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Australia's Airports can be Ideal Hosts for Solar Electricity Production

A new study has found Australia's government-owned airports could produce enough electricity to power 136,000 homes, if they had large-scale rooftop solar systems installed.

27 Apr 2021

Gov. Doug Burgum Signs New Bill to Accelerate Efforts for Developing Low-Emission Technologies

Gov. Doug Burgum today signed legislation creating a Clean Sustainable Energy Fund to support low-emission technology projects and help provide a long-term, viable path forward for the state’s critical energy industry.

27 Apr 2021

Transforming Corn Stover into Activated Carbon for Use in Water Treatment

Corn is America's top agricultural crop, and also one of its most wasteful. About half the harvest--stalks, leaves, husks, and cobs-- remains as waste after the kernels have been stripped from the cobs.

27 Apr 2021

Ozone Pollution Falls in Germany Due to Reduction in Nitrogen Oxide Emissions

Summer is the ozone season: The harmful gas forms at ground level on hot, sunny days. In recent years, however, the rise in ozone levels over the summer months has not been as pronounced in Germany as it was previously.

27 Apr 2021

Scientists Develop the First Stable Coral Cell Cultures

A new era of biological research could be on the horizon thanks to new research that reveals a method to culture coral cells.

By Robert Lea 27 Apr 2021

Study Unveils a Large Microbial Ecosystem Living Deep Within the Earth

Powerful volcanic eruptions and continental collisions are not things generally related to conditions fit for life.

27 Apr 2021

Wild Blueberry Fields in Down East Maine are Warming Faster than Previously Thought

A new study by researchers from the University of Maine on the impacts of climate change on the barrens in the last four decades reports that in Down East Maine, wild blueberry fields are warming faster compared to the state as a whole.

27 Apr 2021

Network-Wide Perspective is Crucial for Conservation Management Decisions

Regardless of an expected shift in main species distributions, a continental-scale network of conservation sites will probably stay effective even under future climate change scenarios.

26 Apr 2021

Climate Change Has Shifted the Axis of the Earth

New research says that the redistribution of water thanks to glacial melting driven by climate change has been causing the Earth to shift on its axis.

By Robert Lea 26 Apr 2021

Research Could Help Decision Makers Understand the Inherent Complexity of Climate Change

A team of researchers from the Africa Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI) led a global team of 21 climate risk scholars to better understand and inform decision making around climate change risks in Africa and globally by examining how the drivers of risk interact.

26 Apr 2021