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Study Emphasizes the Need for Buildings to Install More Efficient Home-Heating Technologies

Direct fossil fuel consumption by buildings, burned in water heaters, furnaces, and other heating sources, account for nearly 10 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States.

1 Aug 2022

MIT Mobility Initiative Undergoes Profound Transformation with New Technologies

Launched in 2020, the MIT Mobility Initiative (MMI) is a unique cross-Institute initiative aimed at convening key stakeholders to drive innovation, while providing unbiased strategic direction to guide a deeper collective understanding of mobility challenges, and shape a mobility system that is sustainable, safe, clean, and accessible.

29 Jul 2022

Restoring "Blue Carbon" Habitats May not be the Nature-Based Climate Solution, Experts Say

Restoring coastal vegetation – so called 'blue carbon' habitats – may not be the nature-based climate solution it is claimed to be, according to a new study.

29 Jul 2022

Smoke Plumes From Western Wildfires Have Gotten Taller

In the past few years, the plumes of smoke going upward from Western wildfires have gotten taller, with a high number of aerosols and smoke lofted up where they have the potential to spread far away and affect air quality over an extensive area.

28 Jul 2022

Seven Things That Affect the Reliability of Carbon Accounting

According to a new study performed, restoring coastal vegetation—the alleged “blue carbon” habitats—might not be the nature-based climate solution that it is claimed to be.

28 Jul 2022

Heat Accumulation in the Deeper Labrador Sea Causes Instabilities in Ice Sheet, Study Shows

Heinrich Events or, more accurately, Heinrich Layers, are recurrent conspicuous sediment layers, usually ten to 15 centimeters thick, with very coarse rock components that interrupt the otherwise fine-grained oceanic deposits in the North Atlantic.

28 Jul 2022

Energy-Saving Cooling Systems for a Warmer World

Air-conditioning needs an energy overhaul--PNNL research provides a roadmap to get there using energy efficient adsorption cooling.

28 Jul 2022

Excessive Heat in the Deeper Sub-polar North Atlantic Ocean Triggers Global Climate Change

Excessive cooling events defined as Heinrich Events in the North Atlantic during the last glacial period are a perfect example of how local processes affect global climate.

27 Jul 2022

Supervolcano Study Could Inform How to Prevent Future Climate Disasters

The speed and volume of carbon dioxide emitted from supervolcanoes controlled the severity of past environmental crises on Earth, a new international Curtin-led study has found.

27 Jul 2022

Bacteria Has the Potential to Eradicate Plastic Pollution from Lakes

Some naturally produced lake bacteria grow quicker and more effectively on the remnants of plastic bags than on natural matter such as leaves and twigs, according to a study of 29 European lakes.

27 Jul 2022

Fighting Climate Change with Containerised Research Laboratories

Research shows that there’s more carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere than ever before in human history. UNDO are tackling the detrimental effects of climate change using enhanced weathering removal, which is based on the natural weathering of rocks.

From UNDO 27 Jul 2022

Supervolcano Study Finds CO2 Emissions Key to Avoiding Climate Disasters

The speed and volume of carbon dioxide emitted from supervolcanoes controlled the severity of past environmental crises on Earth, a new international Curtin-led study has found.

27 Jul 2022

Ground Breaking Trial Returning Cotton Textile Waste to Cotton Fields in Goondiwindi, Queensland Shows Promising Results

A 12 month trial on a cotton farm just outside the rural town of Goondiwindi Queensland in Australia has shown it’s possible to divert large amounts of cotton textile waste at end of life from landfill with no harm done to soil health or cotton yields.

27 Jul 2022