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Urbanization is Causing Mammals to Grow Bigger and Longer, Study Shows

A new study shows urbanization is causing many mammal species to grow bigger, possibly because of readily available food in places packed with people.

17 Aug 2021

Duckweed may Help Scientists to Discover New Strategies for Growing Sustainable Crops

Duckweed, a tiny freshwater floating plant, is an excellent laboratory model for scientists to discover new strategies for growing hardier and more sustainable crops in an age of climate change and global population boom, a Rutgers-led study finds.

17 Aug 2021

Massachusetts-Based Startup Seeks to Reinvent Energy Storage from a Chemistry Perspective

Eli Paster SM ’10, PhD '14 is the CEO of PolyJoule, a startup working to reinvent energy storage technology to increase efficiency and reduce costs.

17 Aug 2021

Exploring New Concepts to Design Better Batteries for Electric Vehicles

The urgent need to cut carbon emissions is prompting a rapid move toward electrified mobility and expanded deployment of solar and wind on the electric grid.

17 Aug 2021

Scientists Assess Economic Impact of Climate Change Using Tipping Points

According to new research, crossing the tipping points in the climate system possibly increases the economic impacts of climate change.

17 Aug 2021

Research Links Metal Production and Toxic Lead Exposure in Humans

In the progressive industrialized world, what is produced “out there” has a direct effect on what happens inside the human body.

17 Aug 2021

Wind Turbine Night Noise

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 characterise annoying noise features from wind farms.

17 Aug 2021

UWA Scientists Recognised in Premier’s Science Awards

A researcher from The University of Western Australia whose work has paved the way for cleaner, sustainable energy production to meet the need of future generations, has been awarded WA Scientist of the Year in the 2021 Premier’s Science Awards.

17 Aug 2021

Wildfire Smoke Led to Excess COVID-19 Cases and Deaths

A study by researchers from Harvard University reports that thousands of COVID-19 cases and deaths in Oregon, California, and Washington, from March 2020 to December 2020, may have been caused by the higher amount of fine particulate air pollutants (PM2.5) from wildfire smoke.

16 Aug 2021

Study Demonstrates Link Between High Air Pollution and Productivity

Newly performed studies have stressed the connection between high levels of air pollution and poor health. For instance, even little exposure to air pollutants could increase the threat of respiratory infections, heart disease, and lung cancer.

16 Aug 2021

NASA Scientists Model the Primary Sources of Methane Around the Globe

Today, human sources are responsible for 60% of global methane emissions, coming primarily from the burning of fossil fuels, decomposition in landfills and the agriculture sector.

16 Aug 2021

Careful Planning can Help Remove CO2 in a Climate-Effective Manner

Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and ETH Zurich have investigated the extent to which direct capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the ambient air can help to effectively remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.

16 Aug 2021

Beneficial Micro-Organisms for Corals can Increase Survival After Bleaching

New research suggests that treating corals with a probiotic cocktail consisting of beneficial bacteria can help in survival after a bleaching event. This technique can be employed prior to a predicted heatwave event, to help corals to recover from high sea temperatures.

16 Aug 2021

Different Land Management Strategies can Help Sequester More Carbon in Soil

The organic matter in the Earth’s soils can store more than twice the carbon compared to atmospheric CO2. Hence, deciphering the carbon sequestration potential of various agricultural practices and landscapes is considered essential in meeting the national and global climate goals.

16 Aug 2021

IMCA to Hold Online Environmental Sustainability Seminar in September

The International Marine Contractors Association’s Environmental Sustainability Committee will host an online technical, motivational seminar for members working on environmental sustainability and the energy transition on 28 September.

16 Aug 2021