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Study Recreates Past to Understand Reaction of Arctic Wetlands to Climate Change in the Future

A recent study has used partly fossilized plants and single-celled organisms to explore the effects of climate change on the Canadian High Arctic wetlands and help foresee their future.

28 May 2019

Recent Survey Reveals Unexpected Melting Patterns Under Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf

The ROSETTA-Ice project, a multi-institutional data collection survey of Antarctic ice carried out for three years, has put together an unparalleled view of the Ross Ice Shelf, its structure, and how it has been transforming over time.

28 May 2019

Deforestation Affects Abundance, Biomass, Richness, and Diversity of Soil Fauna and Microbes

Presently, one of the greatest threats to tropical biodiversity conservation is the clearing and subsequent instability of Amazonian forests.

27 May 2019

British Fusion Energy Technology on Show at Key Climate Change Forum MI-4

First Light Fusion, the fusion energy company spun out from the University of Oxford, will be demonstrating the potential for British technology to tackle climate change in Vancouver next week.

From First Light Fusion Ltd 27 May 2019

Steam-Methane Reforming Offers a Green Method to Produce Hydrogen

According to scientists, the electrification of traditional fossil-fueled approaches to steam-methane reforming (SMR) offers a “greener” method for the industrial production of hydrogen.

24 May 2019

Researchers Uncover the Source of New CFC Emissions

Since 2013, annual emissions of a banned chlorofluorocarbon have increased by nearly 8,000 tons from eastern China, according to new research published in Nature by an international team of scientists from the United Kingdom, South Korea, Japan, the United States, Australia, and Switzerland.

24 May 2019

NIST Study on Gas vs. Electric Shows Fuel Choice Affects Efforts to Realize Low-Energy, Eco-friendly Homes

A standard query faced by people when choosing to make their home energy-efficient and green is, should one use gas or electric for the heating and cooling requirements? Gas is the more environmentally friendly option—at the moment—for an energy-efficient home located in Maryland.

24 May 2019

Rising Summer Air Temperatures Cause Rapid Terrain Changes in Canada’s High Arctic Polar Deserts

Owing to increases in summer air temperatures, quick variations in terrain are occurring in Canada’s high Arctic polar deserts.

23 May 2019

Researchers Produce Liquid Fuel from CO2 Through Artificial Photosynthesis

Chemists from the University of Illinois have been successful in producing fuels using carbon dioxide, water, and visible light by artificial photosynthesis.

23 May 2019

Researchers Receive California State Grant to Develop a Cost-Effective Approach to Mitigate Methane Emissions

Methane is a powerful potent greenhouse gas that is known to capture roughly 30 times more heat when compared to carbon dioxide.

23 May 2019

HZB Experts Explore Solar Hydrogen Production in Antarctica

The South Pole receives sunshine like the rest of the world—and in summer virtually around the clock. Rather than providing research stations in the Antarctic with crude oil for generating the electricity and heating they require, solar hydrogen could be made from sunlight in summer as a substitute.

23 May 2019

MIT Researchers Examine Factors that Influence Pavement’s Environmental Footprint

Although the nearly 21 million miles of paved roads around the globe appear static, their environmental footprints are anything but set.

23 May 2019

NatureWorks to Showcase NEW Ingeo 3D Printing Grade 3D450 at CHINAPLAS 2019

From coffee capsules to food serviceware and appliances to 3D printing, NatureWorks has been leading applications innovation for biomaterials since 1989. At CHINAPLAS 2019 and along with its customers and supply chain partners, NatureWorks will showcase new, innovative Ingeo-based applications across a spectrum of industries.

From NatureWorks 22 May 2019

Researchers Conduct the First Detailed Study of How Rural Communities Interact with Peatlands

A team of UK and Peruvian scientists have conducted the first comprehensive survey of how rural communities interact with peatlands in the Peruvian Amazon, a landscape that is one of the world’s largest stores of carbon.

22 May 2019

Researchers Design New Method for Removing Strontium from Wastewater Produced by Hydraulic Fracturing

Scientists from the University of Houston and the national laboratories across the United States discovered a new approach for removing toxins from water, as well as wastewater generated by hydraulic fracturing, to find a solution for a scientific problem.

22 May 2019