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Most Comprehensive Electric Power Grid Test Beds Unveiled

It's taken almost 10 years to design and construct, but researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory have now energized and put into service one of the nation's most comprehensive electric power grid test beds.

13 Jan 2022

Extreme Rainfall Hinders Economic Growth

Economic growth goes down when the number of wet days and days with extreme rainfall go up, a team of Potsdam scientists finds.

13 Jan 2022

Seagrass Habitats More Diverse and Expansive than Expected; Survey Reveals 13 January 2022

Vital seagrass habitat is more widespread and diverse than previously thought, according to new research that is surveying the habitats across Marra and Yanyuwa sea country.

13 Jan 2022

The loo Taboo: New Study Explores Uptake of Controversial Technologies

Researchers have provided an important insight into the cultural taboo surrounding an innovative ‘green’ technology that enables users to transform their domestic toilet waste into biogas.

13 Jan 2022

Global Shift in Climate Patterns Brings Winter Rain to Eastern Arabian Peninsula

The Arabian Peninsula is one of the world’s driest places, hence understanding how climate change may alter local rainfall patterns is critical. According to data comparisons, changes in winter rainfall over the peninsula throughout the 1980s have now been connected to an ocean-atmospheric phenomenon affecting sea surface temperatures in the central Pacific and westerly jet streams arriving from North Africa.

12 Jan 2022

Rapidly Changing Arctic Coasts are Vulnerable to the Effects of Climate Change

Permafrost researchers analyse the drivers of rapidly changing Arctic coasts and the implications for humans and environment

12 Jan 2022

Using LPG Could Reduce Air Pollution and can be a Eco-Friendly Alternative Ship Fuel

The combustion of fuels used for powering ships negatively impacts our environment by releasing harmful pollutants into the atmosphere. As a result, maritime agencies monitoring shipping operations have enforced regulations to mitigate this impact.

12 Jan 2022

Biomass Burning Aerosols Impact Cloud Formation in Southeastern Asia

Aerosol effects on cloud formation are key to understand climate forcing in the Anthropocene. Wildfires inject large amounts of biomass burning aerosol particles into the atmosphere, which by interacting with clouds, strongly enhance the formation of marine stratocumulus cloud. But their role in regions with strong human activities and complex monsoon circulation remains unclear.

12 Jan 2022

New Approach to Directly Transfer Solid Biomass into Natural Gas with Low Carbon Footprint

Natural gas can be used as fuel for generating electricity, heating and powering transportation. It is also the raw material to manufacture hydrogen and ammonia.

12 Jan 2022

Using Image Processing Tools in Renewable Energy Systems

This book is beneficial for the researchers to work and focus on the hybrid techniques of GIS, remote sensing, image processing, and its implementation on the setup and applications of renewable energy resources. Due to population growth and modernization, the demand and supply system is unbalanced, which directly affects the environmental condition.

12 Jan 2022

World's Oceans Continue Their Record-Breaking Temperature Streak Through 2021

The world's oceans are hotter than ever before, continuing their record-breaking temperature streak for the sixth straight year.

12 Jan 2022

Rising Temperature Results in “Growing Diversity” of Vibrio Bacteria

A new study illustrates that increasing temperatures are resulting in a “growing diversity” of Vibrio bacteria in the sea around the United Kingdom (UK).

11 Jan 2022

Ecological Communities on the Oregon Coast Being Destabilized by Climate Change

Ecological communities on the Oregon coast are being subtly destabilized by the pressures of climate change despite giving an appearance of stress resistance, new research by Oregon State University shows.

11 Jan 2022

Heat Pumps can Offer the Most Air Quality, Health, and Climate Benefits in China

Many of China's households still rely on small coal stoves for heat, which causes air pollution that damages health. To address these problems, the Chinese government launched a five-year "Clean Heating Plan" in 2017 with the goal of transitioning 70% of northern households away from coal and toward cleaner heating options.

11 Jan 2022

Study Provides a Complete Estimate of Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Through the 20th Century

A study led by Ohio University researchers shows that the increase of sea ice surrounding Antarctica since 1979 is a unique feature of Antarctic climate since 1905 -; an observation that paints a dramatic first-ever picture for weather and climate implications on the world's southernmost continent.

11 Jan 2022