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Maps of the Distant Past Could Provide Insight into Future Climate

About 56 million years ago, volcanoes quickly dumped massive amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, heating the Earth rapidly.

12 Oct 2022

Environmental Conditions may Become Unsuitable for the World's Coral Reefs in Just a Dozen Years

There's more bad news for planet earth if climate change continues unabated. New research published on October 11th in the open access journal PLOS Biology by researchers at the University of Hawai?i at Manoa, United States reveals that, under a worst-case scenario, half of coral reef ecosystems worldwide will permanently face unsuitable conditions in just a dozen years.

12 Oct 2022

Sewage Sludge may Play a Role in Clean Energy Future

Argonne scientists assess energy, nutrients and water resources from U.S. wastewater facilities.

12 Oct 2022

UCI Scientists Quantify the Health Co-Benefits of Different Decarbonization Scenarios

As Californians work toward a publicly stated goal of carbon neutrality by 2045, residents of the Golden State stand to reap such additional benefits as cleaner air, widespread improvements in public health and related cost savings, according to researchers at the University of California, Irvine.

12 Oct 2022

Valio Phases Out the Use of Natural Gas in Riihimäki and Reduces the Factories' Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Valio will phase out the use of natural gas in energy production at Riihimäki dairy plant with the help of energy partner Adven. Energy production in Riihimäki was converted to biofuels already before, and natural gas has been used for heating only in the coldest weather.

12 Oct 2022

UVM Expert Explains the Science Behind Fall Foliage and Climate Change

With leaf peeping season here, University of Vermont forest scientist William Keeton explains the science behind why trees explode into colors each fall, and where in North America to find the most vibrant colors.

11 Oct 2022

Unusually Long Period of Warm Waters Helps Invasive Algae to Replace Native Kelps

An unusually long period of warm waters caused invasive species of algae to completely replace a community of native kelp surrounding a Mexican island, according to results published in De Gruyter's international journal Botanica Marina.

11 Oct 2022

The Impact of Climate Change on Arboreal Primates

Large-scale research of 47 species of monkeys and lemurs revealed that climate change and deforestation are pushing these tree-dwelling animals to the ground, putting them at greater risk owing to a lack of preferable food and shelter and may have more unfavorable interactions with humans and domestic animals.

11 Oct 2022

KSOE to Demonstrate Fuel Cell-applied Ship Operation

Hyundai Heavy Industries Group speeds up the era of eco-friendly ships by launching a demonstration project to apply fuel cells, which are in the spotlight as a next-generation energy source, to large vessels.

11 Oct 2022

Hybridizing Diesel Engines to Cut Carbon Emissions

Research engineers in the School of Mechanical Engineering at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, have managed to successfully convert a conventional diesel engine to a hybrid hydrogen-diesel engine with the potential to reduce CO2 emissions by at least 85%.

By David J. Cross 11 Oct 2022

World-leading Pentland Floating Wind Project Selects Floating Technology Provider

Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm (PFOWF), a 100MW development key to advancing the global deployment of large-scale floating offshore wind, has selected Stiesdal Offshore’s TetraSub as the floating structure technology for the project.

From Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm - Highland Wind Limited 11 Oct 2022

Global Warming Raises the Likelihood of Extreme Ocean Warming Near Japan

The marginal seas of Japan have repeatedly experienced unusually high sea surface temperatures (SSTs) over the previous ten years.

10 Oct 2022

Underlying Reasons for the Decline in Gray Whale Numbers

Gray whale migration along North America’s West Coast has been decreasing in recent years, according to a new NOAA Fisheries report. The population is currently down 38% from its high in 2015 and 2016, experts are investigating the causes.

10 Oct 2022

Enhancing the Energy Efficiency of the Internet

A team of researchers from Nagoya University in Japan has devised a potential solution to one of the Internet of Energy’s most pressing issues: energy efficiency. They accomplished this by developing a controller with a sleep mode that only obtains energy when required.

10 Oct 2022