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Study Analyzes Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Surface Water Quality

In the last few years, tens of thousands of hydraulic fracturing wells from Pennsylvania to Texas to North Dakota have done unconventional oil and gas production, which forms the routine for many Americans.

20 Aug 2021

Delivering Water for the Environment in 2021-22

The Commonwealth Environmental Water Office has released its Water Management Plan for 2021-22.

20 Aug 2021

Scottish Floating Offshore Wind Port Cluster Could Deliver £1.5bn Boost

A new independent report commissioned by the Scottish Government and offshore wind industry and led by Professor Sir Jim McDonald has today (August 20) set out a series of five recommendations to transform how Scottish companies secure work in offshore wind.

20 Aug 2021

Innovative Ammonia Production Process Could Contribute to Achieving Carbon Neutrality in Future

The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, an institution under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Science and ICT, has developed an innovative process that uses renewable energy to produce ammonia at room temperature and normal pressure.

19 Aug 2021

Flinders University Experts Characterize Annoying Noise Features from Wind Farms

With wind generation one of the fastest-growing renewable energy sectors in the world, Flinders University experts are using machine learning and other signal processing techniques to characterize annoying noise features from wind farms.

19 Aug 2021

Climate and Land Use Changes Threaten Bumblebee Populations

Bumblebees largely contribute to the pollination of crops. However, they are threatened by land use changes due to climate change.

19 Aug 2021

Researchers Develop Climate-Friendly Alternative to Conventional Cement

Researchers at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in Germany and the Brazilian University of Pará have developed a climate-friendly alternative to conventional cement.

19 Aug 2021

New Way to Develop Long-Range Vehicles Capable of Capturing CO2 Onboard

The conversation about eliminating carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from vehicles often revolves around electrifying cars, buses, and trucks. However, cargo and tanker ships that contribute 3% of all CO2 emissions are hardly discussed.

19 Aug 2021

Heat from Earth’s Interior Likely Affects Ice Masses, says Study

Ice losses from Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica are now accountable for around 4% of the global sea-level rise. This number could rise as virtually no other ice stream in the Antarctic is changing as much as the massive Thwaites Glacier.

19 Aug 2021

Incorporating Used Water into Hydrogen Production to Develop a More Sustainable Energy Source

Monash University researchers, together with national water utility companies, are looking at ways to produce hydrogen energy more sustainably through repurposing wastewater.

19 Aug 2021

Major Print Media Ensure Scientifically Accurate Coverage of Climate Change

Major print media in five countries have been representing climate change very factually, hitting a 90 percent accuracy rate in the last 15 years, according to an international study out today with University of Colorado Boulder and Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences authors.

18 Aug 2021

Effective Emission-Control Policies Could Reduce Air-Quality and Health Impacts of Shipping Activities

Emissions from shipping activities around the world account for nearly 3 percent of total human-caused greenhouse gas emissions, and could increase by up to 50 percent by 2050, making them an important and often overlooked target for global climate mitigation.

18 Aug 2021

New Book Explores How Organized Resistance to New Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Affects Climate Action

In The Resistance Dilemma: Place-Based Movements and the Climate Crisis, author George Hoberg explores how organized resistance to new fossil fuel infrastructure became a political force, and how this might affect the transition to renewable energy.

18 Aug 2021

New Prototype Technology can Double the Power Harvested from Ocean Waves

The unused potential of ocean wave energy is abundant. It is predicted that the power of coastal waves across the globe every year is equal to the annual worldwide electricity production.

18 Aug 2021

Indigenous Territories Alleviate Climate Change, says Study

Recent research by scientists from six different countries, including Camilo Alejo and Catherine Potvin of the Department of Biology at McGill University, analyzed the significance of Indigenous Territories in climate change mitigation across Panama and the Amazon Basin.

18 Aug 2021