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Study Shows How Deforestation Is Reshaping the Amazon Rainforest

Using laser scanning, researchers at the University of Helsinki have mapped out how the fragmentation of forests affects tree shape in the rainforests of Brazil.

15 Dec 2023

Oxylus Energy Hits Critical Commercialization Net-Zero Fuels Production Milestone

Oxylus Energy announced today that it has successfully passed key benchmark tests for the deployment and commercialization of its proprietary catalyst and electrolyzer technology in a 5 cm2 cell.

15 Dec 2023

Gentian Secures $1.6 Million Pre-Seed Investment to Scale AI Biodiversity Monitoring

Gentian, a tech startup specializing in biodiversity monitoring through AI, announced today that it has raised a total of USD $1.6 million in funding, an oversubscription of its first major fundraising effort.

From Gentian Limited 15 Dec 2023

Game Changing Hydrogen Cleantech Test Reduces Worst Carbon Emissions by 91%

An independent 18-month trial of Advanced Hydrogen Technologies (AHT) Group’s carbon capture device has reported significantly lower emissions from a fleet of Abels Moving Services’ diesel lorry exhausts.

15 Dec 2023

Octopus Energy Charges Up Italy’s Battery Storage Sector with New Joint Venture

Octopus Energy’s generation arm announces the launch of a new joint venture (JV) with Nexta Capital Partners to charge up Italy’s battery storage market, making the most of cheap, green energy when it’s sunny and windy.

14 Dec 2023

System for Efficiently Manufacturing Inexpensive Green Hydrogen

IIT and the spin-off Be Dimensional collaborated on a study that found a solution based on ruthenium particles and a solar-powered electrolytic system.

14 Dec 2023

Wildfires Lead to Rapid Changes in the Aquatic Ecosystems

In devasting cases dotting the globe in recent years, climate warming has led to an increase in the number and severity of destructive wildfires. Climate change projections indicate that environmental and economic damage from wildfires will spread and escalate in the years ahead.

14 Dec 2023

More Frequent, Intense Spring Heatwaves Drive Early Snowmelt in the Pacific Northwest

Even in the precipitation-heavy Pacific Northwest, more frequent heatwaves are threatening a key source of water supply.

14 Dec 2023

Unmasking the Carbon Cost of Beef Farming

Beef operations that keep cattle on lifelong grass-based diets may have an overall higher carbon footprint than those that switch cattle to grain-based diets partway through their lives.

14 Dec 2023

Climate-Friendly Sodium-Ion Batteries Offer a Sustainable Alternative for Energy Storage

The transition to a society without fossil fuels means that the need for batteries is increasing at a rapid pace. At the same time, the increase will mean a shortage of the metals lithium and cobalt,

14 Dec 2023

GM and Komatsu Collaborate on Hydrogen Fuel Cell-Powered Mining Truck

General Motors and Komatsu will co-develop a hydrogen fuel cell power module for Komatsu’s 930E electric drive mining truck, the world’s best-selling ultra-class haul truck.

14 Dec 2023

Flying Cars Are Starting To Soar–Here Are The Big Names

The distance between science fiction and reality narrowed a bit at the 2023 North American International Detroit Auto Show, where Alef Aeronautics debuted its Model A prototype.

14 Dec 2023

CompPair Secures Funding to Achieve Significant Milestones in its Growth

CompPair Technologies Ltd. is pleased to announce the closing of a funding round to strengthen company activities, foster growth within the composites industry and expand the team.

From CompPair Technologies Ltd. 14 Dec 2023

Harnessing Light for Eco-Friendly Carbon Monoxide Production

Under the direction of University Professor Geoffrey Ozin of the Department of Chemistry in the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Arts & Science, a group of advanced materials chemistry researchers has made a major advancement in the use of light to convert carbon and carbon dioxide (CO2) into carbon monoxide (CO).

13 Dec 2023

Carbon Emissions of Different Transportation Within a Unified Evaluation Framework

Third-largest contribution to carbon emissions worldwide is transportation. It is critical that nations everywhere take immediate action to address this situation.

13 Dec 2023