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How Cities Can Use Biochar in Urban Green Spaces to Achieve Carbon Neutrality

Senior lecturer Mikko Jalas is available to comment on how cities can use biochar in urban green spaces to help reach carbon neutrality.

2 Sep 2021

Advanced Electrolyzers for the Production of Green Hydrogen

Researchers at the University of Bayreuth advance the study on high-temperature electrolysis (HTEL) as a section of the hydrogen flagship program supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

2 Sep 2021

Flux Sensing in Green Buildings

Governments and citizens worldwide are increasingly concerned with climate change, creating many drives and initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. One relatively new invention, Flux Sensing, has the potential to help reduce emissions.

By Marc Bonne 2 Sep 2021

Blue Hydrogen to Account for 85% of Low-Carbon Hydrogen Capacity in North America by 2030, says GlobalData

Hydrogen markets are taking off around the world, and GlobalData expects low-carbon hydrogen production in North America to nearly triple by 2030, reaching 1.4 million tons per annum (mtpa).

2 Sep 2021

Vestas Wins 396 MW EnVentus Order for Wind Project in Australia

In partnership with Tilt Renewables, which is now part of the leading Australian renewable energy generator Powering Australian Renewables (PowAR), Vestas has secured a 396 MW contract for Rye Park Wind Farm in New South Wales, Australia.

From Vestas 2 Sep 2021

Experts Advocate Cost-Effective Solutions to Replace Power Plants

Analyzing California’s power system, MITEI researchers show that hydrogen-generated electricity is a cost-competitive candidate for backing up wind and solar.

1 Sep 2021

Research Examines Rare Earth Elements in a Colorado Watershed

Rare earth elements are finding their way into Colorado water supplies, driven by changes in climate, finds a new study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.

1 Sep 2021

Developing New Global Priority Maps that Help Identify New Areas for Conservation

Managing a strategically placed 30% of land for conservation could safeguard 70% of all considered terrestrial plant and vertebrate animal species, while simultaneously conserving more than 62% of the world's above and below ground vulnerable carbon, and 68% of all clean water.

1 Sep 2021

Archeological Researchers Highlight Blind Spots in Australia’s Environmental Management Policies

New archaeological research highlights major blind spots in Australia's environmental management policies, placing submerged Indigenous heritage at risk.

1 Sep 2021

Rising Temperature may Result in Extreme Sea Levels Along Coastlines More Frequently

The news has been packed in recent months with severe climate and weather events-record-high temperatures from the Pacific Northwest to Sicily, flooding in Germany and the eastern United States, wildfires from Sacramento to Siberia to Greece.

1 Sep 2021

Organic Molecules Help Retain Iron Content in Greenland and Antarctic Waters

Insufficient iron content is a limiting factor for the growth of algae in the oceans. More dissolved iron present in the ocean East of Greenland as a result of melting of the Greenland ice sheet does not facilitate more algal growth in the region.

1 Sep 2021

Study Outlines Strategies to Achieve Overall Resilience in Hood River Watershed

Hood River, long an agricultural center for Oregon, faces an uncertain future of climate impacts, but a new Portland State University study lays out strategies that the watershed can adapt to become more resilient to the inevitable changes.

1 Sep 2021

Study Seeks Ways to Improve the Prediction of Climate Anomalies

Human beings have been facing climate change and meteorological disasters, which have now turned out to be a major problem.

1 Sep 2021

New Study Turns to Engineered Bacteria to Store Renewable Energy

A bioengineer from Cornell University, Buz Barstow, PhD ’09, is working to resolve the issue faced with developing an eco-friendly, low-cost, and large-scale system for storing and retrieving energy from renewable energy sources such as solar and wind.

1 Sep 2021

Billion Investment in Plastic Recycling in Sweden - Site Zero Becomes the Largest and Most Modern Plastic Recycling Plant in the World

Swedish Plastic Recycling (Svensk Plaståtervinning), which is owned by a large part of the Swedish business community, is now investing heavily in building the world's largest and most modern facility for plastic recycling, Site Zero.

From Svensk Plaståtervinning 1 Sep 2021