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Analyzing the Interplay Between Microplastics and Infectious Disease

Microplastics—tiny particles produced as plastics weather and fragment—pose an increasing threat to the environment and human health.

24 Jan 2023

First KNX Hackathon Focuses on Smart Home and Building Solutions for a More Sustainable World

KNX is stepping up its efforts in the fight against climate change and has announced the first KNX Hackathon on the topic of sustainability for this year.

24 Jan 2023

Steel Users to Gear Up for Limited Steel Supply

According to a new study focusing on the Japanese steel industry, if people are committed to achieving zero emissions, the world must be ready for a scenario in which the amount of steel produced is reduced.

23 Jan 2023

Analyzing the Links Between Forest Loss and International Trade

While intact forests act as essential climate regulators and biodiversity hubs, they are disappearing fast. Agriculture is widely regarded as the primary cause of forest loss, but researchers argue that agriculture is not the only one to blame.

23 Jan 2023

CoolIT Offers a Sustainable and Energy-Efficient Cooling Solution for Computing Facilities

Through its innovative Direct Liquid Cooling (DLC) technology, CoolIT, a Canada-based firm with a 20-year service history, offers a sustainable and energy-efficient solution to maintain ideal temperatures in computing facilities like business data centers and supercomputers.

23 Jan 2023

Climate Tech Startups Offered £130k to Supercharge Urgent Missions

Global climate tech accelerator and regranter Subak today launches applications for its 2023 cohort and calls on not-for-profit startups with data-led climate missions to apply.

From Naked Energy Ltd. 23 Jan 2023

New Process Increases the “Self-Cleaning” Ability of the Marine Atmosphere

Researchers recently provided new insights into the atmosphere’s “self-cleaning” ability.

20 Jan 2023

How Will Future Extreme Thermal Events Affect Land Vertebrates?

The world is currently experiencing a climate crisis. Heatwaves, for example, are becoming increasingly common, longer, and much more intense as a result. In 2022, for instance, heat waves reached alarming levels, breaking records in so many countries, and up to 15,000 people died.

20 Jan 2023

Understanding River Networks and Their Future Evolution

Tom Battin, an EPFL professor, analyzes the existing knowledge of carbon fluxes in the world’s river networks in a recent journal article.

20 Jan 2023

Atmospheric Rivers Will Become More Frequent and Intense with Warming Climate

A “parade” of atmospheric river storms that have pummeled California since late December is finally ending, and drier days are ahead.

20 Jan 2023

Climate Change and Human Activities Shape Future Forest Structure

Climate change and human activities strongly influence forests, but researchers have not fully understood the pervasiveness of these stressors and how they will shape future forest structure.

20 Jan 2023

New Partnership to Support the Launch of Innovative Climatetech Companies in the U.S.

Beginning in January, the Urban Future Lab at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, in partnership with Greentown Labs, will provide a soft landing pad in the U.S. for the third cohort of Innovate UK's Global Incubator Programme

20 Jan 2023

Korea Maritime and Ocean University Researchers Lay Out Strategies for Up-scaling of Bioelectrochemical Systems

With rising concerns about energy and water management, microbial electrochemical technologies (METs), such as microbial fuel cells, have emerged as promising solutions.

19 Jan 2023

Improving Indoor-Measuring and Modeling of Bifacial Devices

The University of Ottawa SUNLAB research improves the accuracy of measurements of bifacial solar panels, a significant long-term renewable energy source, by taking ground cover into consideration.

19 Jan 2023

Effects of High Intensity Heatwaves on Estuarine Habitats

According to recent research published in Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science by Brazilian researchers working in Brazil, Norway, and the United States, an increase in marine heatwaves as a result of global climate change in the coming years will have a huge impact on lifeforms in the environment, including those at the bottom of the food chain.

19 Jan 2023