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Study Assesses Impact of Climate Change on Silicate Carbon Weathering Sink

The global carbon cycle has been influenced by silicate carbon weathering sink (SCS)—the net carbon sink—for a period of more than millions of years. But the spatial pattern, magnitude, and evolution properties of global SCS are still not clear.

17 May 2021

OGTC and Scottish Funding to Scale Up Hydrogen Technologies

OGTC has extended its latest Call for Ideas, with the organization set to invest up to £1million in game-changing technologies which will accelerate hydrogen production, transportation, storage, and utilization.

14 May 2021

New Insight on Acid Formation can Help Refine Atmosphere and Climate Models

Atmospheric acidity is increasingly established by organic acids, like formic acid, and carbon dioxide.

13 May 2021

Smartphone Apps Open New Perspectives for Rapid Detection of Biodiversity Changes

Mobile apps like Flora Incognita that allow automated identification of wild plants cannot only identify plant species, but also uncover large scale ecological patterns.

13 May 2021

Building Better Beans to Fight Global Food Security

As climate change threatens global food security, researchers at Michigan State University are building better beans crucial to human nutrition by tapping into the genetics of the more heat-resistant tepary bean.

13 May 2021

Study Shows Only 17% of Rivers are Both Free-Flowing and Within Protected Areas

New science about the fate of freshwater ecosystems released today by the journal Sustainability finds that only 17 percent of rivers globally are both free-flowing and within protected areas, leaving many of these highly-threatened systems and the species that rely on them --at risk.

13 May 2021

Study Highlights the Need to Protect Habitat of Wild Orangutans

Wild orangutans are known for their ability to survive food shortages, but scientists have made a surprising finding that highlights the need to protect the habitat of these critically endangered primates, which face rapid habitat destruction and threats linked to climate change.

13 May 2021

Delivering a Subsea Superhighway of Electricity Transmission

SSEN Transmission welcomes today’s publication of Ofgem’s consultation on the assessment of plans submitted by all three GB onshore electricity Transmission Owners (TOs) for the strategic and timely development of the first two of a series of planned subsea electricity transmission HVDC links connecting Scotland and England along the east coast.

13 May 2021

Australia Installs Record-Breaking Number of Rooftop Solar

Australia installed its highest ever number of rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) panels in 2020, according to Clean Energy Regulator data analysed by energy efficiency experts from Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO. Data from the Clean Energy Regulator analysed by CSIRO shows that in 2020, around Australia, over 362,000 rooftop solar PV installations were issued with small-scale renewable energy scheme certificates (STCs) under the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme.

13 May 2021

Sakuu Poised to Unlock Mainstream Adoption of Electric Vehicles with World’s First EV Battery 3D Printer

Sakuu Corporation (previously KeraCel Inc.), the leader in automated multi-process additive manufacturing (AM), has today announced a revolutionary new industrial-grade 3D printer for e-mobility batteries.

From Sakuu Corporation 13 May 2021

Two Million Revolutionary Bricks Go into Annual Production Following Funding Award

Kenoteq, a clean-tech spin-out from Heriot-Watt University, has been awarded £1 million in funding by Zero Waste Scotland to commercialise production of its revolutionary brick made of recycled construction waste, the K-Briq, to more than two million bricks per year.

From Kenoteq 13 May 2021

New Guidelines for Coral Reef Restoration Could Protect from Flood Risk

New guidelines for coral reef restoration aiming to reduce the risk of flooding in tropical coastal communities have been set out in a new study that simulated the behavior of ocean waves travelling over and beyond a range of coral reef structures.

12 May 2021

Nature-Based Solutions Hold Potential to Mitigate Climate Change and Benefit Biodiversity in the UK

The report offers, for the first time, a complete assessment of the potential of nature-based solutions (NbS) to mitigate climate change and benefit biodiversity in the UK.

12 May 2021

Sustainable Crop-Growing Methods Improves Diets and Food Security in Tanzania

A project based in Tanzania found significant improvements in the diversity of children's diets and food security for households after farmers learned about sustainable crop-growing methods, gender equity, nutrition and climate change from peer mentors.

12 May 2021

Integrating Renewable Energy into AEPS Would Enhance the Grid's Resilience, Study Shows

A new Dartmouth Engineering study shows that integrating renewable energy into the American Electric Power System (AEPS) would enhance the grid's resilience, meaning a highly resilient and decarbonized energy system is possible.

12 May 2021