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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

Water Stored in Reusable Plastic Bottles Contain Hundreds of Chemicals

Chemicals scientists at the University of Copenhagen have discovered several hundred different chemical elements in tap water kept in reusable plastic bottles.

14 Feb 2022

Sulzer Schmid Introduces New Ultra-Portable Drone Solution for Highly Flexible Wind Turbine Blade Inspections

Sulzer & Schmid Laboratories AG, a Swiss company pioneering UAV technology for wind blade inspections, has launched its new 3DX™ SmartPilot drone solution, specifically developed to enable inspection campaigns in geographies where site access or complex logistical barriers require a quick, highly portable blade inspection solution.

From Sulzer & Schmid Laboratories AG 14 Feb 2022

Paris Climate Agreement Goal to Limit Global Warming Remains Within Reach

The Paris Climate Agreement goal to limit global warming this century to 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit (2 degrees Celsius) over pre-industrial temperatures is still within reach, while apocalyptic, worst-case scenarios are no longer plausible, suggests a new CU Boulder analysis.

14 Feb 2022