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Study Discusses Drinking Water, Fracking and Infant Health

For the first-ever time, a new study recorded the pollution of public water supplies caused as a result of shale gas development. This is generally called fracking and it has a negative impact on infant health.

12 Apr 2022

The World Transformed Steadily from a Cold-Extreme- to a Heat-Extreme-Prevailing Climate, Study Says

One of the most dangerous effects of global warming is temperature extremes with modified characteristics. However, it is unclear how their characteristics have changed, and it varies by region.

12 Apr 2022

Polystyrene Waste Turned into Useful Benzoic Acid with the Help of Oxygen and Light

Polystyrene, a variety of plastic that contributes to a third of landfill waste globally, is widely used to make numerous products such as Styrofoam egg cartons, red drinking cups, and hard plastic compact disk cases.

12 Apr 2022

Agricultural and Forestry Sectors Likely to Play a Key Role in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

As far as resolving the climate crisis faced by the Earth is concerned, the forestry and agricultural sectors are a few of the toughest areas to change.

12 Apr 2022

University of Miami’s Climate Resilience Academy to Launch on Earth Day

The University of Miami's Climate Resilience Academy, which will officially launch on Earth Day, April 22, constructs a novel functional academic framework that is collaborative at its core and highlights the University as a loadstar for leading positive hemispheric and global change to address issues of the climate crisis, sustainability, and resilience.

12 Apr 2022

More Solar and Wind Energy Used by Americans in 2021

The national economy is reenergizing, quite literally. In 2021, Americans used 5% more energy than in 2020, according to the most recent energy flow charts released by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).

12 Apr 2022

Five Flagship Projects Selected in MIT’s First-Ever Climate Grand Challenges Competition

MIT today announced the five flagship projects selected in its first-ever Climate Grand Challenges competition. These multiyear projects will define a dynamic research agenda focused on unraveling some of the toughest unsolved climate problems and bringing high-impact, science-based solutions to the world on an accelerated basis.

12 Apr 2022

Mitsubishi Power Aero Provides Mobile, On-Demand, Aero-Derivative Power Units to Life Cycle Power to Strengthen Texas Electric Grid

Mitsubishi Power Aero LLC, a leading global provider of fast-track, on-demand power solutions, has signed an agreement with Life Cycle Power (Houston, Texas) to supply five FT8® MOBILEPAC® gas turbine units, adding 155 megawatts of capability to LCP’s fleet.

12 Apr 2022

NGK Invests in Perovskite Solar Cell Spin-off from Kyoto University

NGK INSULATORS, LTD. has invested in EneCoat Technologies Co., Ltd., which is involved in development of perovskite solar cells.

12 Apr 2022

Metso Outotec Develops New Electric Lokotrack Range

In response to the growing demand for sustainable solutions, Metso Outotec is conducting a program to develop a new, complete range of electrically driven track-mounted crushers and screens.

From Metso Outotec Corporation 12 Apr 2022

Carbon Neutrality Widely Associated with Climate, Ecology, Energy, Environment, and Society

The aim of carbon neutrality is considered to be a combined and highly complicated problem that has been extensively linked with ecology, climate, energy, environment, and society.

11 Apr 2022

Abrupt Global Climate Changes Depended on the Atmospheric Levels of Carbon Dioxide, Study Finds

In the Northern Hemisphere, big jumps within the last ice age between warm and cold climate periods might have taken place since the climate system has turned out to be volatile while atmospheric CO2 levels were between around 190 and 225 parts per million.

11 Apr 2022

Tropical Cities Account for 180,000 Excess Deaths Due to Air Pollution

A study directed by scientists at University College London (UCL) and the University of Birmingham has exposed that approximately 180,000 avoidable fatalities spanning 14 years in rapidly expanding tropical cities were caused by a swift increase in emerging air pollution,

11 Apr 2022

Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation may be Less Sensitive to Freshwater Forcing from Ice Melt

Most simulations of our climate's future may be overly sensitive to Arctic ice melt as a cause of abrupt changes in ocean circulation, according to new research led by scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

11 Apr 2022

New Pathway to Carbon-Free Electric Power System in 2050

The urgent need to cut carbon emissions has prompted a growing number of U.S. states to commit to achieving 100 percent clean electricity by 2040 or 2050.

11 Apr 2022