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“Bridge” Fuel May Not Have Been Accounted for While Measuring Atmospheric Greenhouse Gas Emissions

While the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) suggests there has been a decline in measurable atmospheric greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel use in the U.S. for the past seven years, a Cornell scientist says the EPA’s computation may be in error – by a wide margin – due to problematic accounting for natural gas, the so-called “bridge” fuel.

13 Oct 2015

New Report on Powering Innovation for a Sustainable Future

An association of the world's leading electricity firms today lit a picture of a future high-tech enabled world energy mix that would help nations meet climate-related CO2 reduction pledges and the expanding demand for electricity.

13 Oct 2015

Amazon Would Confront More Hydrological Extremes, Concludes Study

A new paper co-authored by WHRC scientists Philip Duffy and Paulo Brando evaluates the accuracy of current climate models and uses them to project future drought and wet periods in the Amazon. They conclude that the whole of the Amazon will confront more hydrological extremes, and that most of the region will experience much more frequent and extensive drought. These changes would have profound implications for forest structure, composition, biomass, and carbon emissions.

13 Oct 2015

EnviroMission, Q Analytica Enter JV to Commercialise Solar Tower Renewable Energy Technology in MENA

EnviroMission Limited has executed a Heads of Agreements (HOA) with Q Analytica LLC (QA), to form a Joint Venture that will operate to commercialise EnviroMission's Solar Tower renewable energy technology in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

From EnviroMission Limited 13 Oct 2015

Waste Generated in Africa Could Help Produce 122.2TWh Electricity in 2025

Estimated electricity production from the total waste generated in Africa could reach 122.2 TWh in 2025, or more than 20% of the electricity consumed in 2010 at continental level (661.5TWh), according to a JRC co-authored study which analysed the potential of urban solid waste for Africa’s electricity needs.

13 Oct 2015

New Research Suggests Horn of Africa Will Become Even Drier

The Horn of Africa has become increasingly arid in sync with the global and regional warming of the last century and at a rate unprecedented in the last 2,000 years, according to new research led by a University of Arizona geoscientist.

12 Oct 2015

Researchers Warn About Hazards of Marine Plastic Pollution on Sea Turtles

A new global review led by the University of Exeter that set out to investigate the hazards of marine plastic pollution has warned that all seven species of marine turtles can ingest or become entangled in the discarded debris that currently litters the oceans.

12 Oct 2015

Understanding Carbon Cycles Adds Value to Knowledge Base of Climate Change

Making predictions about climate variability often means looking to the past to find trends. Now paleoclimate researchers from the University of Missouri have found clues in exposed bedrock alongside an Alabama highway that could help forecast climate variability. In their study, the researchers verified evidence suggesting carbon dioxide decreased significantly at the end of the Ordovician Period, 450 million years ago, preceding an ice age and eventual mass extinction. These results will help climatologists better predict future environmental changes

12 Oct 2015

Study Reveals Mercury Methylation Genes are Abundant in Nearly Every Oxygen-Free Environment

Thawing permafrost and contaminated sediment in marine coastal areas pose some of the greatest risks for the production of highly toxic methylmercury, according to findings published in the journal Science Advances.

12 Oct 2015

BorkumRiffgrund 1 Offshore Wind Farm Inaugurated in Germany

With great excitement, the three partners: DONG Energy, the LEGO Group and William Demant, celebrate the inauguration of the offshore wind farm BorkumRiffgrund 1 which can provide clean electricity for 320,000 households.

12 Oct 2015

First Observations of How Greenland Ice Sheet Responds to Subglacial Lake Drainage

Pioneering new research sheds light on the impact of climate change on subglacial lakes found under the Greenland ice sheet.

12 Oct 2015

New and Inexpensive Method to Evaluate Region for Geothermal Energy Exploration

To offset the need for fuel imports, to decrease greenhouse gas emissions, and to increase U.S. energy independence, geothermal energy has emerged as an important part of the U.S. energy portfolio. This well-illustrated study, published in Geosphere this week, presents a new and inexpensive method using Geographic information system (GIS) and National Geothermal Data System data to evaluate a region for geothermal energy exploration.

12 Oct 2015

Mysterious Kidney Disease in Central America Could be due to Global Warming

A mysterious kidney disease that has killed over 20,000 people in Central America, most of them sugar cane workers, may be caused by chronic, severe dehydration linked to global climate change, according to a new study by Richard J. Johnson, MD, of the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

9 Oct 2015

Scientists Quantify Direct Influence of Climate on Growth of Ecosystems

An international research team led by UCLA life scientists has, for the first time, quantified the direct influence of climate on the growth of ecosystems around the globe.

9 Oct 2015

MBR REMEB Project Aims to Develop Full-Scale MBR with Recycled Ceramic Membranes for Wastewater Reuse

The MBR REMEB project arises from research in the field of low cost recycled ceramic membranes to develop a water treatment that combines biological treatment with membrane technology, specifically in a membrane bioreactor (MBR).

9 Oct 2015