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Policy Strategies to Mitigate Climate Change by Reducing Global Methane Emissions

In the climate debate, the methane gas merits considerable attention as it contributes approximately half of the human-induced global warming in the short-term.

2 Mar 2020

Bringing the Green Revolution to Electronics

Researchers are investigating how to make electronic components from eco-friendly, biodegradable materials to help address a growing public health and environmental problem: around 50 million tonnes of electronic waste are produced every year.

29 Feb 2020

Breakthrough: Thin-Film Solar Cells Generate as Much Energy as Traditional Solar Cells for the First Time

Scientists from Hasselt University, imec, VITO and international partners within the PERCISTAND consortium have become the first to achieve an energy efficiency of 25 percent with a thin-film solar cell.

29 Feb 2020

Scientists Examine the Effect of Palm-Oil Biodiesel on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Despite the rising controversy over the sustainability of vegetable oil biofuels, these products are increasingly being utilized as a substitute for fossil fuels.

28 Feb 2020

Experts Outline Steps to Achieve Global Carbon Neutrality in the Future

How can the world cut its greenhouse gas emissions in time to avert the most catastrophic impacts of global climate change? It won't be easy, but there are reasons to be optimistic that the problems can still be solved if the right kind of significant actions are taken within the next few years, according to panelists at the latest MIT symposium on climate change.

28 Feb 2020

New, Efficient Way to Generate Hydrogen from Organic Waste Solution

In the current scenario of pollution, climate change, and diminishing resources, hydrogen is one fuel that could dramatically change the course in the energy sector.

27 Feb 2020

Novel Method Improves Production of Chemicals from Biomass

A team of researchers, which included doctoral student FUJIWARA Ryosuke, Associate Professor TANAKA Tsutomu (both from the Graduate School of Engineering of Kobe University) and Research Scientist NODA Shuhei (from RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science), has successfully improved the production of target chemicals from biomass.

26 Feb 2020

Study Examines Effect of Climate Change on Tibetan Plateau’s Seeds

Seeds provide a degree of resilience to the adverse impacts of climate change in ecosystems worldwide.

26 Feb 2020

Scientists Develop Enzyme Produced from Agricultural Waste for Use as Laundry Detergent

An international team of researchers has developed an enzyme produced from agricultural waste that could be used as an important additive in laundry detergents.

26 Feb 2020

Termite Mounds Map Path to Low Emissions Future

Hidden metal deposits needed to transition the world to low emission technologies can be discovered using metallic blue crusts in soils and on termite mounds as signposts, according to new research from Australia's national science agency, CSIRO.

26 Feb 2020

New Book Detailing the UK’s Nuclear History Provides Essential Background for the Future of Nuclear Civil Infrastructure

The British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (BINDT) recently published ‘Golden Egg or Poisoned Chalice?: The Story of Nuclear Power in the UK’, by Tony Wooldridge and Stephen Druce.

25 Feb 2020

A Heat Wave in Antarctica Has Melted 20% of an Island’s Snow in 9 Days

After Antarctic temperatures recently hit record highs twice in the space of one week, it has been revealed this heat wave melted around 20% of the snow of one of its islands, as illustrated by new NASA Earth Observatory images.

By David J. Cross 25 Feb 2020

Understanding Flow is the Key to River Health

In a dry country such as Australia, accurate understanding of streamflow generation processes in intermittent rivers is crucial to understand the health of our troubled river system, according to Flinders University Hydrology researcher Dr Margaret Shanafield.

25 Feb 2020

Conservation Efforts Should be Increased to Preserve Marine Biodiversity

As part of an international study led by The University of Queensland, it has been found that nearly 26% of Earth’s oceans require immediate conservation attention to preserve the marine biodiversity of the planet.

24 Feb 2020