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‘Starting Gun Fired’ on Region’s Own Climate Change Strategy to Eradicate Emissions by 2050

The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, led by Mayor James Palmer, has today announced Baroness Brown of Cambridge as Chair of a new independent Climate Change Commission for the region, which will begin work this month.

4 Jun 2020

New Study Measures Amount of Burned Carbon Flushed Out by Rivers into Oceans

The extent to which rivers transport burned carbon to oceans - where it can be stored for tens of millennia - is revealed in new research led by the University of East Anglia (UEA).

4 Jun 2020

Reduced Ocean Carbon Sink is Related to Slow Growth Rate of Atmospheric CO2

Volcanic eruptions and human-caused changes to the atmosphere strongly influence the rate at which the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide, says a new study.

4 Jun 2020

Two-Component Bioelectrode Could Optimize Energy Production of Solar Cells

Protein complexes that take part in photosynthesis are prospective sources of renewable energy. But in technical applications, their efficiency is less than satisfactory. For instance, these proteins do not have the capability to convert green light into energy.

3 Jun 2020

Study Finds Key Indicators to Balance Green Energy Harvesting Against Storage

Power generation using solar or wind energy relies on the abundance of proper weather conditions. Thus, finding the ideal approach for storage is vital to the use of sustainable energy in the future.

3 Jun 2020

Study Aims to Quantify and Reduce Carbon Intensity of Agriculture

Farmers have enough worries - between bad weather, rising costs, and shifting market demands - without having to stress about the carbon footprint of their operations.

3 Jun 2020

Threats Due to Invasive Weed Species may Increase with Global Warming

Working with computer models to predict the likely impact of climate change on invasive weed propagation, Dr Farzin Shabani from Flinders University's Global Ecology Lab found a likely increase in areas of habitat suitability for the majority of invasive weed species in European countries, parts of the US and Australia, posing a great potential danger to global biodiversity.

3 Jun 2020

Study Predicts More Intense Droughts Due to Climate Change

An analysis of new climate model projections by Australian researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes shows southwestern Australia and parts of southern Australia will see longer and more intense droughts due to a lack of rainfall caused by climate change.

3 Jun 2020

Study Predicts Impact of Climate Change on Future Snowstorms

A new study led by Northern Illinois University scientists suggests American winters late this century could experience significant decreases in the frequency, intensity and size of snowstorms.

3 Jun 2020

Study Finds Solar Geoengineering Would Change Extratropical Storm Tracks

How can the world combat the continued rise in global temperatures? How about shading the Earth from a portion of the sun's heat by injecting the stratosphere with reflective aerosols?

3 Jun 2020

Nitrogen-Rich Fertilizer can be Produced by Recycling Human Waste

Researchers from Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan have proven it is possible to create nitrogen-rich fertilizer by combining the solid and liquid components of human waste.

3 Jun 2020

Ingeteam Reaches 50GW Installed Wind Capacity Milestone

Ingeteam, a global technology Group specialized in electric power conversion, has announced today that it commissioned 50 GW of electrical wind power conversion equipment to date, thanks to consistently strong sales of wind power converters and wind control cabinets.

From Ingeteam Power Technology S.A. Energy 3 Jun 2020