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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

New Synthesis of Refugia Science Developments in the Climate Change Context

The idea of preserving climate change refugia—regions pretty much buffered from existing climate change for sheltering valuable ecosystems, wildlife, and other natural resources—is only around 10 years old.

2 Jun 2020

Finding Ways to Control Microbiome of Cattle to Curb Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have learned to control the microbiome of cattle for the first time which could inhibit their methane production, and therefore reduce a major source of greenhouse gasses.

2 Jun 2020

Climate Change Could Have Serious, Irreversible Impacts on Glass Sponge Reefs

Warming ocean temperatures and acidification drastically reduce the skeletal strength and filter-feeding capacity of glass sponges, according to new UBC research.

2 Jun 2020

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