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Reductions in Air Pollutants Without Greenhouse Gas Cuts Could Increase Global Warming

As countries around the world race to mitigate global warming by limiting carbon dioxide emissions, an unlikely source could be making climate goals harder to achieve without even deeper cuts in greenhouse gas production: reductions in air pollution.

11 Mar 2021

Slowdown in Global Warming Brought Down Malaria Transmission in Ethiopia

A new study reports that the deceleration in global warming observed toward the end of the past century was due to a fall in malaria transmission in the Ethiopian highlands.

11 Mar 2021

Big Hydrogen Production Plans of Proton Technologies

Proton Technologies began separating hydrogen again in late February at their project in Saskatchewan, Canada.

From Proton Technologies Canada Inc. 11 Mar 2021

The Big Issue Co-Launches Fund for People to Invest in Solving Climate Change

The Big Issue Group (TBIG), in partnership with Aberdeen Standard Investments, has launched a new fund offering people the chance to invest in solving climate change.

11 Mar 2021

Orange Signs a Major Green Power Purchase Agreement with Total, Which Will Develop 80 MW of Solar Farms in France to Honor it

Orange signed a Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (CPPA)with Total, through its subsidiary Total Quadran – one of the leaders in renewable energies in France. Total will supply Orange with 100 GWh a year of renewable electricity over a period of 20 years. This agreement will thus enable the development, by 2024, of a dozen new solar power plants spread throughout metropolitan France, with a cumulative capacity of 80 MW.

11 Mar 2021

Bins Bulge as Lockdown Trends Compound Outdated Recycling System

New research has revealed a recycling crisis in the UK with households simply running out of room in their bins and unable to recycle properly.

11 Mar 2021

Targray Launches Vegetable Oils Trading Desk in Geneva

Targray has announced the official launch of its international vegetable oils trading desk in Geneva, Switzerland. Part of a broader investment plan to meet growing global demand for sustainable agricultural commodities, the new trading desk will leverage Targray’s efficient supply chain and in-house expertise to unlock value for wholesale suppliers and consumers of edible oils in markets throughout Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.

From Targray 10 Mar 2021

Study Shows Climate Change-Related Population Declines in Tropical Birds

The mountain forests of Tanzania are more than 9,300 miles away from Salt Lake City, Utah. But, as in eastern Africa, the wild places of Utah depend on a diversity of birds to spread seeds, eat pests and clean up carrion. Birds keep ecosystems healthy. So if birds in Tanzania are in trouble in a warming climate, as found in a recent study by University of Utah researchers, people in Utah as well as in the African tropics should pay attention.

10 Mar 2021

Study Underscores a Close Connection Between Climate and Disease

The slowdown in global warming that was observed at the end of last century was reflected by a decrease in malaria transmission in the Ethiopian highlands, according to a study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), an institution supported by "la Caixa" Foundation, and the University of Chicago. The results, published in Nature Communications, underscore the close connection between climate and health.

10 Mar 2021

Scientists Design a Curved Barrier to Protect People from Air Pollution

A unique curved barrier has been designed by researchers at Imperial College London, who publish new findings in the peer-reviewed journal Cities & Health on how the structure can protect people from the damaging effects of air pollution.

10 Mar 2021

Biobased-Polymer Membrane is Suitable for Oil Spill Remediation

Polymer researchers from the University of Groningen and the NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, both located in the Netherlands, have designed a new polymer membrane from biobased malic acid.

10 Mar 2021

Genomes in Wild Plant Species may Help Peaches Adapt to Climate Change

A team of researchers, headed by Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI), has identified genes that allow peaches and their wild relatives to withstand stressful conditions—a discovery that can help domesticated peaches acclimatize to climate change.

10 Mar 2021

Valmet Introduces Its Climate Program – Forward to a Carbon Neutral Future

Valmet introduces its climate program – Forward to a carbon neutral future – in the company’s Capital Markets Day on March 10, 2021. The program continues Valmet’s comprehensive work for sustainability.

From Valmet 10 Mar 2021

Cleaner Mileage on Manure – First Milk Truck Fills Up with Vuorenmaa Dairy Farm’s Own Biogas

Reducing HGV traffic emissions is an important part of Finland’s 2035 carbon-neutrality target. One of its solutions can be found in cow manure: it can be made into biogas that can, in the future, replace fossil diesel fuel, which is what HGVs in Finland currently run on. The Vuorenmaa dairy farm has written a new page for the history books, as Finland’s first manure-powered milk truck filled up with the farm’s own renewable biogas.

10 Mar 2021

Eco-Friendly Splints Developed for Hospitals Make Their Debut in Sports

Woodcast is a lightweight biodegradable material made from wood and biopolymers, originally developed to replace the plaster casts traditionally used in hospitals. The material, invented by the Finnish high-tech company Onbone, proved to be so versatile that it is now used in a wide array of usage areas, one of them being sports.

9 Mar 2021