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New Hydrogen Plant Design Draws on Fully Renewable Resources to Produce the Lowest Carbon

In the global race to curb climate change and reduce carbon emissions, hydrogen is considered a serious contender to replace fossil fuels. Although hydrogen 'burns' cleanly, with only water as a by-product, the current way of making hydrogen a reliable fuel alternative is energy- and carbon-intensive.

17 Jan 2022

Climate Adaptation Makes Cocoa Farmers More Vulnerable to Economic and Climatic Risks

New research offers an alternative perspective on adaptation to climate threats in Southeast Asia.

17 Jan 2022

Earth’s Heat May Dissipate Sooner than Previously Thought

The evolution of our Earth is the story of its cooling: 4.5 billion years ago, extreme temperatures prevailed on the surface of the young Earth, and it was covered by a deep ocean of magma.

17 Jan 2022

$1.5 Million Grant to Support the Role of USDA Climate Hubs in Indian Country

A collaborative team of researchers led by Maureen McCarthy, Ph.D., of DRI has received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) to support and strengthen the role of USDA Climate Hubs in Indian Country.

17 Jan 2022

New Spin Out Aims to Commercialize the Battery Modeling Capability

About:Energy, a joint spin out from Imperial College London and the University of Birmingham has been set up to help commercialise the battery modelling capability developed by the Faraday Institution's Multi-scale Modelling Project.

17 Jan 2022

Photon Recycling can Provide a Pathway Towards High-Efficiency Solar Energy Conversion

Metal halide perovskites are receiving great attention as next-generation semiconductors for solar energy conversion. Since the first demonstration of 3.8% efficiency in 2009, efficiencies have increased rapidly and state-of-the-art perovskite solar cells exhibit high efficiencies over 25%, close to the record efficiencies of silicon photovoltaics.

17 Jan 2022

Copper Released into the Environment may be Contributing to Stratospheric Ozone Depletion

Copper released into the environment from fungicides, brake pads, antifouling paints on boats and other sources may be contributing significantly to stratospheric ozone depletion, according to a new study from the University of California, Berkeley.

17 Jan 2022

Innovative Bioenergy Model Helps Boosts Renewable Energy Source

An innovative bioenergy model developed at West Virginia University called "FUN-BioCROP" will help farmers better manage production while also boosting a renewable energy source that will not increase atmospheric carbon dioxide.

17 Jan 2022

Scientists Investigate Peat Mosses' Responses to the Increase in Atmospheric CO2

Scientists at Umeå University, Sweden, and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences have developed ways to decipher effects of the CO2 rise during the past 100 years on metabolic fluxes of the key plant species in peatlands, mosses.

17 Jan 2022

New Expert Panel Report Bridges Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Practices

As the human and economic costs of climate disasters continue to mount, Canada faces a choice. It can continue to respond to disasters as they unfold -; with the attendant economic, social, and health harms -; or it can proactively prepare for them, mitigating the worst of the damages or avoiding them altogether.

17 Jan 2022