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ORNL Study: Enhancing Urban Sustainability Through Vegetation Resilience

Local decision-makers looking for ways to reduce the impact of heat waves on their communities have a valuable new capability at their disposal: a new study on vegetation resilience.

9 May 2024

Argonne's Revolutionary Approach to Zero-Carbon Ironmaking Technology

Argonne National Laboratory will be receiving $3 million over three years to lead a project on developing a technology for ironmaking with zero carbon emissions and lower required energy.

9 May 2024

New Lab Simulates Future Conditions to Breed Heat-Resistant Crops

The University of Essex just opened a £3 million plant lab to fight climate change by developing new crops that can thrive in hotter and drier conditions.

9 May 2024

Reflective Ground Covers Boost Solar Panel Efficiency

The University of Ottawa researchers developed a way to boost solar panel efficiency by adding reflective surfaces under the panels.

8 May 2024

Photoactive Nanowires Drive Efficient CO2 Conversion in New Photocatalyst

Researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong developed a new photocatalyst that uses concentrated sunlight to convert methane waste gas and CO2 into syngas, a valuable fuel precursor.

8 May 2024

Veolia Uses Enzymes in World-First Trial to Remove Carbon Dioxide with Enhanced Rock Weathering

Veolia, the UK’s leading resource management company, has partnered with UK biotechnology startup, FabricNano, to apply enzymes to rocks to trial faster, permanent carbon dioxide removal directly from the atmosphere.

8 May 2024

Cemvita Achieves Breakthrough in SAF Feedstock Production

Today, Cemvita, a biosolutions leader for the energy industry, announces a significant breakthrough enabling the company to produce substantial quantities of its Sustainable Oil from waste carbon sources.

From Cemvita Inc. 8 May 2024

Powin Unveils Next-Generation Pod Platform at CLEANPOWER 2024

Global energy storage platform provider Powin LLC (Powin) today announced its new multi-cell-based hardware platform, the Powin Pod (Pod).

From Powin 8 May 2024

Energy Vault Announces Successful Testing and Commissioning of First EVx 100 MWh Gravity Energy Storage System by China Tianying, Extension of Atlas Renewable Licensing Agreement to 15 Years

Energy Vault Holdings, Inc., a leader in sustainable, grid-scale energy storage solutions, today announced the successful testing and commissioning of the Rudong EVx™ gravity energy storage system by China Tianying Co., Ltd.

From Energy Vault 8 May 2024

Picarro Releases PI5310 Nitrous Oxide Gas Analyzer to Advance Atmospheric Research

New Mid-IR Analyzer Delivers Industry’s Highest Precision, Lowest Drift for Nitrous Oxide and Carbon Monoxide Measurements. Image Credit: DesignRage/Shutterstock.com Santa Clara, CA, April 4, 2024 — ...

From Picarro 7 May 2024

Picarro Hero Award Winners Advance World's Understanding of Air, Water, Plants, and Soil

Scientists’ submissions describe how Picarro analyzers are used to research greenhouse gases, global warming, and whether life might have existed elsewhere in our solar system. Image Credit: Pogonici/Shutterstoc...

From Picarro 7 May 2024

ISB Global Targets North America with US Launch of Waste and Recycling One

ISB Global (Booth #4057), the UK-based provider of software to waste management operators around the world, is launching its market-leading software solution Waste and Recycling One (WR1) in the US.

From ISB Global Limited 7 May 2024

New Chemical Conversion Process Makes Diesel Out of Plastic Waste

A team of scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames National Laboratory recently developed a chemical conversion process that makes diesel out of plastic waste.

6 May 2024

Carbon Capture Overestimated in Reforestation Models, Study Reveals

Reforestation models have been over exaggerated -- and not by a small factor -- but by as many as three times of a factor. The goal set by the Paris Agreement in 2015 for countries to limit their global warming to 1.5 degrees is now close to being surpassed.

6 May 2024

Current CO2 Removal Plans Insufficient to Meet Paris Agreement Goals

An international team of scientists from the University of East Anglia (UEA) led by the Berlin-based Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) conducted a study, which was published today in the journal Nature Climate Change.

6 May 2024