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Will Climate Change Impact Future Global Farmed Seafood Supply?

According to a new University of British Colombia study, the supply of farmed seafood such as mussels and salmon is estimated to fall 16% around the world by 2090 if steps to mitigate climate change are not taken.

14 Dec 2021

Female and Juvenile Bats are More Frequently Killed by Wind Turbines

Many bats die at wind turbines when colliding with the spinning blades. Currently it is unclear whether all age cohorts or sexes are equally vulnerable.

14 Dec 2021

Reduction in Vehicle Emissions Associated with Decrease in Deaths Attributable to Air Pollution

Decreasing vehicle emissions since 2008 have reduced by thousands the number of deaths attributable to air pollution, yielding billions of dollars in benefits to society, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

14 Dec 2021

Creating a Market for Small Trees Could Help Limit Carbon and Curb Wildfires

Clearing California's forests of dense overgrowth is a critical first step for curbing catastrophic wildfire in the state.

14 Dec 2021

MOTUS Research Project Investigates the Possibility of Resilient and Sustainable Transport

At the end of the project, a simulation platform should exist that enables municipal decision-makers, for example, to play out various disruptive scenarios for their transport system (urban space) and derive suitable countermeasures.

14 Dec 2021

DOE Announces Funding for Small Businesses Pursuing Climate and Energy Research

In support of the Biden-Harris Administration's commitment to build the American economy back better, the U.S. Department of Energy today announced a plan to provide $54 million for small businesses pursuing climate and energy research and development projects as well the development of advanced scientific instrumentation through a funding opportunity announcement.

14 Dec 2021

The Future of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars

Hydrogen fuel cell cars seem like a great, low-emission driving solution: oxygen and hydrogen in, nothing but water vapor out.

14 Dec 2021

Study Shows How Different Valuations of Methane Affect Climate Mitigation Policies

An international team of researchers explored how focusing either on the short- or long-term warming effects of methane can affect climate mitigation policies and dietary transitions in agriculture.

14 Dec 2021

DOE Announces Plan to Provide $110 Million for Biology Studies to Produce Renewable Fuels and Novel Materials

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a plan to provide up to $110 million for basic research and technology development to design and engineer plants and microbes for the production of advanced biofuels, bioproducts, and biomaterials.

14 Dec 2021

Disabled Households in the EU More Likely to Experience Energy Poverty

A new study reveals that disabled households in the Europe Union currently consume 10% less energy than other households, as well as being 5% more likely to experience energy poverty.

14 Dec 2021

Climate Change Fuels Seagrass Wasting Disease Outbreaks

In an oceanic omen for climate change's intensifying effects, new research shows that seagrass suffers from a lesion-filled wasting disease through large swaths of intertidal meadows in the Pacific Northwest.

14 Dec 2021

New Tools to Help Electric Delivery-Vehicles Navigate Strategically to Save Energy

Range anxiety with electric commercial vehicles is real, since running out of battery can have serious consequences.

14 Dec 2021

Study Shows Link Between Global Energy Change and Demographic Transition

Switching to modern cooking fuels like gas or to electricity can improve the well-being of women in the global South, and eventually be connected to falling birth rates, a new study by researchers from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research shows.

14 Dec 2021

Plastic-degrading Enzymes Increasing in Correlation with Pollution

The number of microbial enzymes with the ability to degrade plastic is growing, in correlation with local levels of plastic pollution.

14 Dec 2021

Protium Harnesses Enapter Technology to Deploy Cutting-edge Electrolytic Hydrogen Electrolyser

Protium, the leading UK-based green hydrogen energy company, has announced that it will deploy its first electrolyser in the UK, sourced from Enapter, the esteemed design and manufacturing brand who have produced the first scalable hydrogen AEM electrolyser.

From Protium 14 Dec 2021