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Massive Algal Blooms Triggered Following the 2019 and 2020 Australian Wildfires

According to an international team of researchers led by Duke University, the Australian wildfires of 2019 and 2020 caused clouds of smoke and ash that triggered extensive algal blooms in the Southern Ocean thousands of miles downwind to the east.

16 Sep 2021

Novel Idea to Repurpose Water, CO2 from Vehicle Exhaust for Use in Food Production

Researchers have been investigating the possibility of capturing and using water and carbon dioxide (CO2) produced from a vehicles’ exhaust system to grow food.

15 Sep 2021

Better Analysis Tools Needed to Help Policymakers Tackle the Systemic Climate Crisis

Policymakers need better analysis tools to help them tackle the systemic climate crisis, experts say.

15 Sep 2021

Chemist Wins 2021 Paderborn University Research Prize for Developing Desalination Batteries

Water is probably the most important resource in the world. We need it in industry, in agriculture, to survive – provided it is clean water, of course.

15 Sep 2021

Climate Change may Have a Large Impact on Ecosystems in Polar Regions

Many species will become extinct as a consequence of global warming. This is the prediction of a mathematical model developed at Linköping University, Sweden, presented in Nature Communications.

15 Sep 2021

Climate Change may Make Wood Frogs Less Resilient to Salt Pollution

Climate change may erode frogs' ability to withstand road salt pollution, according to researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York.

15 Sep 2021

Researchers Work on Methods to Stop Global Marine Life Conflict

Across the globe, there has been an increase in the conflict between the recovering seal and sea lion population and fishing communities. A new study offers an exclusive outline of this conflict, specifically from the perspective of fishermen. It also offers a solution relevant to several fishing communities worldwide.

15 Sep 2021

Moray East Celebrates Final Turbine Installation

Scotland’s largest windfarm, Moray East, today announced that it had installed the last of its 100 Vestas V164-9.5 MW turbines at sea. The windfarm began generating when its first few turbines came online in June and has been gradually increasing output as more turbines are firstly installed, then commissioned.

15 Sep 2021

Tech Nation Welcomes 32 Revolutionary Climate Tech Companies to Its Second Net Zero Programme

Tech Nation, the UK’s leading growth platform for tech scaleups, today announces the 32 climate tech companies who have been accepted into Net Zero 2.0 - the second iteration of the Net Zero programme.

15 Sep 2021

UK's Largest Clean-Up Operation with Mindful Chef & Ben Fogle

Mindful Chef, the UK’s favourite healthy recipe box service (source: Trustpilot), is pleased to announce that it has partnered with UN Patron of the Wilderness Ben Fogle for its third annual Coast Clean, taking place 17th-19th September 2021.

15 Sep 2021

RES, ZX Lidars and KK Wind Solutions Develop Product to Upgrade Performance of Existing Wind Farms

RES, the world’s leading renewable energy company, alongside ZX Lidars and KK Wind Solutions, has developed a Retrofit Lidar Assisted wind farm Control System (ReLACS) which will improve the performance of existing wind farms.

From ZX Lidars 15 Sep 2021

NGO Research Warns Plastic Pollution is Jeopardising Sea’s Crucial Role in Fighting Climate Change

Whales and dolphins are suffocating on the sheer volume of plastic entering our seas, with the picture worse than previously understood, according to latest research by a leading marine charity.

15 Sep 2021

The Net Zero Technology Centre and TNO Launch Flagship Database to Share North Sea Resources

The Net Zero Technology Centre and TNO have today (date) launched a flagship report which analyses the significant opportunity that closer collaboration in the North Sea can bring.

15 Sep 2021

UCF Steers DOE-Funded Grant to Advance Hydrogen Fuel Research

With a new $800,000 award from the U.S. Department of Energy to promote research on hydrogen fuel, the University of Central Florida (UCF) is at the forefront of the country’s charge of achieving 100% clean electricity by the year 2035.

14 Sep 2021

Achieving Environmental Targets for Nitrogen Without Worsening Food Security

Environmental targets to limit excess nitrogen require the large-scale deployment of dedicated nitrogen mitigation strategies to avoid a strong increase in the risk of food insecurity.

14 Sep 2021