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Cornell-Led Project Aims to Reduce Carbon Footprint of Aluminum Recycling

A new Cornell University-led project aims to use carbon dioxide emissions and residue from aluminum recycling – a carbon-heavy process – to produce high value products.

25 Sep 2023

Solar-Powered Vehicles Could Reduce EV Charging Needs by Half

A recent study looked at how solar-powered cars could work in 100 cities around the world.

25 Sep 2023

KMOU Researchers Propose a Novel Liquid Filter for Enhanced Solar Energy Utilization

De-coupled photovoltaic-thermal systems utilize liquid filters to absorb non-effective wavelengths, such as ultraviolet, visible light, and near-infrared.

25 Sep 2023

New Study Examines the Long-Term Viability of Hydrogen Economy

As renewable energy sources such as wind and solar expand, they could be used to manufacture hydrogen fuel in a sustainable manner.

22 Sep 2023

Researchers Secure $1.5 Million Federal Grant to Protect Local Stormwater Pond

An interdisciplinary team of the University of South Florida researchers is aiming to safeguard the environment by preventing pollutants from entering a local stormwater pond, which runs into Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.

22 Sep 2023

Desalination Method Could Give Disaster Zones Drinking Water

Scientists have invented a novel way of converting seawater into drinking water, which might be beneficial in disaster zones where electricity is scarce.

22 Sep 2023

Greenwashing Threatens a "Nature Positive" Future

Researchers have identified the threat greenwashing poses to a 'nature positive' world, one where environmental decline halts and biodiversity outcomes improve.

22 Sep 2023

Lithium Extraction Breakthrough: A Game-Changer for Clean Energy

Researchers from Princeton University have devised an extraction method that significantly reduces the amount of time and land required for lithium production, offering an environmentally friendly solution to a critical energy challenge.

By David J. Cross 22 Sep 2023

SSE Energy Solutions Signs Energy Collaboration Agreement in the West Midlands

Energy infrastructure giant, SSE Energy Solutions, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the West Midlands Combined Authority to deliver green energy projects in the region.

From SSE Energy Solutions 22 Sep 2023

Simple Changes to Data Visualizations can Improve Public Understanding of Climate Change

The consequences of a warming climate frequently dominated the news this summer, from devastating wildfires and floods to deadly heat waves across the globe.

21 Sep 2023

Electric Vehicles Could Save Thousands of Lives and Billions of Dollars in Chicago

If the Chicago region replaced 30% of all on-road combustion-engine vehicles with electric versions, it would annually save more than 1,000 lives and over $10 billion, according to a new Northwestern University study.

21 Sep 2023

Retrofitting the World's Iron and Steel Processing Plants Early Could Reduce Carbon Emissions

Upgrading, or retrofitting, the world's iron and steel processing plants early could reduce carbon emissions by up to 70 gigatonnes by 2050.

21 Sep 2023

Study Highlights the Severity and Scale of Landscape Fire-Sourced Air Pollution

The world's first study of the increase in pollution from landscape fires across the globe over the past two decades reveals that over 2 billion people are exposed to at least one day of potentially health-impacting environmental hazard annually – a figure that has increased by 6.8 per cent in the last ten years.

21 Sep 2023

Study: 72% of US Marine Mammals Highly Vulnerable to Climate Change

72% of cetacean and pinniped stocks managed under US jurisdiction are highly or very highly vulnerable to climate change, according to a study published in PLOS ONE led by Matthew D. Lettrich.

21 Sep 2023

Semifinalists Announced for $1 Million USD Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge

Semifinalists for the third annual Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge have been announced and 38 teams of innovators will now vie for a part of $1 million USD across three award levels – two Seeding The Future Grand Prizes ($250,000 each), three Growth Grants ($100,000 each), and eight Seed Grants ($25,000 each).

21 Sep 2023