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Corona Reinvents Sustainable Packaging by Launching Beer Pack Made Using Barley

Corona today launches a new, circular form of packaging for six-packs as part of its long-standing dedication to protecting the environment – harnessing surplus barley straw to create a truly sustainable paper packaging solution.

18 Mar 2021

Researchers Find How Genetically Diverse Marine Invertebrates Differ in Response to Ocean Warming

Certain brightly colored coral species dotting the seafloor may appear indistinguishable to many divers and snorkelers, but Florida State University researchers have found that these genetically diverse marine invertebrates vary in their response to ocean warming, a finding that has implications for the long-term health of coral reefs.

17 Mar 2021

First Urban Long-Term Ecosystem Research Site Established in the Midwest

The USDA Forest Service is part of a partnership that will establish the first urban long-term ecosystem research (LTER) site in the Midwest. Funded by a $7.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation, the Minneapolis-Saint Paul (MSP) Long-Term Ecological Research Program will focus on the dynamics of urban nature and the urban social system in the face of rapid environmental and social change.

17 Mar 2021

Advanced Generation of Diesel Technology Improves Air Quality, Lowers Greenhouse Gas Emissions

In comments submitted today to the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Hearing – "Ways to Strengthen Research and Development in Innovative Transportation Technologies with a Focus on Solutions that Decrease Emissions, Reduce Our Reliance on Foreign Supply Chains, and Increase Manufacturing in the United States” – the Diesel Technology Forum outlined the success of past investments in research in diesel engine efficiency and emissions that have created jobs, improved air quality and lowered greenhouse gas emissions.

17 Mar 2021

Are Lakes Releasing More Carbon Dioxide as the Planet Heats Up?

As the planet heats up, are lakes releasing more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere? With a prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grant, researcher Kevin Rose will examine large-scale patterns in concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) and dissolved oxygen to answer the question.

17 Mar 2021

Review Explores How Higher Temperatures Influence Plant Growth

Agricultural scientists who study climate change often focus on how increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide levels will affect crop yields. But rising temperatures are likely to complicate the picture, researchers report in a new review of the topic.

17 Mar 2021

Subsidies Could Encourage More People to Choose Sustainable Food Options

Subsidising low carbon emission meals could encourage more people to choose them, according to new research.

17 Mar 2021

Turning Grey to Green in Sydney's Urban Jungle

Under a new plan released today, the City of Sydney will plant 700 new street trees a year and aim to cover 40% of the city in greenery by 2050.

17 Mar 2021

AMDA energía Selects Ideematec to Supply Solar Tracking Systems for 100MW Agri-PV Project Portfolio

Ideematec Inc., the leading global supplier of solar tracking systems, today announced it was selected by project developer AMDA energía (AMDA) to provide customized solar tracking systems for a 100 megawa...

From IDEEMATEC Inc. 17 Mar 2021

Helsinki Energy Challenge: Four International Award Winners Announced

An international jury has selected four winners from the ten finalists in the Helsinki Energy Challenge. The four winning teams were announced during a virtual event introduced by the Mayor of Helsinki, Jan Vapaavuori, and will each take a share of the €1 million prize fund.

17 Mar 2021

Retail Meets Reforestation Zalando and Land Life Company Join Forces to Plant Over 300,000 Trees

Europe’s leading online fashion platform retailer Zalando and Land Life Company, a tech-driven reforestation company, have teamed up to plant over 300,000 trees to capture 80,000 tons of CO2. They have just completed their first tree planting together in Spain, as part of the collaboration.

From Land Life Company 17 Mar 2021

How Plastic Bags are being Recycled into Fabric to Fight Against Pollution

Fabrics of the future with self-cooling and water evaporating properties could be made from polyethylene?—?a material commonly found in plastic bags.

16 Mar 2021

Temperature Increase of up to 1.5 Degrees Predicted in Antarctic Peninsula by 2044

A new study demonstrates that climate change will cause the temperature in the Antarctic Peninsula to increase by 0.5°C to 1.5°C by 2044. The study involved an analysis of historic and predicted simulations from 19 global climate models.

16 Mar 2021

Study Pinpoints Oceans as Future Sources of Ozone-Depleting CFCs

The world's oceans are a vast repository for gases including ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs. They absorb these gases from the atmosphere and draw them down to the deep, where they can remain sequestered for centuries and more.

16 Mar 2021

Greenland Ice Sheet is More Sensitive to Climate Change than Previously Understood

In 1966, US Army scientists drilled down through nearly a mile of ice in northwestern Greenland--and pulled up a fifteen-foot-long tube of dirt from the bottom. Then this frozen sediment was lost in a freezer for decades. It was accidentally rediscovered in 2017.

16 Mar 2021