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Mapping Endangered Habitats with the Help of Citizen Scientists and Satellite Data

A combination of satellite imagery, environmental data and habitat surveys carried out by citizen scientists could help transform the way endangered habitats are mapped, according to new research from the University of Surrey and Surrey Wildlife Trust.

30 Jul 2026

MCi Carbon and Hatch Announce Collaboration to Support Commercial Deployment of Mineral Carbonation Technology

MCi Carbon is pleased to announce a collaboration with Hatch to support the engineering, technoeconomic assessment and commercial deployment pathways for MCi’s mineral carbonation technology.

30 Jul 2026

Your Shampoo Routine Could Be Driving Household Water Waste, According to New Study

Everyday shower habits, such as applying shampoo or pausing the water while washing, are driving up water waste, argues a new study from the University of Surrey.

30 Jul 2026

UK Seas Face Major Food Chain Disruption as Plankton Shift, Scientists Predict

Marine scientists are warning that continued warming of UK waters is likely to cause major changes to plankton, the tiny drifting plants and animals that form the foundation of marine food webs and feed the fish that end up on our plates.

30 Jul 2026

New MIT Polyethylene Yarn Offers Solution for Growing Textile Waste

After a closet cleanout, what options are there for recyling our old threads? Not many. Apart from bringing used clothes to a donation center, there is no process for recycling textiles like there is for bottles and cans.

28 Jul 2026

New Moisture-Driven Generator Harvests Electricity Using Waste Biomass

This study presents a moisture-driven electric generator made from recycled materials, effectively harnessing ambient humidity for sustainable energy solutions.

By Dr. Noopur Jain 27 Jul 2026

New AI Framework Aims to Improve Battery Metal Recovery

Researchers from the SLAC-Stanford Battery Center join the University of Southern California in a project announced today by the DOE to help secure the U.S. supply of critical minerals.

25 Jul 2026

Hutton to Coordinate New €6 Million Project to Improve Monitoring, Reporting and Verification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Agriculture

The James Hutton Institute, Scotland’s leading interdisciplinary research institute for sustainable land, crop and nature management, has been tasked with coordinating a €5.94 million (£5.07 million) effort to improve the monitoring, reporting and verification of non-CO2 greenhouse gases from agriculture.

24 Jul 2026

Tracking a Flight Path to a Green Aviation Future

An Adelaide University-led study has mapped out a route to advance the commercial aviation industry towards a net-zero emissions future, powered by green hydrogen.

24 Jul 2026

Dirty Solar Panels Could be Costing UK Businesses Thousands

New performance data from commercial solar specialist Absolar suggests dirty solar panels could be costing UK businesses thousands of pounds in lost electricity generation every year. With routine cleaning, output could be increased by up to 16.6%.

24 Jul 2026

MIT Optical Couplers Advance Energy-Efficient, High-Bandwidth Communications

The FUTUR-IC program combines optical couplers, sustainability tools, and workforce training to advance resource-efficient, petabit-scale data communications.

By Dr. Noopur Jain 23 Jul 2026

Wildlife Deaths 'Vanish' Within Days of Prescribed Burns

Scientists are calling for wildlife surveys to be conducted within hours of prescribed burns after new research revealed that evidence of animal deaths can disappear in less than two weeks, significantly underestimating the true toll of fire on Australia's wildlife.

21 Jul 2026

Low-Cost Innovation Boosts Green Hydrogen Production

RMIT researchers and international collaborators have demonstrated a new way to significantly increase green hydrogen production using low-cost materials, offering a potential pathway to cheaper clean fuel.

21 Jul 2026

Water-Cleaning Insects, Smart Sewage Batteries and Chemical-Busting Bubbles Among Finalists of £7.5 Million Water Discovery Challenge

Twenty projects have been named finalists of the Water Innovation Fund’s second Water Discovery Challenge, which aims to accelerate the development and adoption of innovations to support the water sector’s greatest challenges.

21 Jul 2026

Rising Salinity From Climate Change Reduces Microbial Diversity in Freshwater Ecosystems

As sea levels rise and saltwater seeps into freshwater, stressed aquatic populations may retain overall growth even as diversity declines, MIT scientists find.

20 Jul 2026