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Argonne’s Efforts Could Pave the Way for a Sustainable, Greener Energy Future

An overview of Argonne's lab-wide effort to create a carbon-free economy.

8 Mar 2022

El Niño Events Likely to Become More Frequent by 2040

Global weather fluctuations called El Niño events are likely to become more frequent by 2040, a new study shows.

8 Mar 2022

Addition of Liquid Electrolyte may Make Solid-State Batteries Safer than Lithium-Ion Batteries

Solid-state batteries, currently used in small electronic devices like smart watches, have the potential to be safer and more powerful than lithium-ion batteries for things such as electric cars and storing energy from solar panels for later use.

8 Mar 2022

Climate Change and Wildfires: New Study Outlines the Path to Pervasive Adaptation

Every year, 400,000 hectares in the European Union are affected by fire, 85% of which in southern Europe, due to most pronounced 'fire weather' conditions, which are determined by high temperature, low precipitation, strong winds and low relative humidity.

8 Mar 2022

Temperature-Related Mortality Likely To Increase if Global Warming Exceeds 2°C

The death rate linked to extreme temperatures will increase significantly under global warming of 2°C, finds a report by researchers from UCL and the University of Reading.

8 Mar 2022

H2GO Power to Trial AI Hydrogen Optimisation System at EMEC

Funding has been awarded to trial real-time usage of artificial intelligence (AI) software to optimise hydrogen production and storage at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney.

From H2GO Power Limited 8 Mar 2022

New Study Confirms CO2 Can Be Stored Below Ocean Floor Sediments

Climate change is one of the most unrelenting challenges that humanity needs to handle.

7 Mar 2022

Pickup Truck Electrification Reduces More Greenhouse Gas

Big automotive manufacturers are stepping up the production of electric trucks as a core strategy to decrease the greenhouse gas emissions of their vehicles.

7 Mar 2022

New Strategies to Design Safer, Long-Distance Batteries Made from Sustainable Materials

In this Q&A, ALS senior staff scientist David Shapiro and Stanford materials science professor William Chueh share how their pioneering X-ray techniques can help researchers understand how battery materials work in real time at the atomic scale.

7 Mar 2022

Megatooth Sharks Grew to Larger Sizes in Cooler Environments than in Warmer Waters

Otodus megalodon is commonly portrayed as a gigantic, monstrous shark in novels and films, such as the 2018 sci-fi thriller "The Meg." In reality, this species is only known from teeth and vertebrae in the fossil record, although it is generally accepted scientifically that the species was indeed quite gigantic, growing to at least 50 feet (15 meters) and possibly as much as 65 feet (20 meters). The new study re-examined published records of geographic occurrences of Megalodon teeth along with their estimated total body lengths.

7 Mar 2022

Deforestation and Climate Change Worsen the Severe Drought Conditions in Brazil

Deforestation for agribusiness expansion in Brazil, in conjunction with climate change, has worsened the already severe drought suffered in the last decade by the transition zone between the eastern Amazon and the Cerrado, the vast tropical savanna ecoregion in central and western Brazil.

7 Mar 2022

NYU Tandon's Sustainable Engineering Initiative Addresses the Interwoven Environmental Challenges

The world and its urban centers are facing existential threats. Confronting them will require solutions for environmental hazards, growing demand for, and equitable distribution of resources, resiliency in the face of our changing climate , and the need to shift to clean energy -; issues complicated by their web of interactions.

7 Mar 2022

Anthropogenic Aerosol Emissions Likely Drive Decadal Weakening of the Summertime Eurasian Westerly Jet

Air pollution increases in South East Asia, combined with pollution cuts in Europe, may have had an important influence on European and Asian weather patterns in recent decades, new research has found.

7 Mar 2022

Researchers Study the Variations in Air Pollution in Europe and Central Asia

According to a new study, air pollution spikes in Southeast Asia, along with pollution reductions in Europe, may have had a significant impact on European and Asian weather patterns in the past few decades.

4 Mar 2022

Review identifies Shortfalls in Engaging Public Health Agency in Climate-Change Adaptation Plans

Climate-change adaptation efforts by governments in large cities around the world have not been enlisting the participation of public health agencies as much as they could, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

4 Mar 2022