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Two Los Alamos Projects Receive DOE Funds to Deploy New Clean-Energy Technologies

Two Los Alamos National Laboratory projects are among technologies supported in today’s U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announcement of nearly $16 million in funding to help businesses move promising energy technologies from DOE’s National Laboratories to the marketplace.

23 Jun 2016

Researchers Hope to Reduce Pollutants Emanating from Soils in Florida Cattle Ranches

University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers hope to reduce possible pollutants emanating from soils in Florida cattle ranches by using a $710,000 federal grant to study soil microbes.

23 Jun 2016

New Study Results Highlight Role of Red Pigmented Snow Algae in Melting Arctic Glaciers

The role of red pigmented snow algae in melting Arctic glaciers has been strongly underestimated, suggests a study to be published in NATURE Communications on June 22.

23 Jun 2016

Despite Significant Arctic Warming, Alaska’s North Slope Shows Little Change in Long-Term Methane Emissions

Analysis of nearly three decades of air samples from Alaska's North Slope shows little change in long-term methane emissions despite significant Arctic warming over that time period, according to new research published in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union.

23 Jun 2016

Scientists Predict Adaptability of Animals to Climate Changes

Scientists at James Cook University (JCU) have discovered a method to anticipate whether or not a mammal can survive a drought. A team of scientists, headed by Dr Tasmin Rymer from JCU, have created a template consisting of a number of important aspects that can influence the adaptability of an animal to conditions of drought. Some of these deciding factors are the environment and the animal’s psychology.

22 Jun 2016

Increased Levels of CO2 Observed in the Southern Hemisphere

The atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) measured at Amsterdam Island, in the southern Indian Ocean, was found to exceed the symbolic value of 400 ppm1, or 0.04% in May this year.

22 Jun 2016

New Approach to Tackling Plastic Waste by Converting into Fuel

A collaborative team of researchers at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC) in China have formulated a novel method for recycling massive quantities of plastic waste into liquid fuel.

22 Jun 2016

PNNL Awarded $4.4 Million to Bring 12 Clean Energy Technologies Closer to Commercial Use

A dozen clean energy technologies that enable everything from lightweight, fuel-sipping cars to the expansion of renewable energy and cleaner fossil fuel use are getting a boost at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

22 Jun 2016

Soil Organic Matter Decline in Bavarian Alps Linked to Climate Warming

Alpine forests will be at great risk should weather phenomena such as droughts and torrential rain become more frequent. As a study by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) shows, the mountain forests of the Bavarian Alps have seen a significant reduction in topsoil organic matter over the past three decades.

22 Jun 2016

New Study Investigates Possibility of Replacing Nuclear Power with Wind Power in Sweden

The Swedish power supply is largely free of carbon emissions. Indeed, it is mainly based on a combination of hydroelectric and nuclear power combined with power exchange with neighbouring Scandinavian countries.

22 Jun 2016

Chesapeake Bay Could Contribute More Methane to Atmosphere than Expected

We all know by now that methane is bad for the environment. It’s one of those greenhouse gases that trap heat in the earth’s atmosphere and contribute to our warming climate. It’s regularly emitted during the production and transport of coal and oil, and sometimes even cows get the blame.

22 Jun 2016