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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