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Researchers Predict Rising Temperatures to be Ominous Symptoms of Global Climate Change

The vast majority of Americans have experienced more favorable weather conditions over the past 40 years, researchers from New York University and Duke University have found. The trend is projected to reverse over the course of the coming century, but that shift may come too late to spur demands for policy responses to address climate change.

21 Apr 2016

New Battery Energy Storage Project Could be Used to Power Railways

Engineers have received £1.5million in funding for a new battery energy storage project that could mean more efficient and cheaper trains.

21 Apr 2016

New Study Enlightens Impacts of Shoreline Armoring on Salish Sea Ecosystem

Bulkheads and seawalls along the shores of Puget Sound help ease erosion and stabilize bluffs to protect waterfront properties.

20 Apr 2016

Researchers Propose New Model for Recycling Lithium-Ion Batteries into Solar Power Systems

Despite their hefty price tag, smartphones have an average consumer lifetime of about three years. The lithium ion batteries that power them, however, can last for about five years -- meaning that just about every discarded smartphone generates e-waste and squanders the battery’s twilight years.

20 Apr 2016

Dr Kate Hendry Joins EU-Funded Project to Study Deep-Sea Sponge Ecosystems of North Atlantic

Dr Kate Hendry, Royal Society Research Fellow in the School of Earth Sciences, has joined an EU-funded project to examine the ecology and diversity of deep-sea sponge ecosystems in the North Atlantic.

20 Apr 2016

Repercussions of Climate Change on Vermont’s Snowmobile Industry Could be Significant

Declining snowfall in Vermont, a likely byproduct of a warming climate, is sure to negatively affect the state’s $600 million snowmobile industry. New research provides a sobering look at just how much.

20 Apr 2016

Ocean Biodiversity More Resilient to Climate Change than Expected

The billions of single-celled marine organisms known as phytoplankton can drift from one region of the world's oceans to almost any other place on the globe in less than a decade, Princeton University researchers have found.

20 Apr 2016

Researchers Develop New Kind of Microbial Fuel Cell to Generate Electricity from Urine

Researchers at the University of Bath have developed an innovative miniature fuel cell that can generate electricity from urine, creating an affordable, renewable and carbon-neutral way of generating power.

19 Apr 2016

More CO2 in Air Could Mitigate Projected Damage to Crops Caused by Climate Change

Many scientists fear that global warming will hit staple food crops hard, with heat stress, extreme weather events and water shortages. On the other hand, higher levels of carbon dioxide--the main cause of ongoing warming--is known to boost many plants' productivity, and reduce their use of water.

19 Apr 2016

New Study Proposes Novel Mechanism for Arctic Ocean Acidification

When organic material from thawing permafrost is transported to the sea and breaks down in the seawater it contributes to a more rapid acidification of the Arctic Ocean, finds new research by scientists from Stockholm University and colleagues.

19 Apr 2016

Better Stress Withstanding Trees More Resistant to Drought

Massive tree die-offs due to drought have ravaged forests across the American West and left ecologists struggling to predict how and when tree deaths will happen, and how rising temperatures due to climate change might affect the health of forests.

19 Apr 2016

ABB and Solar Impulse Prove Renewables are Reliable Power Source

By flying halfway around the world on solar power alone, Solar Impulse has already proven that it is possible to produce a stable, 24/7 electricity supply using only renewable energy. On the ground, ABB, a world leader in power and microgrid technologies, is helping remote communities and islands like Hawaii to meet and sustain their own energy needs by incorporating renewable and clean energy technologies into the power grid.

18 Apr 2016

Dartmouth Researchers Explore Impact of Clear-Cutting on Climate Change

Clear-cutting loosens up carbon stored in forest soils, increasing the chances it will return to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide and contribute to climate change, a Dartmouth College study shows.

18 Apr 2016

Scientists Explain Inefficiency of Zinc-Oxide Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Specialized systems of materials, like those comprising of inorganic and organic thin films, are required to convert solar energy into solar fuels or electricity. Processes taking place at the junction of these thin films play a vital role in transforming the solar energy.

18 Apr 2016

RNRG Announces Installation of TurbinePhD Condition Monitoring Systems at Grant County Wind Farm

RNRG has announced today that the site-wide installation of its “TurbinePhD” condition monitoring systems has been completed at the 21 MW Grant County Wind Farm in Minnesota, USA.

15 Apr 2016