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Ancient Trees Resist and Buffer Warming of Climate

Ancient trees, which are hundreds or thousands of years old, play an important part in biodiversity and ecosystem preservation by giving stability, strength, and protection to vulnerable areas. A team of ecologists underlines the necessity of preserving these ancient organisms in a new review.

20 Oct 2022

Vianode Opens R&D Center for Sustainable Battery Materials in Norway

Vianode, owned by Elkem, Hydro and Altor, produces advanced battery materials with a greener footprint.

20 Oct 2022

IDTechEx Release Essential Market Forecasts for the Chemical Recycling of Plastic Waste

Creating a circular economy is an essential sustainability target for stakeholders across the plastic value chain.

20 Oct 2022

Redox, Reuse, Recycle: Novel Process Extends Life Cycle of Valuable Catalysts

A team of researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has developed an electrochemical technique for recycling highly valuable homogeneous catalysts to make the chemical manufacturing industry greener, more affordable, and more innovative.

19 Oct 2022

Grazing by Mammalian Herbivores: A Climate Mitigation Strategy

According to a 16-year-long study conducted by scientists at the Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES) and the Divecha Centre for Climate Change (DCCC), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), large mammalian herbivores like the yak and ibex play an important role in sustaining the pool of soil carbon in grazing ecosystems like the Spiti region in the Himalayas.

19 Oct 2022

Warming Hole: Consequence of Human-Driven Changes

UM Rosenstiel School researchers investigated a pattern of temperature change in a stretch of water in the subpolar North Atlantic region known as a warming hole, which has been cooling over the past century, using a cutting-edge climate model.

19 Oct 2022

Is Climate Change Prolonging the Effects of Space Debris?

According to a recent study from the British Antarctic Survey, rising CO2 levels in the Earth’s atmosphere will cause a long-term drop in air density at high altitudes.

19 Oct 2022

Study Discovers Past Breakdown Events Related to the Collapse of Great Atlantic Circulation System

The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC), a system of ocean currents that carry warm water from the tropics into the North Atlantic and transport cold water from the northern to the southern hemisphere, is a fundamental mechanism for the regulation of Earth's climate.

19 Oct 2022

Comprehensive Ocean Warming Study Motivates to Mitigate Climate Change

A research study just published in Nature Reviews provides new information about how much the planet has warmed and what warming we may expect in the coming decades.

19 Oct 2022

$30 Million Grant to Speed Up Wind Energy Deployment

The Biden-Harris Administration has announced its decision to use $30 million from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to finance research and development initiatives that would reduce expenses for wind energy projects on land and offshore, benefiting communities across the country.

19 Oct 2022

Howden Secures Compressor Contract for INOVYN’s Hydrogen Production Plant

Leading global provider of mission critical air and gas handling products, technologies and services, Howden, has secured a contract with INOVYN – a subsidiary of INEOS.

19 Oct 2022

technotrans Sets a Clear Goal: Achieving Climate Neutrality as Early as 2030

technotrans commits to achieving net zero emissions much sooner than the German government and the EU: The plan is for all of sites of the Group world-wide to achieve climate-neutral production by the end of the 2030 financial year.

19 Oct 2022

Electric Vans 77% Cheaper per Mile then Diesel Vans

Electric vans are significantly cheaper to run than their traditional diesel counterparts, costing just a fifth of what it would cost a diesel van per mile.

19 Oct 2022

Forecasts of Future Arctic Carbon Emissions

Permafrost in the rapidly melting Arctic will probably release as much carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere as a large industrial nation by the end of this century, preferably more than the United States has emitted since the beginning of the industrial revolution.

18 Oct 2022

Researchers Highlight the Role of Blue Hydrogen in Decarbonizing the World’s Energy Systems

In the past several years, hydrogen energy has increasingly become a more central aspect of the clean energy transition. Hydrogen can produce clean, on-demand energy that could complement variable renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power.

18 Oct 2022