan financing from the Danish Green Investment Fund that administrates green investments from the Danish Government.

From Blue World Technologies 27 May 2021

Study Could Shed Light on Whale Ecology

Summary: A new study published by the open access publisher Frontiers shows the usefulness of opportunistically collected specimens, such as stranded carcasses, to study elusive species.

26 May 2021

Grass Fibers can Substitute Plastic in Take-Away Food Packaging

Grass fibres can replace plastic as a 100% biodegradable and disposable material for packaging for take-away food.

26 May 2021

Newly Discovered Fish Fossils Thrived in Warming Climates

The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, or PETM, was a short interval of highly elevated global temperatures 56 million years ago that is frequently described as the best ancient analog for present-day climate warming.

26 May 2021

Study Shows Fossil Fuel Use has Outsized Impact on River Sediment

According to a new study, fly ash (leftover particles from coal-burning) constitute from 37% to 72% of all particulate organic carbon carried by the Yangtze River in China, or about 200,000 to 400,000 tons of carbon annually.

26 May 2021

CSIRO and Partners Launch $68M Hydrogen Industry Mission

A new Hydrogen Industry Mission launched today by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, will help support the world’s transition to clean energy, create new jobs and boost the economy.

26 May 2021

Epson Partners with National Geographic to Encourage Consumers and Businesses to Turn Down the Heat in the Fight against Climate Change

Epson has joined forces with National Geographic to promote the protection of the world's permafrost - the frozen ground beneath the polar regions of the earth - in its newly launched 'Turn Down the Heat' campaign.

26 May 2021