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Atlas Cedar Could be an Alternative to Mitigate the Effects of Climate Change in Forests

The Atlas cedar, or Cedrus atlantica (Endl. Manetti ex Carrière)is a species that belongs to Mediterranean mountain conifers, and is found in North Africa (Morocco and Algeria).

16 Feb 2022

Accelerated Ammonia Synthesis Holds Potential for Use in Renewable Energy Storage and Transfer

Research by Japanese scientists at Hiroshima University reveals a way to make ammonia from its constituent molecules of nitrogen and hydrogen at ambient pressure.

16 Feb 2022

New Projects Receive £40 Million UK Funding to Tackle Four Key Global Environmental Challenges

Scientists are beginning work on four studies that will tackle key challenges facing the UK as it adapts to climate change and works to reach net zero emissions by 2040.

16 Feb 2022

Solar-powered System Offers a Route to Inexpensive Desalination

An estimated two-thirds of humanity is affected by shortages of water, and many such areas in the developing world also face a lack of dependable electricity.

16 Feb 2022

Australia’s Official Battery Recycling Scheme B-cycle Launched Nationwide

B-cycle, Australia’s new national government-backed battery recycling Scheme, officially launched across the country on February 16th, 2022, to combat one of the nation’s fastest growing waste streams. It aims to redirect 90% of used batteries that currently go to landfill, causing environmental impact and wasting precious resources.

16 Feb 2022

Guam Endorses a Resolution on Plastic Pollution

Guam is now one of the eight countries and territories with Pacific interests to support “Pacific Regional Declaration on the Prevention of Marine Litter and Plastic Pollution and Its Impacts.”

15 Feb 2022

Study Analyzes the Role of Climate Change in Destroying Arctic Coasts

The coasts of the Arctic are being destroyed by erosion. The warming of the soil, resulting in ruptures and slumping, could threaten significant infrastructures and endanger the security of local populations.

15 Feb 2022

Nuclear Power Generation Could Help Reach the Key Goal of Zero Carbon Emissions

According to a new study performed by Lei Duan and Ken Caldeira from the Department of Global Ecology at the Carnegie Institution for Science, nuclear power generation could play a vital role in helping the world achieve a key goal of zero carbon emissions by the middle of the century. This could be specifically done in countries having low wind resources.

15 Feb 2022

Climate Change Threatens to Destroy Invaluable Heritage Sites in Marginalized Countries

Climate change threatens to destroy invaluable heritage sites and traditions in marginalised countries – but empowering local people is key to adaptation.

15 Feb 2022

New Sustainable and Practical Method to Produce Hydrogen from Water

A new sustainable and practical method for producing hydrogen from water has been discovered by a team of researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan led by Ryuhei Nakamura. Unlike current methods, the new method does not require rare metals that are expensive or in short supply.

15 Feb 2022

New Research Resolves Discrepancy Between Terrestrial and Marine Data in Antarctica

New research led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst definitively resolves a long-standing discrepancy in the geologic record that pitted studies of marine ice-sheet behavior against those that reconstructed past conditions on land.

15 Feb 2022

International Team Explores the Effects of Pursuing Carbon Neutrality and Water Security in China

China has promised to become carbon neutral before 2060 and has coupled this ambitious target with stringent limitations on industrial water use by 2030. An international team of IIASA researchers and Chinese colleagues explored the effects of simultaneously pursuing these goals.

15 Feb 2022

Researchers Offer Potential Paths Forward to Achieve More Sustainable Batteries

Electric vehicles, powered by renewable energy instead of finite fossil fuels, are the best green choice -; but they could be more sustainable. The most common power source in electric vehicles and portable electronics, lithium-ion batteries rely on an expensive and scarce metal to work.

15 Feb 2022

Novel Method to Address Nitrogen Pollution and Improve Water Quality

Researchers at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, have created a novel method to address nitrogen pollution and improve water quality.

By David J. Cross 14 Feb 2022

Photovoltaic and Wind Power Reduce Carbon Footprint

Recent study investigated the major factors in reducing the carbon footprint of electricity consumption in Switzerland. The country depends on electricity imports obtained from fossil fuel power plants, which are considered to be significant producers of greenhouse gases.

14 Feb 2022