Cleantech News

RSS

Study Looks at CO2 Uptake, Acidification in Coastal Oceans of North America

One of the earth's biggest allies in the fight against global warming is the world's oceans. Since the industrial revolution, the burning of fossil fuels has caused carbon dioxide, the dominant greenhouse gas, to be released into the atmosphere.

2 Jun 2020

Study Tests how Human Factors Shape Economic Outcomes of Climate Geoengineering

Climate engineering provides solutions that directly affect the incoming radiation from the sun and are able to rapidly offset the temperature increase.

2 Jun 2020

Advanced Method to Estimate Fossil-Fuel CO2 Emissions Using Carbon-14

Researchers from NOAA and the University of Colorado have devised a breakthrough method for estimating national emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuels using ambient air samples and a well-known isotope of carbon that scientists have relied on for decades to date archaeological sites.

2 Jun 2020

A Made-In-Canada Clean Energy Solution Wins Multiple Awards for Innovation

Eavor Technologies Inc, an advanced closed-loop Geothermal energy solution based in Calgary, Alberta, has announced they are the winners of multiple international awards for their innovative technology.

From Eavor Technologies Inc. 2 Jun 2020

Risen Reaffirmed as India's Number 1 PV Supplier

Risen Energy Co., Ltd, a leading, Tier 1 manufacturer of high-performance solar photovoltaic products, was recently reaffirmed as maintaining its all-out, leading volume supplier of solar PV modules status for 2019, by the venerable Bridge to India's insight into the Indian renewable energy arena.

From Risen Energy Co., Ltd, 2 Jun 2020

New Sorbent Removes Hazardous Radionuclides from Industrial Water

Researchers at the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) and their collaborators from the Institute of Chemistry FEB RAS have developed a smart technology for producing a sorbent based on a “tungsten bronze” compound powder (Na2WO4).

1 Jun 2020

Exploring the Consequences of Rising Nitrogen Levels

A key atomic building block for all living organisms and one of the most abundant elements in the galaxy, nitrogen is an essential part of our ecosystem.

1 Jun 2020

Land Sector Plays Crucial Role in EU's Climate Change Mitigation

In 2014, EU leaders agreed that all sectors should contribute to the European 2030 emission reduction target, including the land use sector, which did not count towards the achievement of the previous climate change mitigation goals.

1 Jun 2020

Using Satellite and Census Data to Improve Climate Change Policy

Bangladesh is on track to lose all of its forestland in the next 35-40 years, leading to a rise in CO2 emissions and subsequent climate change, researchers said.

1 Jun 2020

Study Analyzes Climate-Driven Abrupt Shifts in Vegetation

According to a new study by researchers from the University of Exeter, climate change could lead to sudden changes in the amount of vegetation grown in various parts of Great Britain.

1 Jun 2020

Exploring New Ways to Make Nuclear Energy Cost-Competitive

Three MIT teams to explore novel ways to reduce operations and maintenance costs of advanced nuclear reactors.

29 May 2020

Research Project Seeks to Understand how Climate Change Affects Migration Patterns

The Hugo Observatory (University of Liège, Belgium) will coordinate the largest research project on climate change and migration to have ever been funded by the EC's Horizon 2020 programme.

29 May 2020

Balancing Economic and Sustainability Factors When Producing Biochemicals

If you make your bio-product 100% sustainable it may be way too expensive to produce.

29 May 2020

Survey Provides a Baseline Assessment of the State of Climate-Health Education

An international survey of Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education (GCCHE) membership found that the majority of members--health professions schools and programs, including medical, nursing, and public health--offer learning opportunities related to the health impacts of climate change, yet many also encountered challenges in instituting or developing curricula

29 May 2020

Population of New Zealand Blue Whales Linked to Ocean Conditions, Prey Availability

Oregon State University researchers who recently discovered a population of blue whales in New Zealand are learning more about the links between the whales, their prey and ocean conditions that are changing as the planet warms.

29 May 2020