A new way of removing carbon dioxide from a stream of air could provide a significant tool in the battle against climate change. The new system can work on the gas at virtually any concentration level, even down to the roughly 400 parts per million currently found in the atmosphere.
Researchers have found out the reason for the decline in the number of some British butterflies and moths, like Silver-studded Blue and High Brown Fritillary butterflies, due to climate change.
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An inspirational green energy solution could soon be in production as international researchers have developed a new generation of solar cells that can mimic photosynthe...
By David J. Cross
24 Oct 2019
Textile dyeing has a significant negative effect on the environment. A study at the University of Borås has currently yielded a new method to degenerate the dyes and remove contaminants from the wastewater.
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66 million years ago life on Earth was devastated by a cataclysmic mass-extinction event after an asteroid some 6 miles wide smashed into the planet’s surface. The ...
By David J. Cross
23 Oct 2019
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El Niño is a climate cycle considered to be one of the most important climatic phenomena on Earth due to its influence on global temperatures and precipitation.
The ...
By David J. Cross
23 Oct 2019
An extensively-used gas that is presently made from fossil fuels can instead be made using an “artificial leaf” that utilizes only sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide, and which could ultimately be used to create a sustainable liquid fuel substitute for petrol.
50% Expansion for Renewable Energy Over the Next Five Years
By David J. Cross
21 Oct 2019
Australia’s major gas, coal and oil producing companies which are contributing to climate harms have a moral responsibility to rapidly phase out their operations and retire their assets, a UNSW report says.
Royal DSM, a global science-based company active in nutrition, health and sustainable living, today announces at the K-Show that its engineering plastics business will offer a full alternative range of its existing portfolio based on bio- and/or recycled-based materials by 2030.
Researchers from the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) studied a material capable of splitting water molecules (H2O) to generate dihydrogen (H2) in the presence of sunlight.
Plastics recycling, the circular economy and successful examples of closed plastics cycles are the focus of attention at EREMA's Circonomic Centre, which opened in outdoor area FG 09.1.
With the constant increase in global temperatures, there seems to be a rapid melting of permafrost in the Arctic regions. Mercury trapped in the frozen ground is currently entering into the surrounding water bodies, air, and soil in different forms.
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Throughout the ongoing discourse regarding climate change and the climate crisis it is agreed that the arctic is the region on Earth most at risk and currently f...
By David J. Cross
17 Oct 2019
Interreg France (Channel) England Programme has approved the biggest ever Interreg project that will prove to be game-changing for the European tidal stream energy sector.