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Weathering of Rocks Due to Early Non-Vascular Plants Holds Secret to Ordovician Glaciations

During the Ordovician period, the concentration of CO2 in the earth's atmosphere was about eight times higher than today. It has been hard to explain why the climate cooled and why the Ordovician glaciations took place.

8 Jul 2016

Countries with Large Carbon Sinks Tend to be Main Destination for Major Climate Mitigation Funding

New research has found that developing countries with large carbon sinks and good governance tend to be the main destination for major green donors' climate mitigation funding.

8 Jul 2016

Researchers Link Mortality Data to Record-Breaking Temperatures Across Europe

Combining climate and mortality data, researchers have estimated that 315 deaths in Greater London and 735 deaths in Central Paris can be strongly linked to the 2003 heatwave that set record-breaking temperatures across Europe.

8 Jul 2016

NTU Researchers Invent New Nanofilter for Efficient Wastewater Treatment

A team of researchers from at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore have developed a new nanofilter capable of reducing the energy required to treat wastewater. The amount of energy is reduced up to five times the normal quantity required for the treatment.

8 Jul 2016

Propel Fuels’ Low-Carbon Diesel Improves Air Quality, Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Carlsbad

In partnership with California's leading low-carbon fuel brand Propel Fuels, the City of Carlsbad is now fueling with the nation's cleanest and most advanced renewable diesel: Propel Diesel HPR (High Performance Renewable).

8 Jul 2016

JAMR’s Non-Grid-Connected Wind Power Seawater Desalination System Receives BlueSky Award

The non-grid-connected wind power seawater desalination system developed by the Jiangsu Academy of Macroeconomic Research, in partnership with Jiangsu Fengsheng Seawater Desalination Technology, was announced as a winner at the sixth BlueSky Award ceremony, which was held from June 17th to 18th during the Shenzhen International Low Carbon City Forum.

7 Jul 2016

Researchers Study Response of Amazonian Rainforests to Increasingly Variable Climate

A recent drought completely shut down the Amazon Basin's carbon sink, by killing trees and slowing their growth, a ground-breaking study led by researchers at the Universities of Exeter and Leeds has found.

7 Jul 2016

Native Australian Artwork Featured on Hornsdale Wind Tower

The Hornsdale project, developed by Neoen and Siemens and referring to the new wind farm developed in South Australia, was given immense recognition and significance in an ‘energisation ceremony’.

7 Jul 2016

Study on Placing Data Centers in Residential Buildings for Heating Purposes

Karim Ziadé, as part of his Bachelor’s summer project, examined the possibility of placing data centers into housing constructions for heating purposes.

5 Jul 2016

SENperc PV awarded at SNEC Show 2016

SENTECH presented the new, innovative SENperc PV – a metrology tool for quality control in PERC solar cell manufacturing. Al2O3/SiNx layer stacks and single films for passivation of PERC solar cells are measured. The SENperc PV was introduced for the first time in China.

5 Jul 2016

Valorem Chooses RNRG to Support Wind Resource Assessment Activities In Africa

Renewable NRG Systems (RNRG), a designer and manufacturer of decision support tools for the global renewable energy industry, announced today that it has supplied complete resource assessment packages to French developer VALOREM to support their renewable energy project development activities in Africa. VALOREM is currently building a pipeline of five wind and solar farms at various development stages, totaling around 100 MW spread across various North African countries. The French company is also positioned as a service provider in Sub-Saharan Africa.

5 Jul 2016

Full Solar Power Vehicles Launched by Hanergy

Hanergy Holding Group, a globally renowned thin-film solar power company, recently launched four new vehicles that run completely on solar power. The full solar power vehicles were launched in a huge, themed-event "Disruptive Innovations Drive the Future" which took place on 2nd July in Beijing, outside the company’s headquarters. More than 4000 guests from various sectors of the society were present at the ceremony.

4 Jul 2016

EPFL Researchers Develop Computer Model to Evaluate Impact of Injecting CO2 Underground

Sequestering carbon dioxide underground is likely to play a key role in meeting reduction targets set at the IPCC conference in Paris last year. Researchers at EPFL have developed a simulation tool to evaluate the impact of the injection process on the host rock.

4 Jul 2016

Scientists Identify First Fingerprints of Healing in Antarctic Ozone Layer

Scientists at MIT and elsewhere have identified the “first fingerprints of healing” of the Antarctic ozone layer, published today in the journal Science.

1 Jul 2016

Climate Change Affects Growth Patterns of Male and Female Plants

Different responses to climate change by females and males of the same plant species could have long-lasting consequences not only for the plant but also for organisms that depend on it, according to Rice University ecologist Tom Miller.

1 Jul 2016