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Study Shows Organically Farmed Food Has Bigger Climate Impact than Conventionally Farmed Food

According to a new international study that involved Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, organically farmed food has a bigger impact on climate when compared to traditionally farmed food because the former process requires greater areas of land.

14 Dec 2018

MIT "EnergyHack" Event Brings Together Students to Tackle Global Energy Problems

Students from around the world put themselves to the test at this year’s MIT EnergyHack, tackling sustainability issues facing the global energy industry.

14 Dec 2018

Study Examines the Effect of Climate Change on U.S. Agriculture

A new research headed by Cornell University has revealed that Midwest agriculture is becoming more and more susceptible to climate change owing to the region’s dependence on the cultivation of rain-fed crops.

13 Dec 2018

Stanford Scientists Reveal How Human-Generated Carbon Dioxide Could Reshape Oceans

Something strange is taking place in the blue waters off the rocky cliffs of Ischia, Italy. There, streams of gas-filled volcanic bubbles rising up to the surface are drastically altering life around them by turning the seawater acidic.

12 Dec 2018

Bio-on and Hera Join Forces to Setup LUX-ON for Producing Bioplastic from CO2

High-quality bioplastic leader Bio-on, and Gruppo Hera, one of Italy’s major multi-utility providers, have struck a deal to take 90% and 10% shares, respectively (with the likelihood of Hera increasing its share to 49.9%) in LUX-ON, the new company founded by Bio-on aiming to transform the manufacture of PHAs biopolymers using CO2 taken from the atmosphere and generating energy without the need of fossil fuels.

11 Dec 2018

Study Reveals Expansion of Bioenergy Crop Production Could Be as Bad for Biodiversity as Climate Change

According to a new study, a large-scale expansion in bioenergy crop production could be just as harmful to biodiversity as climate change itself.

11 Dec 2018

Microbes Consume CO2 Through Porous Cylindrical Electrode and Exude Useful Chemicals

Microbes could become vital allies in the worldwide efforts to curtail carbon emissions and avoid hazardous climate change.

10 Dec 2018

New Sources of Ammonia Pollution Detected from Space

Scientists from the CNRS1 and the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) have put together the first global map of the distribution of atmospheric ammonia (NH3) by examining measurements taken by satellites between 2008 and 2016.

6 Dec 2018

New Sustainable Lamp Could Reduce Electronic Waste in the Solar Energy Industry

Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have created a new portable light that has been made from ethically sourced electronic components and recycled plastics.

6 Dec 2018

Scientists Convert Wet Biowaste into Diesel-Compatible Fuel

In a step toward creating renewable engine fuels that are well-matched with current diesel fuel infrastructure, scientists report they can turn wet biowaste, such as food scraps and swine manure, into a fuel that can be mixed with diesel and that shares diesel’s combustion efficiency and emissions profile.

5 Dec 2018

Sustainability News

Study Shows Organically Farmed Food Has Bigger Climate Impact than Conventionally Farmed Food

MIT "EnergyHack" Event Brings Together Students to Tackle Global Energy Problems

Study Examines the Effect of Climate Change on U.S. Agriculture

Stanford Scientists Reveal How Human-Generated Carbon Dioxide Could Reshape Oceans

Bio-on and Hera Join Forces to Setup LUX-ON for Producing Bioplastic from CO2

Study Reveals Expansion of Bioenergy Crop Production Could Be as Bad for Biodiversity as Climate Change

Microbes Consume CO2 Through Porous Cylindrical Electrode and Exude Useful Chemicals

New Sources of Ammonia Pollution Detected from Space

New Sustainable Lamp Could Reduce Electronic Waste in the Solar Energy Industry

Scientists Convert Wet Biowaste into Diesel-Compatible Fuel

Producing Clean Hydrogen with Near-Zero Carbon Emissions with The Hazer Process

Relocating the Growing of Food to Urban Areas

How Origin’s Solar Power Purchase Agreement is helping more Businesses go Solar

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Analyzing Liquids and Oils with FTIR Spectroscopy

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The Places Where Plastic Has Replaced Steel

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Sustainability News

1 Study Reveals Factors Responsible for Dramatic Cost Reduction of Photovoltaic Modules

2 Study Examines the Effect of Climate Change on U.S. Agriculture

3 Superheated Steam from Novel Device Could be Used for Industrial Processes and to Produce Drinking Water

4 New Minerals Show Promise for Sequestering Atmospheric CO2 in Mine Waste

5 Novel System for Storing Renewable Energy to Achieve On-Demand Delivery of Electricity

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