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Agricultural Conservation Management Fails to Protect Rarest Butterfly Species

Conservation management around the margins of agriculture fail to protect butterfly species at greatest risk from the intensification of farming, a new study says.

24 Jun 2020

How to Make Copper Mines Emission Free

The Zero Emission Copper Mine of the Future by University of Sydney’s Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering sets out how Australian copper mining can become emission free over the next 30 years through the use of emerging technologies.

23 Jun 2020

Industry Giants Back ORE Catapult’s Floating Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence

Ten of the world’s leading offshore energy organisations have joined the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s national Floating Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence (FOWCoE) to drive forward the development of next-generation offshore wind technologies.

23 Jun 2020

Winners of Top 50 Women in Engineering: Sustainability Revealed

The Women’s Engineering Society (WES) is delighted to announce the winners of the Top 50 Women in Engineering: Sustainability awards. Now in its fifth year, the 2020 WE50 celebrates women who have made a significant contribution within sustainability.

23 Jun 2020

Controlled Thermal Resources Welcomes $US 4.46m Support from the California Energy Commission

The California Energy Commission (“CEC”) furthered its commitment to support geothermal renewable energy development and the state’s emerging lithium industry by awarding Controlled Thermal Resources’ (“CTR”) Hell’s Kitchen Geothermal LLC, two grants totalling $US 4.46 million.

From Controlled Thermal Resources 23 Jun 2020

New Way to Tackle Biofilms Using Cleaning Agents Derived from Microbes

Lurking inside pipes and on the surfaces of indwelling medical devices, slimy layers of bacteria, called biofilms, cause problems ranging from largescale product contamination to potentially fatal chronic infections.

23 Jun 2020

Constantly Fluctuating Environment can Enable Some Species to Invade New Areas

University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists have found that a constantly fluctuating environment can enable some species to invade new areas by helping them maintain the genetic diversity they need to settle into their new homes.

23 Jun 2020

Study Analyzes Challenges of Climate Protection Policy During Current Crisis

With their ad-hoc-statement published today, "Energy transition 2030: Europe's path to carbon neutrality", the academies present a compact series of recommendations in light of the German EU Council Presidency starting on 1 July.

23 Jun 2020

Southern Ocean Sea Ice Could be Vital Resource to Improve Earth System Models

Sea ice across the Southern Ocean played a crucial role in controlling atmospheric carbon dioxide levels during times of past climate change - and it could provide a critical resource to improve Earth system models, a new study shows.

23 Jun 2020

Natural Climate Solutions are Not Enough to Meet Climate Mitigation Goals

The large-scale planting of new forests in previously tree-free areas, a practice known as afforestation, is hailed as an efficient way to remove excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere - a so-called natural climate solution.

23 Jun 2020

Global Trillion Trees Campaign Could Lead to More Biodiversity Loss

Campaigns to plant huge numbers of trees could backfire, according to a new study that is the first to rigorously analyze the potential effects of subsidies in such schemes.

23 Jun 2020

Study Offers Evidence for Accumulation of Nanoplastics in Plants

As concern grows among environmentalists and consumers about micro- and nanoplastics in the oceans and in seafood, they are increasingly studied in marine environments, say Baoshan Xing at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and colleagues in China.

23 Jun 2020