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Research Offers New Insight into How Our Early Ancestors Dealt with Climate Change

New insight into how our early ancestors dealt with major shifts in climate is revealed in research, published today [27 Jan] in Nature Ecology & Evolution, by an international team, led by Professor Rick Schulting from Oxford University's School of Archaeology.

28 Jan 2022

UD Researchers Prepare to Produce the Next Generation of Sustainably Minded Engineers

As world leaders gathered in the United Kingdom this fall to address the climate crisis, a team of researchers at the University of Delaware prepared to produce the next generation of sustainably minded engineers.

28 Jan 2022

Rising Gas Prices Contribute to Steep Decline in the Development of Forest and Agricultural Land

A new study found a steep decline in the development of forest and agricultural land from 2000 to 2015 compared to the previous two decades, which resulted in a broad shift towards denser development patterns throughout the U.S. A primary culprit was rising gas prices.

28 Jan 2022

Gas Stoves Emit Far More Methane than Once Thought

Humans have cooked with fire for millennia, but it may be time for a change. Natural gas appliances warm the planet in two ways: generating carbon dioxide by burning natural gas as a fuel and leaking unburned methane into the air.

28 Jan 2022

AWS Wave Energy Converter Arrives in Orkney for EMEC Demo

A new wave energy converter, developed by Inverness-based AWS Ocean Energy, has arrived in Orkney ahead of its imminent deployment at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC).

From European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) Ltd. 28 Jan 2022

UK Nuclear Stations Make Colossal £100 Billion Carbon Saving

The UK’s existing nuclear stations have saved £110 billion worth of carbon at current prices, according to new analysis by the Nuclear Industry Association. The figure is based on the 1.4 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions saved by the AGR stations and Sizewell B, making them the greenest assets in British history.

28 Jan 2022

Study Indicates Future Forests Will Have Smaller Trees Resulting in Less Uptake of Carbon

University of Arizona-led team of scientists may have developed the next best thing to a crystal ball to inform ecologists how forests of the future will react to the changing climate.

27 Jan 2022

Research Provides the Most Accurate Record of Air Pollution by Nanoplastics

In a new study, Empa researcher Dominik Brunner, together with colleagues from Utrecht University and the Austrian Central Institute for Meteorology and Geophysics, is investigating how much plastic is trickling down on us from the atmosphere.

27 Jan 2022

Researchers Quantify the Length of Summer as Earth’s Temperature Rises

With the onset of COVID-19, it has now become customary to screen body temperature before entering restaurants or buildings. This is because even 1 °C increase in body temperature is considered dangerous to one's health. Then what if the Earth's temperature rises by 1 °C or 2 °C? For the first time, a POSTECH research team has quantified the length of summer as the Earth's temperature rises.

27 Jan 2022

Urban Greening Unlikely to Provide a Single Fix for Tackling the Effects of Climate Change

Urban greening is unlikely to provide a single fix for tackling extreme weather events brought on by climate change, scientists have suggested.

27 Jan 2022

Storms Drive an Outgassing of Carbon Dioxide in the Southern Ocean

Storms over the waters around Antarctica drive an outgassing of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to a new international study with researchers from the University of Gothenburg.

27 Jan 2022

Salinization of Freshwater Ecosystems Poses a Global Threat to the Environment

The increasing salinity in freshwater habitats -;rivers, lakes, wetlands, etc.-; is a global threat to the conservation of biodiversity and the natural habitats of the world.

27 Jan 2022

Plastic Chemicals Could Contribute to Overweight and Obesity

It may sound strange, but chemicals in plastic may make the bathroom scale a less pleasant place to visit.

27 Jan 2022

Climate Change Will Change Land Suitability for Growing Coffee, Cashews, and Avocados

A new analysis predicts that, as climate change progresses, the most suitable regions for growing coffee arabica, cashews, and avocados will decline in some of the main countries that produce these crops. Roman Grüter and colleagues at Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland, present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS ONE on January 26, 2022.

27 Jan 2022

Construction and Property Services Company Wates Group Slashes Water Use with Propelair® Toilets

The Wates Group, the privately owned UK construction, development and property services company, has reduced water use by 87% at its headquarters as a result of installing a system by Propelair®, the UK designer and manufacturer of the world’s lowest-water-flush toilet.

From Wates Group 27 Jan 2022