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New Online Site Provides Free Educational Resources in Carbon and Ecosystem Services

The American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America have launched a new online site called Decode 6, which provides free educational resources in carbon and ecosystem services for people in the agricultural and environmental sectors.

9 Nov 2022

Valmet to Rebuild Koehler Paper’s Power Boilers in Oberkirch and Kehl, Germany

Valmet will rebuild Koehler Paper’s power boilers at its Oberkirch and Kehl paper mill sites in Germany to increase the production of sustainable energy from renewable sources.

From Valmet 9 Nov 2022

Driving Sustainable Energy Development, CHINT Partners Singapore Polytechnic

Singapore is taking firm actions to do its part to build a sustainable future. To strengthen its commitments under the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and Paris Agreement, the Singapore Green Plan 2030 was unveiled in February 2021 with key pillars to achieve these aspirations as soon as viable.

9 Nov 2022

A Global-Scale Impact on Mountains Due to Climate Change

A new study has shown that climate change will negatively affect mountain landscapes and create growing risks like river floods, avalanches, and landslides.

8 Nov 2022

New Method Helps Make Lithium-Ion Battery Packs Last Longer

A new approach has been designed by scientists at Stanford University to make lithium-ion battery packs last for a longer time and suffer less worsening from rapid charging.

8 Nov 2022

World’s Coastal Lagoons are Most Affected Water Ecosystems by Microplastic Pollution

Globally, the coastal lagoons of Lagos (Nigeria), Sakumo (Ghana) and Bizerte (Tunisia) --close to large urban centres and without waste and sewage treatment systems-- are among the most affected water ecosystems of this nature by microplastic pollution.

8 Nov 2022

Researchers Detect Halogenated Flame Retardants in the End-of-Life Vehicle Processing Site

Researchers in Ehime University (Japan) investigated the contamination levels and composition profiles of halogenated and phosphorous flame retardants in settled dust from informal waste processing sites in Vietnam, and detected the emerging flame retardants organophosphate esters (OPEs) at higher concentrations than those of the legacy brominated flame retardants (BFRs) in the end-of-life vehicle (ELV) processing site.

8 Nov 2022

Promoting U.S. IT and Clean Technology Exports in the West Balkan Region

From Oct. 31 to Nov. 4, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Europe and Eurasia, David De Falco, led an IT and clean technology trade mission of 27 companies to Serbia and Montenegro to promote U.S. IT and clean technology exports and strengthen commercial ties in the West Balkan region

8 Nov 2022

Association Between Tiny Air Particulates and Sudden Cardiac Arrests

In Singapore, small particles in air pollution may have resulted in sudden cardiac arrests in a few people who were not in the hospital but just going through their normal lives, as per researchers at Duke-NUS Medical School collaborating with the National Environment Agency (NEA) as part of the Pan-Asian Resuscitation Outcomes Study (PAROS).

7 Nov 2022

Analyzing Seagrass Ecosystem Multifunctionality

A new study performed has shown that sea turtles have been overharvested in the past, leading to their threatened population status.

7 Nov 2022

Extreme Temperatures Increase Heat-Related Mortality Among People in Texas Prisons

The U.S. has the world's largest population of prisoners, and Texas holds more incarcerated people than any other state. As climate change continues to increase the severity, frequency and duration of heat waves, the approximately 160,000 individuals in Texas prisons -; as well as the people who work in these settings -; come under intense physical duress in prisons without climate controls, according to a new study led by researchers at Brown University's School of Public Health.

7 Nov 2022