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A 'Safety Net' of Multiple, Ambitious Goals Needed to Tackle Nature's Alarming Decline

A "safety net" made up of multiple ambitious and interlinked goals is needed to tackle nature's alarming decline, according to an international team of researchers analyzing the new goals for biodiversity being drafted by the UN's Convention on Biological Diversity.

23 Oct 2020

Improved Forecasting Systems Needed to Prevent Debris Flows After Wildfires

Wildfires continue to be risky even after the flames extinguish. According to a new study by researchers from the University of California, Riverside, even one brief rainfall after a fire can result in a hazardous landslide.

23 Oct 2020

Revolutionary Mobile Air Purifier Against Global Pandemics, Wildfires and Pollution

A clean air company from Finland, 6GCool, has just launched on crowdfunding platform Kickstarter with a portable high tech air purifier that fits in your pocket.

22 Oct 2020

The Future of SGRE Turbine Performance Tests Offshore and Onshore is the ZX TM Nacelle Lidar

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy statement of testing and approval of nacelle based wind Lidar ‘ZX TM’ from ZX Lidars for the purpose of Power Performance Testing on Siemens Gamesa wind turbines released

22 Oct 2020

Seawater Air-Conditioning Could be an Alternative to Cope with Global Warming

From month to month and year to year, the world continues to undergo record high temperatures. This has been worsened by an increasing global population, and it is estimated that the demand for air-conditioning will continue to rise.

20 Oct 2020

Katapult Ocean Selects Cleantech Company with NASA-Developed Green Remediation Technology for Investment

94% of U.S. rivers sampled by the U.S. EPA contained Polychlorinated Biphenyls and other Persistent Organic Pollutants.

15 Oct 2020

Single-Use Plastic Bags Have Lower Environmental Footprint in Cities Like Singapore

A team of researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has modeled the cradle-to-grave environmental effect of using various types of shopping bags.

15 Oct 2020

Kayrros Surveillance Technology Reveals Dramatic and Unexpected Annual Increase in Large Methane Leaks

Kayrros, the leading advanced data analytics company focused on satellite imagery and alternative data for enhanced decision-making, announced today that its new Methane Watch emissions surveillance technology recorded a substantial increase in large global methane leaks.

14 Oct 2020

Focus on People to Protect the Critical Natural Assets

To calculate the true value of a forest, we need to know how people benefit from it, according to new research published in Nature Sustainability.

13 Oct 2020

Adopting Knowledge Management Framework for Sustainable Waste Management

The problem of waste management has become persistent. It is a challenge that is growing in bounds and depths as the world's population surges. Are we at our wits' end?

13 Oct 2020