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Fossil Rivers Show Why People Migrated Away from Nile Valley 10,000 Years Ago

People who lived near the Nile river migrated to central Egypt 10,000 years ago, despite the fact that the Egyptian Sahara was still green.

27 Oct 2021

Exponential Power Acquires Dry Creek Enterprises

Exponential Power, Inc., a leading provider of stored power solutions, announced that it has joined forces with Bakersfield, California-based Dry Creek Enterprises.

26 Oct 2021

Methane Emissions Across U.S. Cities are 2 to 10 Times Higher than Recent Estimates

Methane emissions from the distribution and use of natural gas across U.S. cities are 2 to 10 times higher than recent estimates from the Environmental Protect Agency, according to a new study from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS).

26 Oct 2021

China Needs to Take Responsibility for Developing Sustainable International Trade, Economists Say

As the world grapples with reducing atmospheric greenhouse gas, other serious global environmental problems emerge – such as how to feed China's burgeoning population without warming the planet.

26 Oct 2021

Hybrid Thermoelectrochemical-Concentration Cell Efficiently Converts Waste Heat into Energy

Thanks to the ongoing digital revolution, we are on the verge of transitioning to a hyper-connected world. However, the Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices and remote sensors that promise such a reality require energy.

26 Oct 2021

Climate Change: A Major Cause Affecting Rain in the U.S. Corn Belt

According to a new study by scientists from Penn State, air humidity is highly significant compared to soil moisture in affecting whether it rains in the U.S. Corn Belt—an agricultural region located in the Midwest, extending from Indiana to Nebraska, and accountable for over 35% of the most essential grain crop in the world.

26 Oct 2021

Climate Tipping Points can be Better Understood with Ancient Climate Change Data

A new study reveals that climate change data from the ancient past can be useful to gain better insights into and better predict climate “tipping points.”

26 Oct 2021

Aberdeen City Council Selects BP as Preferred Bidder for Hydrogen Partnership

Aberdeen City Council has today [Monday, 25 October] announced bp as its preferred bidder for a commercial partnership which will accelerate the city’s ambitions to become a world-class hydrogen hub.

26 Oct 2021

GM Defense’s New ISV Variant has the Potential to Expand US Army’s Electric Fleet, Says GlobalData

GM Defense’s new heavy gun carrier variant of its Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV), while not yet electric, has the potential to expand the US Army’s electric vehicle fleet, says GlobalData.

26 Oct 2021

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