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DePoly Develops New Method for Recycling PET

A chemical-based method for recycling PET containers has been developed by DePoly, a startup based at EPFL’s Valais-Wallis campus.

19 Jul 2019

Climate Change and Rising CO2 Could Reduce Vital Nutrients Availability in Food

The production of foods that supply sufficient calories while making adequate essential nutrients extensively available is one of the biggest challenges to reducing hunger and undernutrition worldwide.

19 Jul 2019

Researchers Estimate Plastic Pollution in Switzerland

The environment is flooded with plastic, which is not a good sign. Now, for the first time, the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) has directed Empa researchers to estimate the amount of plastic that enters into the environment.

18 Jul 2019

Newly Developed Method Recovers Nitrogen from Wastewater

A new technique for recovering nitrogen from wastewater has been devised by two EPFL Master’s in Environmental Engineering students.

18 Jul 2019

PSU Study Shows Transition to Renewable Energy Could Increase Energy Poverty

Efforts to move away from fossil fuels and swap coal and oil with renewable energy sources can help lower carbon emissions.

18 Jul 2019

Efforts to Lower Indoor Air Pollution in India

Globally, over three billion people, which is about half the world's population, cook their food using solid fuels like charcoal and firewood on traditional stoves or open fires.

18 Jul 2019

Climate Change Amplifies Heatwave Intensity in the Southwest United States

New research conducted by a scientist from the University of Arkansas reports that climate change is increasing the intensity and possibility of heatwaves during adverse droughts in the southern plains and the southwest United States.

18 Jul 2019

Understanding Climate Change through Model Development

According to Dr Qing BAO, a researcher and corresponding author of a newly published study, numerical models are an important tool for climate researchers to get a better understanding of the past, present, and future climate change emerging in response to changes or from natural, unforced variability.

18 Jul 2019

Increased AC use in Europe Causes More Greenhouse Gas Emissions

According to new research reported in Environmental Science and Policy, in the absence of sufficient and focused policies, several households will depend on air conditioners to adjust to climate change, thereby producing increased greenhouse gas emissions.

18 Jul 2019

Researchers Document Sea-Level Changes in the Arctic over Last Two Decades

In the last 22 years, sea levels in the Arctic have increased by an average of 2.2 mm every year, concluded a Danish-German research group after assessing 1.5 billion radar measurements of different satellites using uniquely designed algorithms.

18 Jul 2019

Assessing Reported Studies to Advance Global Private Land Conservation

One of the most well-known problems across the world is biodiversity loss, which also influences human welfare.

18 Jul 2019

Stable Battery for Exploiting Geothermal Energy in a Sustainable Way

Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology and Sanoh Industrial created a very stable battery cell with the potential to directly turn heat into electricity, thus ultimately offering a method for making use of geothermal energy in a sustainable manner.

18 Jul 2019