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Study Identifies Key Issues that Should be Considered When Targeting Greenhouse Gas Emissions

"If you can't measure it, you can't improve it". This concept is also true within the context of climate policy, where the achievement of the objectives of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is dependent on the ability of the international community to accurately measure greenhouse gas emission trends and, consequently, to alter these trends.

27 May 2021

Study Shows that Warm Ice may Fracture Differently than Ice Studied in Laboratories

Researchers at Aalto University in Finland have found strong evidence that warm ice - that is, ice very close in temperature to zero degrees Celsius - may fracture differently than the kinds of ice typically studied in laboratories or nature.

27 May 2021

Rapid and Mandatory Usage of Electric Cars can Significantly Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions

If a ban were introduced on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars, and they were replaced by electric cars, the result would be a great reduction in carbon dioxide emissions.

27 May 2021

Perceptions of Naturalness Predict Public Support for Soil Carbon Storage

Soil carbon storage, carbon capture and storage, biochar - mention these terms to most people, and a blank stare might be the response.

27 May 2021

Venice is Sinking – but Flying Electric Boats can be the Solution

“Moto Ondoso” - wake damage - from thousands of motorboats is slowly eroding the iconic buildings of Venice. A Swedish-designed electric boat that flies above the water might be the answer to the city’s problems.

27 May 2021

The First Ever Solo Traveller is to Cross Pacific from Chile to AUstralia on Solar-Powered Vessel

Russian voyager and survivalist Fedor Konyukhov is preparing for a new challenge – the first ever solo transpacific crossing by solar electric catamaran. The 9,000 nautical mile expedition from Chile to Australia is set to start in December 2021.

27 May 2021

New Method Uses Chemical Solution to Measure Microplastics in Sewage

Researchers have started closely analyzing human sewage to identify how best to quantify hidden and potentially harmful plastics.

27 May 2021

Recent Global Warming has Led to a Decrease in Dust Storm Events

Dust storms are generally defined as disastrous weather events in which huge amounts of dust particles are lifted and transported by powerful winds. Such storms are characterized by suddenness, weak horizontal visibility (less than 1 km), brief duration, and extreme destruction.

27 May 2021

Ofgem “Sandbox” Awarded to Emergent Energy Unlocks New Commercial Offer for Housing Industry that can Cut the Costs of Delivering Net Zero Technologies by 25%

New entrant Emergent have today launched a “smart local energy system solution” that connects individual houses and flats with on-site net zero technologies on residential developments through a microgrid.

From Emergent Energy Systems Ltd. 27 May 2021