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Hitachi Energy Goes Live

The global technology and market leader in power grids is committed to advancing a sustainable energy future for all.

14 Oct 2021

Study Shows How Climate Change Could Impact the Ecosystems of Lakes

A new study has shown how climate change could impact the ecosystems of the planet's largest lakes by revealing varying levels at which their water layers are mixed together through the seasons.

13 Oct 2021

Higher Levels of Air Pollutants Found Within 2.5 Miles of Oil and Gas Wells

In a 14-year analysis of air quality across California, Stanford researchers observed higher levels of air pollutants within 2.5 miles of oil and gas wells, likely worsening negative health outcomes for nearby residents.

13 Oct 2021

Arctic's 'Last Ice Area' and Ice-Dependent Ecosystems may Collapse with Warming Climate

With warming climate, summer sea ice in the Arctic has been shrinking fast, and now consistently spans less than half the area it did in the early 1980s.

13 Oct 2021

Study Traces the Effect of Solar Activity on Earth's Energy Budget

This is the result of a new study by researchers from DTU Space at the Technical University of Denmark and of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, who have traced the consequences of eruptions on the Sun on clouds and Earth's energy balance.

13 Oct 2021

A Single Bad El Niño Drives Nearly 6 Million Children into Undernutrition

Over the last year and a half, the 1-in-100-year Covid-19 pandemic drove millions of children into hunger.

13 Oct 2021

Glaciers are Losing Mass Faster and Faster Due to Climate Change

For 20 years, a team from the VUB research group Ice and Climate Research, led by Professor Philippe Huybrechts, has been travelling to the Alps at the end of the summer to measure the mass balance of the Morteratsch and Pers glaciers.

13 Oct 2021

Study Reveals How Thinning Ice Sheet Impacts Greenland’s Groundwater System

For more than a decade, a team of University of Montana researchers and students have studied the dynamics of the Greenland Ice Sheet as it responds to a warming climate

13 Oct 2021

New Methods to Help Coral Reefs Survive Under Climate Change

Coral reefs are the rainforests of the seas, and 30 percent of all marine biodiversity depends on them. In economic terms, they support the livelihoods of around a billion people around the globe.

13 Oct 2021

Idaho National Laboratory and PNW Hydrogen Partner to Produce Clean Hydrogen with Nuclear Energy

Idaho National Laboratory will partner with the country's largest commercial nuclear energy facility to bring the nation one step closer to a carbon-free future.

13 Oct 2021

Climate Science Denial Emerged Simultaneously with Key Scientific Discoveries

Denial of climate science emerged simultaneously with key scientific discoveries about humanity's impact on our planet, according to a new book.

13 Oct 2021

Study Provides a Comprehensive Reference Guide on Land-Based Climate Solutions for Over 200 Countries

At a time when only one country in the world is on track to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with limiting global warming to 1.5 ºC, a new study published in Global Change Biology provides a comprehensive reference guide on the potential and feasibility of land-based climate solutions for over 200 countries.

13 Oct 2021