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Intercropping with Perennial Plants in Rainfed Woody Systems Helps to Mitigate Climate Change

Agriculture and the change in soil use produce 23% of the total emissions of greenhouse gases of anthropogenic origin.

25 Oct 2021

Policies and Changes Needed to Achieve UK's Target of Net-Zero Emissions from Electricity

CO2 emissions from electricity in the UK fell by two thirds in the last decade due to several factors working together, rather than a single panacea.

25 Oct 2021

Research Helps Explains Increased Rainfall in the U.S. Pacific Northwest

The Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) is a tropical rainfall pattern that excites waves of air in the atmosphere.

25 Oct 2021

High-Resolution Model to Find Pathway Toward Carbon-Neutral Electrical Systems in China

There are many uncertainties about pathways to mid-century carbon neutrality in China and other major emitting nations

25 Oct 2021

Food Quality at the Base of Aquatic Food Web Deteriorates with Climate Change

Climate change impacts on freshwater systems can lower nutrition and increase toxicity at the base of the food web, according to research from Dartmouth College and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.

25 Oct 2021

Study Analyzes Causes of Super Sandstorm 2021 in North China

After an absence of over a decade in North China, tough sandstorms returned in the spring of 2021. During March 14th to 17th, the severe sandstorm weather impacted an extensive region of over 3.8 million square kilometers.

25 Oct 2021

Study Shows No Precedent for Rate of Coal Decline Needed to Realize Paris Climate Agreement

A study of decadal episodes of drop in fossil fuel across 105 countries between the years 1960 and 2018 reveals that limiting climate change to the 1.5°C target fixed by the Paris Climate Agreement will probably necessitate coal and gas power use to decrease at rates that are unparalleled for any large country.

25 Oct 2021

Sulzer Schmid Completes Multi-GW Blade Inspection Campaign for Vestas in Europe

Sulzer Schmid, a Swiss company pioneering UAV technology for wind turbine rotor blade inspections, announced today that it has completed a massive blade inspection campaign for Vestas, covering close to 4,000 wind turbines across 14 countries of northern and central Europe.

From Sulzer & Schmid Laboratories AG 25 Oct 2021

Research Analyzes Interactions Between Electricity System and Hydrogen Supply Chain

Governments and companies worldwide are increasing their investments in hydrogen research and development, indicating a growing recognition that hydrogen could play a significant role in meeting global energy system decarbonization goals.

22 Oct 2021

Study Reveals Connection Between Climate Change and Plastics Pollution

University of Rhode Island researchers Andrew Davies and Coleen Suckling say that when a major hurricane churns up storm surges and heavy, drenching rains, the storm washes trash from the land into our rivers and coasts.

22 Oct 2021

Study Develops Novel Material for Use in Solid-State Batteries

In pursuit of batteries that deliver more power and operate more safely, researchers are working to replace the liquids commonly used in today's lithium ion batteries with solid materials.

22 Oct 2021

Experts Identify Means to Break Trade-Off Problem in Thermoelectric Conversion

In recent years, energy consumption in developed countries has been rather wasteful. Nearly two-thirds of the total energy is typically discarded as "waste heat," which ends up contributing to global warming.

22 Oct 2021

Call for Immediate Action to Overcome Climate Change

The 2021 IPCC report made one thing crystal clear - global climate change is here to stay. Time is up. We need to act or climate change will lead to inconceivable suffering by billions of people.

22 Oct 2021

European Multidisciplinary Project Focuses on Developing Micro-Scale Anaerobic Digestion in Urban Areas

As more and more people move to urban areas, bringing ever-greater needs for energy and taking an increasing toll on the environment, biowaste looks like an attractive resource whose management must be incorporated into the sustainable development of territories.

22 Oct 2021

Northern Hemisphere Lakes may be Approaching a Tipping Point to Ice-Free Conditions

Lakes in the Northern Hemisphere are warming six times faster since 1992 than any other time period in the last 100 years, research led by York University has found.

22 Oct 2021