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Scientists Determine if Beneficial Microorganisms from Weeds can Help Corn Become More Drought-Tolerant

Drought can cause issues for grain crops and three Clemson University scientists are working to get to the root of the problem.

18 Jul 2022

New Aerospace Innovation to Propel UK to Growth and Greener Skies Backed by £273 Million

Solar powered aircraft, ultra-efficient wings and medical treatment carrying drones are just some of the technologies backed by £273 million to advance low-carbon aerospace innovation, economic growth and jobs, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng will announce at the Farnborough International Airshow today (Monday 18 July).

18 Jul 2022

Stability of the Earth's Environmental Conditions Helped Achieve Modern Marine Biodiversity Hotspots

Modern ocean biodiversity, which is at its highest level ever, was achieved through long-term stability of the location of so-called biodiversity hotspots, regions of especially high numbers of species, scientists have found.

15 Jul 2022

Research Shows Link Between Coastal Glacier Retreat and Climate Change

More of the world's coastal glaciers are melting faster than ever, but exactly what's triggering the large-scale retreat has been difficult to pin down because of natural fluctuations in the glaciers' surroundings.

15 Jul 2022

Global Warming Makes Pine Trees More Susceptible to Disease

The high heat and low water conditions produced by global warming weaken pine trees' resistance to disease by hindering their ability to mount an effective defense at the same time that pathogenic fungi in their tissues become more aggressive, new research suggests.

15 Jul 2022

California’s Climate-Change Solution Arsenal may be in Jeopardy, Research Reports

The State of California is banking on its forests to help reduce planet-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. But that element of the state's climate-change solution arsenal may be in jeopardy, as new research from the University of California, Irvine reports that trees in California's mountain ranges and open spaces are dying from wildfires and other pressures – and fewer new trees are filling the void.

15 Jul 2022

Researchers Optimise Green Methanol Production to Reduce Transport Carbon Emissions

For the last year, ten European and Japanese research expert organisations have been working together on the LAURELIN project to develop innovative processes to convert CO2 in renewable methanol.

15 Jul 2022

Establishing Mitigation Pathways for a Climate-Neutral Austria

Over the next three years, more than 120 scientists will be working on a new comprehensive climate report for Austria. IIASA is taking a leading role in the activities with IIASA researchers Keywan Riahi and Daniel Huppmann serving as co-chairs of the Austrian Panel on Climate Change.

14 Jul 2022

Glaciers in the Andes Mountains and Polar Regions Experience Similar Impact from Climate Change

Glaciers in tropical mountain ranges are experiencing similar impact from the drivers of climate change as those in the polar regions of Antarctica and the Northern Hemisphere, according to a study published today in Nature.

14 Jul 2022

Exponential Power Acquires Elite Technologies & Communications

Exponential Power, Inc. has acquired Elite Technologies & Communications, expanding the company’s position as an industry leading supplier of DC power, products, solutions and services. Elite Technologies & Communications (Elite Tech) specializes in advanced network communications, including central office engineering, DC power installation, transport, access and switching.

From Exponential Power, Inc. 14 Jul 2022

WEG to Launch 7MW Wind Turbine

Global industrial equipment manufacturer, WEG has announced it will launch a new 7 MW wind turbine, provides greater power and efficiency for wind generation projects.

From WEG S.A. 14 Jul 2022

How to Distil the 'Good Oil' from the Sea

To save the world’s fish stocks and oceans, scientists are racing to find better and sustainable ways to make healthy nutritional products such as Omega-3 fatty acids, biodiesel, aquaculture and livestock food from fast-growing microalgae.

14 Jul 2022

On the ‘Elevator to Extinction’: Arctic-alpine Plants Endangered in Scottish Highlands

Rare arctic-alpine plants are being driven higher up Scotland’s mountains by climate change and will soon become extinct if we don’t intervene, new research from the University of Stirling has found.

14 Jul 2022

Research Team Detects High Levels of Microplastic Pollution in the Western Pacific Kuril-Kamchatka Trench

High levels of microplastic pollution have been detected by a research team in the Western Pacific Kuril-Kamchatka Trench.

13 Jul 2022

New Study Outlines the Hydrological Impact of Lithium Mining

A groundbreaking new study recently published in the journal Earth's Future and led by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in collaboration with the University of Alaska Anchorage, is the first to comprehensively account for the hydrological impact of lithium mining.

13 Jul 2022