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Traditional Owners and Scientists Tackle Common Climate Challenge

In the largest meeting of its kind, Traditional Owners and scientists across Australia are meeting to empower and enhance First People’s-led response to climate change, as part of the National First People’s ...

25 Mar 2021

New Report Shows More than 69,000 Jobs and £60 Billion Private Investment in UK Offshore Wind by 2026

The Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) has today (March 25) published new research which shows that the number of people working in direct and indirect jobs in the UK’s world-leading offshore wind industry is set to rise significantly, from 26,000 currently to over 69,800 by 2026.

25 Mar 2021

Students Turn Peanut Waste into Packaging for Energy Ball Company

A student-led packaging design for an energy ball company using leftover peanut husks has won a global award for sustainable innovative packaging.

25 Mar 2021

Yanmar Conducts Field Demonstration Test for Maritime Hydrogen Fuel Cell System

Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd. and its subsidiary Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd. have conducted a field demonstration test for the maritime fuel cell system on March 24, in Oita, Japan.

25 Mar 2021

ClimatePartner and Start-Up Insurer Marshmallow Work Together to Offset Motor Customers' Carbon Footprint

Over 15,000 customers have signed up to a new scheme from insurance start-up, Marshmallow and carbon consultancy ClimatePartner, which enables them to offset the carbon emissions of their first 500 motoring miles.

25 Mar 2021

Changes in Marine Ecosystems Along the Antarctic Peninsula

Understanding the evolution of the polar sea ice is not enough to study the effects of the climate change on marine ecosystems in Antarctic seafloors. It is also necessary to determine the intensity of phytoplankton local production during the Antarctic summer, as stated in a new study by a research team of the Faculty of Biology and the Biodiversity Research Institute (IRBio) of the University of Barcelona, published in the journal Marine Environmental Research.

24 Mar 2021

International Team Will Leverage Advances in AI to Improve Climate Change Projections

A team of scientists, backed by a $10 million grant from Schmidt Futures, will work to enhance climate-change projections by improving climate simulations using artificial intelligence (AI).

24 Mar 2021

Study: Sea-Level Rise in 20th Century Along U.S. Atlantic Coast was the Fastest in 2,000 Years

The rate of sea-level rise in the 20th century along much of the U.S. Atlantic coast was the fastest in 2,000 years, and southern New Jersey had the fastest rates, according to a Rutgers-led study.

24 Mar 2021

Vast Soil Carbon Reservoir is Sensitive to Climate Change, Study Shows

The vast reservoir of carbon that is stored in soils probably is more sensitive to destabilization from climate change than has previously been assumed, according to a new study by researchers at WHOI and other institutions.

24 Mar 2021

Increased Precipitation in the European Alps During the Last Glacial Maximum

The last glacial period, which lasted about 100,000 years, reached its peak about 20,000 to 25,000 years ago: Huge ice sheets covered large parts of northern Europe, North America and northern Asia, some of them kilometres thick, and the sea level was about 125 metres below today's level.

24 Mar 2021

Edible Food Films Created for Packaging Food Products

An international group of scientists from India and Russia has created edible food films for packaging fruits, vegetables, poultry, meat, and seafood. Films consist of natural ingredients, they are safe for health and the environment. In addition, films are water-soluble and dissolve by almost 90% in 24 hours. Description of the research and results of experiments are published in the Journal of Food Engineering.

24 Mar 2021

Generation Duration can Predict Plant Species' Susceptibility to Climate Change

Plant species with short generation times are more sensitive to climate change than those with long generation times. This is one of the findings of a synthesis study by researchers from the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ).

24 Mar 2021

Coral-Eating Predators may Pay it Forward with Poop

Fish that dine on corals may pay it forward with poop. It's an unexpected twist on coral reef symbiosis, said Rice University marine biologist Adrienne Correa, whose lab discovered coral predator feces are jam-packed with living symbiotic algae that corals depend on for survival. The discovery confirms that poop from coral-eating fish is an important environmental source of symbiotic dinoflagellate algae on coral reefs.

24 Mar 2021

Study Illustrates Impact of Coronavirus on the Energy Sector

The partition present between the energy transition frontrunners and laggards is getting deeper due to the COVID-19 crisis.

24 Mar 2021

Controlling Mississippi River Causes Faster Carbon Transport to Sea

A geoscientist from Tulane University has co-authored a new study that demonstrates that human efforts to control the Mississippi River might have had an unexpected positive impact: more quick transport of carbon to the ocean.

24 Mar 2021