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Hybrid Cars Two-Fold Susceptible to Supply Chain Disruptions

The global computer chip shortage has hit car manufacturers especially hard, indicating the importance of supply chain resilience. Yet, for hybrid electric vehicles, it isn't clear how their production could be impacted by fluctuating supplies and high prices.

11 Aug 2021

Global Comparative Analysis of Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Passenger Cars

A far-reaching new study of the life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions from passenger cars, including SUVs, draws sharp and meticulous distinctions between the climate impacts of battery and fuel cell electric vehicles on one hand and combustion vehicles on the other.

11 Aug 2021

Global Ocean Warming Took a Steep Rise after the 1990's, Says Study

In estimations of ocean heat content -; important when assessing and predicting the effects of climate change -; calculations have often presented the rate of warming as a gradual rise from the mid-20th century to today.

11 Aug 2021

Experts Estimate Energy Imbalance Among Eurasian Economic Union Member States

The amount of energy consumption depends on various parameters: GDP, population, income disparities, etc.

11 Aug 2021

People Less Willing to have Renewable Energy Infrastructure Built Near to Homes

When it comes to transitioning from carbon-based to renewable source energy systems, Americans are on board.

11 Aug 2021

Hydrogen Technologies to Play a Vital Role in Achieving Net Zero

Achieving Net Zero energy, where the total amount of energy used is equal to the amount of renewable energy created, is closer than ever before, and hydrogen technologies will play an important role in achieving that goal.

11 Aug 2021

Samoa’s Electricity System Possibly to go Green, Highlights Research

The future of Samoa's electricity system could go green, a University of Otago study has shown.

11 Aug 2021

Enzymes Employed as Sustainable Means of Plastic Recycling

Researchers in the BOTTLE Consortium, including from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the University of Portsmouth, have identified using enzymes as a more sustainable approach for recycling polyethylene terephthalate, a common plastic in single-use beverage bottles, clothing, and food packaging that are becoming increasingly relevant in addressing the environmental challenge of plastic pollution.

11 Aug 2021

DOE Funds Small Businesses Involved in Climate, Energy, Research and Development

In support of the Biden-Harris Administration's commitment to build the American economy back better, the U.S. Department of Energy today announced a plan to provide $37 million for small businesses pursuing climate and energy research and development projects as well the development of advanced scientific instrumentation through a funding opportunity announcement.

11 Aug 2021

Climate Change Likely to Impact Evolution of New Fish Species

Many commonly-eaten fish could face extinction as warming oceans due to climate change increases pressure on their survival while also hampering their ability to adapt.

11 Aug 2021

Corallimorphs Dominate and Kill Reefs at Palmyra Atoll

The coral reefs thriving in Palmyra Atoll, a small outlying atoll in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, have been transforming from stony corals to systems controlled by corallimorphs—marine invertebrates that share genes with both hard corals and anemones.

11 Aug 2021