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New Waste-to-Energy Research Facility Turns Municipal Solid Waste into Electricity and Resources

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and the National Environment Agency (NEA) have started a new Waste-to-Energy Research Facility that converts municipal solid waste from the NTU campus into resources and electricity.

28 May 2019

Study Recreates Past to Understand Reaction of Arctic Wetlands to Climate Change in the Future

A recent study has used partly fossilized plants and single-celled organisms to explore the effects of climate change on the Canadian High Arctic wetlands and help foresee their future.

28 May 2019

Recent Survey Reveals Unexpected Melting Patterns Under Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf

The ROSETTA-Ice project, a multi-institutional data collection survey of Antarctic ice carried out for three years, has put together an unparalleled view of the Ross Ice Shelf, its structure, and how it has been transforming over time.

28 May 2019

NIST Study on Gas vs. Electric Shows Fuel Choice Affects Efforts to Realize Low-Energy, Eco-friendly Homes

A standard query faced by people when choosing to make their home energy-efficient and green is, should one use gas or electric for the heating and cooling requirements? Gas is the more environmentally friendly option—at the moment—for an energy-efficient home located in Maryland.

24 May 2019

HZB Experts Explore Solar Hydrogen Production in Antarctica

The South Pole receives sunshine like the rest of the world—and in summer virtually around the clock. Rather than providing research stations in the Antarctic with crude oil for generating the electricity and heating they require, solar hydrogen could be made from sunlight in summer as a substitute.

23 May 2019

MIT Researchers Examine Factors that Influence Pavement’s Environmental Footprint

Although the nearly 21 million miles of paved roads around the globe appear static, their environmental footprints are anything but set.

23 May 2019

New Counterintuitive Approach Holds Promise for Returning the Atmosphere to Pre-Industrial Levels of Methane

A comparatively easy process could help reverse the trend of climate change while also leading to a healthy profit.

21 May 2019

Study Offers More Insight into the Impact of Melting Ice Sheets

Ice sheets melting across the Antarctic and Greenland and the ensuing sea level rise (SLR) this creates, is generally acknowledged as a substantial threat to coastal communities and ecosystems.

21 May 2019

Use of Ionic Liquids in CO2 Conversion Technology

“Ionic liquid” (IL), which is a salt in the liquid state, is one of the most typical solvents in green chemistry. It has been extensively used in clean energy, biochemistry, new materials, green process engineering, and so on.

20 May 2019

Critical Upgrades to Argonne’s WATER Tool Help Bioenergy Developers Manage Resources

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory recently launched an upgraded version of an online computer model put together to help bioenergy developers preserve vital resources.

17 May 2019