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Study Finds Increasing Weather Persistence in European Summer

In our study, we show that persistent weather conditions have an increasing similarity in summer over the North Atlantic, Europe and Siberia, favoring more pronounced extreme weather events.

7 Dec 2021

UNESCO-IPCC-ICOMOS Meeting Focuses on Strengthening Synergies Between Climate Science and Culture

Strengthening synergies between culture and climate science in the common fight against climate change will be at the centre of the first ever meeting organised jointly by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) from 6 to 10 December 2021.

7 Dec 2021

Decarbonizing Steel Production: Metso Outotec Launches Next Generation of the 100% Hydrogen-Based Circored Process for Fine Ore Reduction

Finding new solutions to decarbonize the steelmaking value chain is a must for the industry to become fossil-free and to help limit global warming to 1.5 °C.

From Metso Outotec Corporation 7 Dec 2021

Scottishpower Announces Partnership with the AA to Support Drivers in the Transition to Electric Vehicles

The UK’s leading breakdown service, the AA, has partnered with ScottishPower to help more UK drivers make a move to electric vehicles by giving people with ‘range anxiety’ confidence to switch to a zero-emissions vehicle.

7 Dec 2021

High Blood Pressure Could be Due to Long-Term Particulate Matter Pollution

According to the World Health Organization, air pollution is the greatest health hazard globally, causing over 4.2 million deaths per year.

6 Dec 2021

Trees in the Amazon Wetland Areas are a Significant Source of Methane

After reaching the atmosphere, methane causes more than 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide over the first 20 years. While CO2 has a longer-lasting effect, methane sets the pace in the near term. At least 25% of today’s warming is thought to be led by anthropogenic methane production.

By David J. Cross 6 Dec 2021

Existing Models Could be Underestimating the Extent of Methane Emissions in Wetland Areas

Most of the methane gas emitted from Amazon wetlands regions is vented into the atmosphere via tree root systems – with significant emissions occurring even when the ground is not flooded, say researchers at the University of Birmingham.

6 Dec 2021

Acoustically Distinct Pressurized Underwater Bubbles Help Estimate Climate-Induced Glacial Melting

As the world's temperatures rise, tidewater glaciers are receding and melting, releasing air trapped in the ice. Scientists can listen to the release of the air and potentially use the sounds to help them gauge the impact of climate change on the ice floes.

6 Dec 2021

Fiscal Transfer Mechanism Increases the Nature Reserves in Atlantic Rainforest Areas, but with Partial Results

A study by the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil investigated a fiscal transfer mechanism whereby states transfer part of their sales tax revenue to municipalities in exchange for the creation of environmental conservation units. The mechanism is known as ICMS-E. ICMS is state-collected sales tax, and the "E" stands for ecological.

6 Dec 2021

Social Acceptability of Carbon Taxes Increases by Spending Revenues on Climate Projects

The creation of a carbon tax would be more widely accepted by the public if the revenue raised were used to finance climate projects. This is the conclusion of a study carried out by researchers at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autnomade Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), which analyses the fact that how governments spend revenues influences the acceptance and perception of the tax.

6 Dec 2021

Research Proposes a New Perspective on the Carbon Neutrality of Wastewater Treatment Industry

This study is led by Professor Nianzhi Jiao (State Key Laboratory for Marine Environmental Science, Institute of Marine Microbes and Ecospheres, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University), Professor Yao Zhang, and Dr. Zongqing Lv. In previous study, Jiao et al. found that the use of chemical oxygen demand (COD) in natural water bodies as a monitoring indicator of organic matter is misleading, and could judge refractory dissolved organic matter (RDOM) in water bodies as pollutants.

6 Dec 2021

Green Synthesis of Metal Particle Modified Photocatalysts for Reducing Nitrate to Ammonia

Compare with bulk graphitic carbon nitride, the optimal sample had 2.93-fold photocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia activity (2.627?mg/h/gcat), and the NH3 selectivity increased from 50.77% to 77.9%. They published their approach on September 06 in the Energy Material Advances.

6 Dec 2021

Researchers Reveal Carbon Footprint of Plastics is Constantly Growing

ETH scientists investigated the global plastics value chain and revealed that the effect of plastics on health and climate is bigger than formerly believed because of the increased use of coal for electricity, process heat, and as a raw material in production.

3 Dec 2021

Study Uses Climate Modeling to Reconstruct the History of Hurricanes and Tropical Cyclones

When forecasting how storms may change in the future, it helps to know something about their past. Judging from historical records dating back to the 1850s, hurricanes in the North Atlantic have become more frequent over the last 150 years.

3 Dec 2021

Research Reveals Why Batteries Cannot Charge in Minutes

Researchers find new issue complicating fast charging. Haste makes waste, as the saying goes. Such a maxim may be especially true of batteries, thanks to a new study that seeks to identify the reasons that cause the performance of fast charged lithium-ion batteries to degrade in electric vehicles.

3 Dec 2021

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Study Finds Increasing Weather Persistence in European Summer

UNESCO-IPCC-ICOMOS Meeting Focuses on Strengthening Synergies Between Climate Science and Culture

Decarbonizing Steel Production: Metso Outotec Launches Next Generation of the 100% Hydrogen-Based Circored Process for Fine Ore Reduction

Scottishpower Announces Partnership with the AA to Support Drivers in the Transition to Electric Vehicles

High Blood Pressure Could be Due to Long-Term Particulate Matter Pollution

Trees in the Amazon Wetland Areas are a Significant Source of Methane

Existing Models Could be Underestimating the Extent of Methane Emissions in Wetland Areas

Acoustically Distinct Pressurized Underwater Bubbles Help Estimate Climate-Induced Glacial Melting

Fiscal Transfer Mechanism Increases the Nature Reserves in Atlantic Rainforest Areas, but with Partial Results

Social Acceptability of Carbon Taxes Increases by Spending Revenues on Climate Projects

Research Proposes a New Perspective on the Carbon Neutrality of Wastewater Treatment Industry

Green Synthesis of Metal Particle Modified Photocatalysts for Reducing Nitrate to Ammonia

Researchers Reveal Carbon Footprint of Plastics is Constantly Growing

Study Uses Climate Modeling to Reconstruct the History of Hurricanes and Tropical Cyclones

Research Reveals Why Batteries Cannot Charge in Minutes

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