On the UN’s International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (September 16), the world is celebrating the extraordinary success of the Montreal Protocol, signed in 1987. The total amount of ozone-depleting gases in the atmosphere has reduced since the agreement came into effect, and it will continue to decrease throughout the next century.
By Ben Pilkington
16 Sep 2021
Current climate models predict that between 2030 and 2052, global surface temperatures will likely rise by 1.5 °C if human activities continue at their current pace. Here, the technologies addressing global warming, Direct Air Carbon Capture (DACCS) and Bioenergy Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS), are discussed.
Solar radiation management (SRM) sparks perhaps the greatest controversy of all proposed climate change prevention strategies. This article explores its potential to be the future of fighting climate change.
By Bea Howarth
14 Sep 2021
AZoCleantech has curated a collection of articles that provide a deeper look into how the Clean Technology sector is responding to the ongoing climate change crisis set out in the IPCC's 2018 Summary for Policymakers and 2021 Physical Science Basis.
By Megan Craig
9 Sep 2021
World Electric Vehicle (EV) Day celebrates e-mobility and acts to increase awareness about sustainable transport. To mark World EV Day 2021, we look at the current state of electric vehicles and discuss how the industry will overcome the challenge of establishing a sustainable method of recycling the lithium-ion batteries that power EVs.
By Sarah Moore
9 Sep 2021
Quick and efficient conversion of atmospheric CO2 into chemical feedstock is one of the most promising approaches to mitigate anthropogenic CO2 emissions. Researchers from the University of Tsukuba in Japan created a polymer coating that, when applied to a standard metal catalyst, dramatically accelerates the electrochemical CO2 conversion.
By Cvetelin Vasilev
8 Sep 2021
Learn how a Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer can be used for industrial wastewater treatment.
As the contamination of food with oil hydrocarbons is a growing concern, there is a move towards finding methods by which to confirm and detect the presence of these hydrocarbons, Gas chromatography has emerged as a strong contender.
A newly-formed collaboration between the UK-based companies Circulor, Recycling Technologies, and the French sustainable energy giant TotalEnergies aims to set up a new standard for sustainability and transparency of recycled plastic waste.
SP-ICP-MS excels in analyzing Ag nanoparticles in complex seawater, enabling real-time data processing essential for dynamic mesocosm studies.