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Zero-emission Transport a Step Closer Thanks to New UCL-HORIBA Partnership at UCL East

A new HORIBA Chair will work with industry and academia to champion and develop new propulsion technologies, creating the next generation of battery and fuel cell mobility and leading the way towards a cleaner, greener, and carbon-free future.

From HORIBA Scientific UK 20 Oct 2022

Climate Change Drives Rapid Acidification of the Arctic Ocean

Climate change is causing the Arctic Ocean's sea ice to melt away. When the polar ocean loses its cover of sea ice, carbon dioxide uptake increases disrupting the food web in the water according to a study in the journal Science co-authored by researchers from the University of Gothenburg.

20 Oct 2022

New Way to Vacuum Out Greenhouse Gases and Create a Cleaner Atmosphere

Answering that question is a critical step in slowing the devastating effects of global climate change. A mechanical engineer from NAU is on the front lines of creating the machine that will, in a way, vacuum out greenhouse gases and create a cleaner atmosphere.

20 Oct 2022

Emissions from Ship Scrubbers can Cause a Major Environmental Problem

The Baltic Sea is considered one of the world's most polluted seas. Now, new research from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, reveals a relatively unknown environmental culprit.

20 Oct 2022

Floridians’ Belief in Climate Change has Mounted to More than 90%

Seven sequenced surveys conducted by researchers at Florida Atlantic University since October 2019 are painting a comprehensive picture of Floridians' climate resilience attitudes during a period of particularly dynamic political, economic and environmental events.

20 Oct 2022

Treated Wastewater Releases Nutrients into Waterways that can Impair Aquatic Ecosystems

Have you ever thought about where your waste goes? For people living in cities, it goes to a treatment plant. However, treated wastewater ultimately finds its way into a local waterway. This means it could end up in your nearby stream, river, or lake.

20 Oct 2022

Early Warning Signs of Biodiversity Changes

Over the last century, Germany’s plant world has produced more losers than winners. Whilst frequencies and abundances of several species have decreased, they have increased dramatically in others.

20 Oct 2022

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