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Degraded Landscapes can be Restored if Secondary Forests Surround Lakes

According to a recent study by Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) postdoctoral fellow Karina Chavarria and colleagues, bacterial communities in streams neighboring young secondary forests recover to look like those of mature forest streams in as little as 10 years after cattle has been moved away from the land, and that these communities are resilient during the course of the year.

8 Nov 2021

Wind and Solar Power can Meet Most of the Electricity Demand in Industrialized Nations

With the eyes of the world on the United Nations COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, strategies for decarbonizing energy infrastructure are a trending topic. Yet critics of renewables question the dependability of systems that rely on intermittent resources. A recent study led by researchers at the University of California, Irvine tackles the reliability question head-on.

8 Nov 2021

Sustainable Photovoltaic Solar Device Uses 95.06% of the Energy Available to Produce Domestic Hot Water

A research team at the University of Córdoba has designed a sustainable photovoltaic solar device that can heat water up to 80 degrees - just like a regular electric heater

8 Nov 2021

IPCC Vice Chair Welcomes New Recommendations for Communicating Climate Change

As the world keenly watches for progress at the UN climate conference, the foremost scientific authority on climate change has emphasised the critical importance of communicating science effectively.

8 Nov 2021

Study Finds Human-Induced Climate Change as the Main Cause for Increasing Wildfires

Research by scientists from UCLA and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory strengthens the case that climate change has been the main cause of the growing amount of land in the western U.S. that has been destroyed by large wildfires over the past two decades.

8 Nov 2021

African Sahelian Farmers Use Crop Diversity to Adapt to Climate Change

Farming communities in the African Sahel have adapted their crops to the high seasonal variability and rising temperatures caused by climate change over this past century.

8 Nov 2021

MIT and Biogen Collaborate to Accelerate the Action on Climate Change to Improve Human Health

MIT and Biogen have announced that they will collaborate with the goal to accelerate the science and action on climate change to improve human health.

8 Nov 2021

High-Temperature Electric Soot Collector Could Reduce Emissions from Residential Biomass Combustion

Air pollution emitted by residential biomass combustion is a known cause of adverse health effects, such as respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, as well as adverse climate effects.

8 Nov 2021

UK Green-Tech Company, Clean Planet Energy, Headline United Nations COP26 Climate Change Publication

The main event at COP26 on Thursday 4th November 2021 focuses on ‘Energy: Accelerating the Global Transition to Clean Energy’.

From Clean Planet Energy 8 Nov 2021

New Pathways to Achieve 100% Renewable Power Systems

Renewable energy has the potential to decrease electricity costs, create jobs, improve environmental health, and reduce medical costs for issues related to pollution and climate change. However, renewable sources, such as wind and solar energy, vary in their availability, which impacts power grid reliability.

5 Nov 2021