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Even Slight Changes in Oxygen Levels Can have Big Consequences for Tiny Marine Organisms

According to the findings of oceanographers at The University of Rhode Island, even slight levels of ocean oxygen loss, or deoxygenation, have significant impact on tiny marine organisms known as zooplankton.

20 Dec 2018

Researchers Create New Houseplant to Clean the Air in Homes

People like to maintain the air in their homes as clean as possible, and occasionally people use HEPA air filters to keep dust particles and offending allergens away.

20 Dec 2018

Improving Crop Production While Saving Water and Energy

PhD student Julia Sokol is helping develop drip irrigation technologies that allow farmers to save water and energy.

20 Dec 2018

Study Investigates Environmental Impacts of Disposable, Takeaway Food Containers

According to researchers, more must be done to deal with the growing environmental effect of takeaway food containers.

19 Dec 2018

Despite Significant Reduction, Ozone Levels Still Prevail in European Forests

Excessively high ozone levels still prevail in European forests. Even remote locations are known to have high ozone concentrations because precursors responsible for the formation of this pollutant are transported over long distances.

19 Dec 2018

Copper Shows Promise for Converting Carbon Dioxide into Sustainable Chemicals and Fuels

For many years, researchers have been looking for effective methods to remove excess emissions of carbon dioxide from the air and recycle them into products like renewable fuels.

18 Dec 2018

Utilizing Food Waste to Produce Sustainable and Economical Bioplastics

How is it possible to leverage the large amounts of food waste, such as orange peels from juice production, produced by the food industry? Pedro F. Souza Filho has tried to find out ways to use food waste and reuse it in his study for the production of new food, animal feed, and bioplastics.

18 Dec 2018

Changes in Agriculture Could Minimize Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The agricultural industry is the world’s largest source of non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions, and IIASA-led study has discovered that shifting agricultural practices and a change in diet away from meat and dairy products could lower the sector’s emissions by up to 50% by 2050 compared to a situation without mitigation attempts.

18 Dec 2018

France’s First Tidal Energy Plant Gets Smarter with QOS Energy’s Data Intelligence Platform

Sabella, a pioneering tidal and ocean stream turbine developer, has partnered with QOS Energy to improve the performance monitoring of its ground-breaking Ushant tidal energy project.

From SABELLA SAS 18 Dec 2018

Hawksbill Turtles are Critically Endangered Due to Effects of Climate Change

Hawksbill turtles are not the only marine turtles vulnerable by the destabilizing effects of climate change, but a new research from scientists at Florida State University reveals that this critically endangered species could be at higher risk.

17 Dec 2018

Applying Information Theory for the Quick Identification of Climate Record Anomalies

The history of Earth’s climate is penned on ice. Interpreting it is a matter of decoding the complex signals extracted from isotopes accumulated tens of thousands of years and frozen miles below the surface of Antarctica.

17 Dec 2018

Examining Performance of Predictive Models to Better Perceive the Local and Global Effects of Wind Farms

The Global Wind Energy Council reports that wind power is on track to supply nearly one-fifth of the global demand for electricity by 2050.

14 Dec 2018

Study Shows Organically Farmed Food Has Bigger Climate Impact than Conventionally Farmed Food

According to a new international study that involved Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, organically farmed food has a bigger impact on climate when compared to traditionally farmed food because the former process requires greater areas of land.

14 Dec 2018

Research Consortium Makes Efforts to Develop New Climate Model from Scratch

With a most certain change in climate together with the uncertainty that looms with respect to predicting how it will change, engineers and researchers from across the United States are working together to develop an innovative climate model designed to offer highly precise and actionable predictions.

14 Dec 2018

MIT "EnergyHack" Event Brings Together Students to Tackle Global Energy Problems

Students from around the world put themselves to the test at this year’s MIT EnergyHack, tackling sustainability issues facing the global energy industry.

14 Dec 2018