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Project to Create System for Large-Scale Synthesis of Clean Hydrogen

Engineers from École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) are participating in PROMETEO—an EU research project to produce hydrogen on a huge scale from renewable sources, as part of a measure to reduce industrial carbon emissions.

26 Mar 2021

Grass can Help Produce Sustainable Biofuels

According to a new study, certain grasses are a sustainable source of energy that could be crucial for achieving net-zero carbon emissions, and these grasses can withstand adverse growing environments.

26 Mar 2021

CSIRO Plays Part in US Next-Gen Solar Thermal Technology

The US government today announced it will fund a pilot-scale test facility to demonstrate a next-generation concentrated solar thermal (CST) technology that Australia helped develop. The high temperature receiver in op...

26 Mar 2021

World’s Fastest All-Electric Passenger Ship to Launch in Stockholm

The all-new foiling Candela P-30—the world’s fastest all-electric passenger ship—will hit Stockholm’s waterways in 2022, shuttling passengers to and from the archipelago above the waves without wakes, noise and CO2 emissions.

26 Mar 2021

MIT Engineers Make Filters From Tree Branches to Purify Drinking Water

The interiors of nonflowering trees such as pine and ginkgo contain sapwood lined with straw-like conduits known as xylem, which draw water up through a tree’s trunk and branches. Xylem conduits are interconnected via thin membranes that act as natural sieves, filtering out bubbles from water and sap.

26 Mar 2021

Population Displacement Risk may Increase by ~50% for Each Degree of Global Warming

A new study shows that if the population were fixed at current levels, the risk of population displacement due to river floods would rise by ~50% for each degree of global warming. However, if population increases are taken into account, the relative global flood displacement risk is significantly higher.

25 Mar 2021

Researchers Study how Chemical Reactions in Clouds can Influence the Global Climate

Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have studied for the first time how chemical reactions in clouds can influence the global climate. They found that isoprene, the dominant non-methane organic compound emitted into the atmosphere, can strongly contribute to the formation of organic aerosols in clouds. They published their results today in the journal Science Advances.

25 Mar 2021

Scientists Investigate How Grasslands Respond to Climate Change

The rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration and concurrent climate change has led to yield reductions of grass-rich grassland vegetation in the past century.

25 Mar 2021

Ocean has Become Stabler in Response to Climate Change than Previously Estimated

The ocean is dynamic in nature, playing a crucial role as a planetary thermostat that buffer global warming.

25 Mar 2021

Experts Lay Out a New Framework for Uncovering Climate-Society Interactions

As the signs of today's human-caused climate change become ever more alarming, research into the ways past societies responded to natural climate changes is growing increasingly urgent.

25 Mar 2021

Ultra-Extreme Heatwaves Could Cause Massive, Forced Migration to Cooler Regions

The study, building on cooperation between climate scientists from the MENA region, aimed at assessing emerging heatwave characteristics. The research team used a first-of-its-kind multi-model ensemble of climate projections designed exclusively for the geographic area. Such detailed downscaling studies had been lacking for this region.

25 Mar 2021

Deadly Heat Waves Likely to Become More Common in South Asia in the Future

Residents of South Asia already periodically experience heat waves at the current level of warming. But a new study projecting the amount of heat stress residents of the region will experience in the future finds with 2 degrees Celsius of warming, the population's exposure to heat stress will nearly triple.

25 Mar 2021

Bivalve Sensors add ‘Mussel’ to Environmental Monitoring Systems

The opening and closing of mussels in unison could give researchers an efficient way to detect the presence of toxins in aquatic environments.

By Robert Lea 25 Mar 2021

Floating Solar Farms can Protect Lakes and Reservoirs from Climate Change

According to a new study, floating solar farms could help protect reservoirs and lakes from some of the adverse effects of climate change.

25 Mar 2021

Increased Plant Growth Driven by Higher CO2 Levels Takes a Steep Toll on Soil

The growth of plants is fueled by carbon dioxide (CO2) present in the atmosphere. With an increase in carbon levels, it is attractive to imagine supercharged plant growth and huge tree-planting campaigns reducing the CO2 generated by agriculture, fossil fuel burning, and other human activities.

25 Mar 2021