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DOE Supports Energy Efficiency to Improve Community Resilience

Summer 2023 has been marked by record-breaking heat, unprecedented flooding, and a multitude of hurricanes, collectively constituting an extraordinary season. In 2023 alone, the United States has endured a staggering 23 weather or climate disasters, each resulting in losses exceeding $1 billion.

9 Oct 2023

New Clean Tech Hub to Help Georgetown Become a Net-Zero Community

The Government of Prince Edward Island is working with the UPEI Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation and the UPEI Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering to assess Georgetown as PEI's first net zero community.

6 Oct 2023

Rutgers Launches New Institute to Address Climate Change and Energy Challenges

University leaders are creating an institute designed to elevate the local, national and international profile of Rutgers-New Brunswick as a locus for scholarship on climate change, renewable energy production, energy conservation and their environmental dimensions.

6 Oct 2023

The Clean Energy Revolution: Harnessing Microbial Fuel Cells to Transform Pollution into Power

In a groundbreaking leap towards revolutionizing microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology, recent research has unveiled a transformative solution that promises to reshape the landscape of clean energy generation and wastewater treatment.

5 Oct 2023

Greenland Ice Sheet Melted Significantly in Recent Geologic Past, Study Warns

A large portion of Greenland was an ice-free tundra landscape — perhaps covered by trees and roaming wooly mammoths — in the recent geologic past (about 416,000 years ago), according to a new study in the journal Science.

5 Oct 2023

The Role of E-Waste in Sustainable Construction

Recent research published in the journal Scientific Reports has highlighted how WPCBs can be sustainably recycled as material for concrete reinforcement.

4 Oct 2023

Grand Canyon Stalagmite Reveals Clues to Future Climate Change

The Grand Canyon's valleys and millions of years of rock layers spanning Earth's history have earned it a designation as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World

4 Oct 2023

California Researchers Explore Drivers of Marine Heat Waves and Cold Spells

The first-ever study to look at drivers of both marine heatwaves and cold spells in the shallow nearshore along the California Current - coordinated by California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary - found that certain environmental conditions and the state of the ocean can lead to an enhanced risk for ocean temperature extremes.

3 Oct 2023

ORNL Scientists Study Wildfire Impacts on Carbon Cycle, Biodiversity

Wildfires are an ancient force shaping the environment, but they have grown in frequency, range and intensity in response to a changing climate.

3 Oct 2023

Scientists Reveal a Crucial Role of Biological Particles in Ice Formation Within Arctic Clouds

An international team of scientists from Sweden, Norway, Japan, and Switzerland, has presented research findings that reveal a crucial role of biological particles, including pollen, spores, and bacteria, in the formation of ice within Arctic clouds.

3 Oct 2023