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Microplastics are Finding Their Way into Human Food Supplies

Plastic rubbish has been found all over the place and currently, broken-down microplastics are discovered in variable concentrations in water and blue mussels and inside the intertidal zone at a few of the most famous and highly remote beaches in southern Australia.

19 Apr 2022

Adriatic Ecosystems Incredibly Resilient to Major Climatic Shifts, but Affected by Human-Induced Changes

An analysis of more than 70,000 fossils indicates that mollusk communities were incredibly resilient to major climatic shifts during the last ice age.

19 Apr 2022

ORNL Researchers Investigate the Effects of Manganese on Soil Carbon and Climate

While most people think first of atmospheric carbon emissions from fossil fuels when considering climate change, the planet's soil actually stores more carbon and could become a major source of carbon release or a mitigation tactic in the years ahead.

19 Apr 2022

Coral Reefs Subjected to Severe Destruction by Ocean Warming Over the Last Three to Four Decades, Study Finds

A range of considerable suggestions to safeguard, preserve, and study the world’s coral reefs–called the “canaries in the coal mine” of climate change—has been reported by an international group of environmental scientists.

18 Apr 2022

Real Story of Global Temperatures Revealed by Records from Past Plant Life

As per a study performed by a climate scientist at Washington University in St. Louis, follow the pollen. Records obtained from the past plant life give details about the real story of global temperatures.

18 Apr 2022

Making Solar Energy Even More Sustainable

A team of researchers has developed a tandem solar cell that is extremely efficient and made up of perovskite and organic absorbers, which can be manufactured at costs lower than traditional silicon-based solar cells.

By David J. Cross 18 Apr 2022

Improving Climate Models to Better Forecast the Changing Weather Extremes

On April 11, MIT announced five multiyear flagship projects in the first-ever Climate Grand Challenges, a new initiative to tackle complex climate problems and deliver breakthrough solutions to the world as quickly as possible.

18 Apr 2022

Amazon Rainforest is Under Increasing Threat from Changing Land Use, Study Finds

A new study indicates that the biggest peatlands in the Amazon rainforest, which maintain an immense and concentrated amount of carbon, fall under the increasing threat of modifying land use.

15 Apr 2022

Study Shows How Fast Aerosol Emissions Degrade on Atmosphere

Due to the obvious nanostructures generated by fatty acids as they spread, organic aerosols—such as those emitted in cooking—can linger in the atmosphere for several days.

15 Apr 2022

New Research Examines the Influence of Factors That Contributed to Patterns of High-Burn Severity

At the beginning of September 2020, high heat, severe winds, and extended drought conditions resulted in the volatile growth of wildfires ahead of the western slopes of the Cascades Mountains in the Pacific Northwest. The fires engulfed huge tracts of destroyed communities, and forestland took tons of lives, and cost hundreds of millions to fight.

15 Apr 2022

Creating Scalable Clean Energy Solutions for Decarbonization of Industrial Processes

On April 11, 2022, MIT announced five multiyear flagship projects in the first-ever Climate Grand Challenges, a new initiative to tackle complex climate problems and deliver breakthrough solutions to the world as quickly as possible.

15 Apr 2022

Valmet Chosen by POSCO Engineering & Construction to Supply an Automation System to a New Waste-to-Energy Plant in Warsaw, Poland

Valmet will deliver an automation system to a new waste-to-energy plant in Warsaw, Poland. The order was placed by POSCO Engineering & Construction (POSCO E&C), a Korea-based engineering, procurement and construction contractor.

From Valmet 15 Apr 2022

Scientists Show How Protecting Tropical Forests can Yield Climate Benefits

In a paper published today in Nature Communications, a team led by scientists from the University of California, Irvine, using climate models and satellite data, reveal for the first time how protecting tropical forests can yield climate benefits that enhance carbon storage in nearby areas.

13 Apr 2022

Tropical Storm Rainfall Totals Increased by Human-Induced Climate Change

A study that analyzed the entire 2020 North Atlantic hurricane season, in conjunction with human activity that affects climate change, found that hourly hurricane rainfall totals were up to 10 percent higher compared to hurricanes that took place in the pre-industrial (1850) era.

13 Apr 2022

Vertical Farming may Play an Essential Role in the Production of Healthy and Sustainable Food

Professor Asseng, vertical farming allows food production to be fully uncoupled from soil and external climate influences. What possibilities and opportunities do you see in such indoor crop growing systems?

13 Apr 2022