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Making Activated Carbon from Sewage Sludge

The solid material that remains after treating wastewater is called sewage sludge.

8 Feb 2024

Study Provides Insights Into Complex Role of Forests in the Climate System and Water Cycle

Forests, which cover a third of Earth's land surface, are pivotal in carbon storage and the water cycle, though the full scope of their impact remains to be fully understood.

8 Feb 2024

Companies Need Clearer Path to Tackle Climate Change

Despite efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change, companies are not set up for success, due to conflicting national and sectorial targets and differing availability of abatement options, a new study reveals.

8 Feb 2024

Poland to End Coal Dependency in Strategic Energy Policy Shift

In an unprecedented move signaling a major shift in energy strategy, Poland is charting a course toward ending its reliance on coal-powered energy. This decision represents a pivotal change in Poland's climate change approach and opens up new avenues for commercial industries through adopting greener energy sources.

8 Feb 2024

The Elusive Barrier Hindering CO2 Waste Conversion Efforts

Consider it nanoscale recycling, an enticing electrochemical method that can sequester carbon before it becomes air pollution and repurpose it into the constituents of consumer goods.

8 Feb 2024

New Initiative Boosts Economic Growth in the Great Lakes

Argonne's established proficiency in water research and development, technology commercialization, and workforce development will drive economic growth and access up to $160 million from the National Science Foundation over a decade.

8 Feb 2024

European Can Recycling Programme Expands to the United States

Every Can Counts, the leading awareness programme for drink can recycling, has announced the launch of its United States chapter, a significant addition that follows closely after its expansion into the United Arab Emirates during COP28 in Dubai.

7 Feb 2024

Decarbonizing the Future of Transportation With Cleaner Engines and Fuels

Southwest Research Institute has initiated the newest chapter in the transportation industry's enduring commercial vehicle research consortium.

6 Feb 2024

Climate Scientists Propose Sixth Hurricane Classification for Intense Storms

For more than 50 years, the National Hurricane Center has used the Saffir-Simpson Windscale to communicate the risk of property damage; it labels a hurricane on a scale from Category 1 (wind speeds between 74 – 95 mph) to Category 5 (wind speeds of 158 mph or greater).

6 Feb 2024

Ammonia May Not Be the Answer for Sustainable Marine Transport, Study Shows

Switching to ammonia as a marine fuel, with the goal of decarbonisation, can instead create entirely new problems. This is shown in a study from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, where researchers carried out life cycle analyses for batteries and for three electrofuels including ammonia.

6 Feb 2024

Pacific Green to Develop one of Australia’s Largest Grid-Scale Battery Energy Parks

Pacific Green, a global leader in renewable energy solutions, is proposing to develop one of Australia’s largest grid-scale battery energy parks.

6 Feb 2024

New Tool Identifies Local Practices to Reduce Ammonia Pollution

A new computational framework developed in collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientist Jiafu Mao provides a detailed assessment of ammonia emissions from global croplands and identifies practices that could curb release of the gas.

5 Feb 2024

Daytime Heat Up: New Warming Pattern Could Disrupt Life on Earth

Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, in Sweden, have discovered a change in what scientists already knew about global warming dynamics.

5 Feb 2024

Permafrost Constrains and Shapes Arctic Rivers

New research from Dartmouth provides the first evidence that the Arctic's frozen soil is the dominant force shaping Earth's northernmost rivers.

5 Feb 2024

Unpacking the Psychology of Climate Change Denial

Do climate change deniers bend the facts to avoid having to modify their environmentally harmful behavior? Researchers from the University of Bonn and the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) ran an online experiment involving 4,000 US adults, and found no evidence to support this idea.

5 Feb 2024