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Decarbonizing the Future of Transportation With Cleaner Engines and Fuels

Southwest Research Institute has initiated the newest chapter in the transportation industry's enduring commercial vehicle research consortium.

6 Feb 2024

Climate Scientists Propose Sixth Hurricane Classification for Intense Storms

For more than 50 years, the National Hurricane Center has used the Saffir-Simpson Windscale to communicate the risk of property damage; it labels a hurricane on a scale from Category 1 (wind speeds between 74 – 95 mph) to Category 5 (wind speeds of 158 mph or greater).

6 Feb 2024

Ammonia May Not Be the Answer for Sustainable Marine Transport, Study Shows

Switching to ammonia as a marine fuel, with the goal of decarbonisation, can instead create entirely new problems. This is shown in a study from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, where researchers carried out life cycle analyses for batteries and for three electrofuels including ammonia.

6 Feb 2024

Pacific Green to Develop one of Australia’s Largest Grid-Scale Battery Energy Parks

Pacific Green, a global leader in renewable energy solutions, is proposing to develop one of Australia’s largest grid-scale battery energy parks.

6 Feb 2024

New Tool Identifies Local Practices to Reduce Ammonia Pollution

A new computational framework developed in collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientist Jiafu Mao provides a detailed assessment of ammonia emissions from global croplands and identifies practices that could curb release of the gas.

5 Feb 2024

Daytime Heat Up: New Warming Pattern Could Disrupt Life on Earth

Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, in Sweden, have discovered a change in what scientists already knew about global warming dynamics.

5 Feb 2024

Permafrost Constrains and Shapes Arctic Rivers

New research from Dartmouth provides the first evidence that the Arctic's frozen soil is the dominant force shaping Earth's northernmost rivers.

5 Feb 2024

Unpacking the Psychology of Climate Change Denial

Do climate change deniers bend the facts to avoid having to modify their environmentally harmful behavior? Researchers from the University of Bonn and the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) ran an online experiment involving 4,000 US adults, and found no evidence to support this idea.

5 Feb 2024

How to Minimize Pet's Contribution to Water Pollution

Recent research discloses that handwashing in the weeks following spot-on flea and tick treatments is the primary source of pet pesticide pollution in rivers.

5 Feb 2024

Bifunctional Electrocatalyst Opens Door to Efficient Hydrogen Generation

Hydrogen is acknowledged as a promising clean energy source, majorly due to its high energy density and the absence of carbon emissions during utilization.

5 Feb 2024

New Tools to Safeguard Drylands in a Changing World

Various complex systems, ranging from microbial communities to mussel beds and drylands, exhibit remarkable self-organized clusters.

5 Feb 2024

Unveiling Energy Justice Gaps in the Global South

The shift toward a zero-carbon society in the Global South has the potential to drive sustainable development.

5 Feb 2024

Sustainability Restrictions Required for CO2 Removal

Rather than cutting emissions and phasing out fossil fuels more quickly, governments and companies are depending on the hazardous quantities of carbon dioxide (CO2) that will eventually be removed from the atmosphere in the future.

5 Feb 2024

2023 Ocean Heatwave: A Glimpse of 3°C Warmer Climate in the Future

Record-high ocean temperatures observed in 2023 could become the norm if the world moved into a climate that is 3.0 deg.C warmer than pre-industrial levels, according to a new study.

2 Feb 2024

Oxford Study Outlines Roadmap for Net Zero Plastics Economy

Researchers from the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Plastics, University of Oxford, have outlined ambitious targets to help deliver a sustainable and net zero plastic economy.

2 Feb 2024