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Climate Mitigation Strategies Could Have a Negative Effect on Food Security

Numerous countries have fixed carbon neutrality as a policy goal, but according to a new research by an international group of scientists from IIASA, Japan, and the United States, there are a number of risks related to the reduction of greenhouse gases, particularly in the forestry, agriculture, and land use sectors, that need to be taken into consideration when developing mitigation policies.

8 Mar 2022

Argonne’s Efforts Could Pave the Way for a Sustainable, Greener Energy Future

An overview of Argonne's lab-wide effort to create a carbon-free economy.

8 Mar 2022

New Study Confirms CO2 Can Be Stored Below Ocean Floor Sediments

Climate change is one of the most unrelenting challenges that humanity needs to handle.

7 Mar 2022

NYU Tandon's Sustainable Engineering Initiative Addresses the Interwoven Environmental Challenges

The world and its urban centers are facing existential threats. Confronting them will require solutions for environmental hazards, growing demand for, and equitable distribution of resources, resiliency in the face of our changing climate , and the need to shift to clean energy -; issues complicated by their web of interactions.

7 Mar 2022

New Energy-Harvesting Wearable Device Made from Recycled Waste Material

Wearable devices could soon be entirely made of recycled waste materials – and powered by human movement, thanks to a new energy-harvesting device developed at the University of Surrey.

4 Mar 2022

Engineers Demonstrate a New Method for Reducing Sulfur Pollution

Someone’s wastewater is just another person’s gold. A new Stanford University study lays the possibility for sewage to be mined for valuable elements used in fertilizers and batteries that could support smartphones and planes in the future.

3 Mar 2022

Water Allocations May Leave NT River High and Dry: Study

Tree ring analysis suggests strong flows in NT’s Daly River can’t go on forever and water allocation could lead to environmental and cultural damage.

3 Mar 2022

Lockheed Martin Invest in Satellite Vu to Bring its World-first Climate Change Technology to the US

British Earth Observation scale-up Satellite Vu, founded in 2016, has successfully closed the second round of its Series A, bringing total investment to £20 million.

From SatVu 3 Mar 2022

PerkinElmer and P1 Fuels Team Up to Boost Sustainable Mobility Through Fossil-free Fuels

PerkinElmer, a global leader in end-to-end solutions for diagnostics, life sciences, food and environmental markets, has today announced a long-term partnership with P1 Fuels, a specialist in the formulation, production and delivery of advanced, fossil-free performance fuels for racing teams and the automotive industry.

From PerkinElmer, Inc. 3 Mar 2022