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Series of Aerofoil-Shaped Panels Could Help Avoid Pollution Caused by Departing Aircrafts

A series of aerofoil-shaped panels downwind of an airport runway could break up the plumes of exhaust gases from departing aircraft, preventing those gases from staying near the ground and so dispersing them more quickly.

4 Feb 2016

Controlling Energy Transfer between Electrons and Bismuth Crystal Lattice to Harness Electricity

At the atomic level, bismuth displays a number of quirky physical phenomena. A new study reveals a novel mechanism for controlling the energy transfer between electrons and the bismuth crystal lattice.

4 Feb 2016

Algae Raceway Test Facility Solves Demand for Clean Energy

In a twist of geometry, an oval can make a line. The new algae raceway testing facility at Sandia National Laboratories may be oval in shape, but it paves a direct path between laboratory research and solving the demand for clean energy.

4 Feb 2016

New Study Shows Impact of Burning Fossil Fuels on the World’s Oceans

A University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science-led study shows that the North Atlantic absorbed 50 percent more man-made carbon dioxide over the last decade, compared to the previous decade. The findings show the impact that the burning of fossil fuels have had on the world’s oceans in just 10 years.

3 Feb 2016

Greenland's Melting Ice Sheet Large Amounts of Phosphorus Every Year

Not only is Greenland's melting ice sheet adding huge amounts of water to the oceans, it could also be unleashing 400,000 metric tons of phosphorus every year – as much as the mighty Mississippi River releases into the Gulf of Mexico, according to a new study.

3 Feb 2016

Researchers Highlight Role of Human Activities that Cause Severe Drought

A group of key water researchers from 13 organisations in eight countries, including the University of Bristol and Cabot Institute, is calling for a revision of how the world should study and tackle drought. The researchers propose broadening the definition of drought to include water shortage caused and made worse – or sometimes improved - by human activity.

3 Feb 2016

NIOO-led Researchers Highlight Effects of Pharmaceutical Residues on Aquatic Environment

It's a hidden global change: away from the public eye, residues of medicines in water have been causing increasing disruption. They can kill aquatic animals, and play havoc with their food web and reproductive cycle.

3 Feb 2016

Impact of Mixotrophic Lifestyle on Ocean’s Carbon Storage

How do you find your food? Most animal species, whether they rummage through a refrigerator or stalk prey in the wild, obtain nutrients by consuming living organisms. Plants, for the most part, adopt a different feeding, or “trophic,” strategy, making their own food through photosynthesis.

2 Feb 2016

University of Exeter Expert Discusses about Globally-Adopted Policies to Fight Climate Change

Renewable, energy efficient and flexible electricity sources are being adopted by policy makers and investors across the globe and this is sign of optimism in the battle against climate change, a University of Exeter energy policy expert is suggesting.

2 Feb 2016