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Meat and Dairy Companies are Not Doing Enough to Tackle Climate Change, Study Finds

The vast majority of the world's largest meat and dairy companies have not made an explicit commitment to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, finds a new analysis by researchers at New York University.

30 Mar 2021

New Review Looks into the Effects of Climate Change on Hailstorms

Hail severity may increase in most regions of the world while Australia and Europe are expected to experience more hailstorms as a result of climate change, an international review led by a UNSW Sydney researcher has found.

30 Mar 2021

Narwal's Tusk Provides a Window into Changing Climatic Conditions in the Arctic

In the Arctic, climate change and pollution are the biggest threats to top predators like narwals. Studying the animals' tusks reveals that diet and exposure to pollution have shifted over the past half century in response to sea-ice decline. Human emissions have also led to a sharp rise in the presence of mercury in recent years, according to an international team of researchers.

30 Mar 2021

Climate Change Poses a Specific Extinction Threat for Coastal Lupine Plant

Climate change is altering the world we share with all living things. But it's surprisingly difficult to single out climate change as an extinction threat for any one particular species protected under the Endangered Species Act.

30 Mar 2021

Cooling Industry Needs to Accelerate Efforts for Achieving Net Zero Carbon Emissions

Five major cooling suppliers are racing to net zero but they represent fewer than ten per cent of the 54 suppliers assessed in a new report, meaning the industry has a lot of work to do to catch up on climate action and reduce pollution from the sector, currently estimated at 7% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

30 Mar 2021

Solar Photovoltaics can Pave Way for Green Energy Transition Faster than Expected

A team of researchers led by Aarhus University and including experts from universities and knowledge institutions in the US, Europe, Japan and Australia has published an article in the prestigious scientific journal Joule confirming that the role of solar photovoltaic installations in future green energy systems ought to be significantly upgraded.

30 Mar 2021

New Instrument Helps Better Understand the Scale and Long-Term Impact of Fires

A first-of-its-kind instrument that samples smoke from megafires and scans humidity will help researchers better understand the scale and long-term impact of fires--specifically how far and high the smoke will travel; when and where it will rain; and whether the wet smoke will warm the climate by absorbing sunlight.

30 Mar 2021

New Way to Overcome the Growing Water Crisis in Jordan

A growing population combined with declining water supplies will reduce Jordan’s per capita water use by 50% toward the end of this century.

30 Mar 2021

Climate Labels on Food Products can Reduce CO2 Footprint

Climate labels that inform people about the carbon footprint of a certain meat product drive many of them to choose other alternatives that are more climate-friendly.

30 Mar 2021

Nuclear has Saved UK Six Years of Emissions

Since Calder Hall opened in 1956, Britain’s nuclear power stations have saved 2.3 billion tonnes of carbon emissions, the equivalent of all the UK’s emissions over a six-year period from 2015 through 2020.

30 Mar 2021

Clean Planet Energy Unveil Two New Ultra-Clean Marine Fuels, Made from Non-Recyclable Plastic Waste

Clean Planet Energy has today released details of two new ultra-clean fuels manufactured to replace fossil fuels in the Marine industry, for use in any ship or vessel.

From Clean Planet Energy 30 Mar 2021

Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals in Wildfire Charcoals Remain Stable for Years

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) cause oxidative stress at the cellular level. Research shows that this way, amongst others, they inhibit the germination capacity of plants, produce cytotoxins or exert toxic effects on aquatic invertebrates.

29 Mar 2021

EPA Underestimates Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas Production, Research Shows

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is underestimating methane emissions from oil and gas production in its annual Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks, according to new research from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS).

29 Mar 2021

Gray's Beaked Whales in the Southern Ocean Could be Resilient to Ecosystem Changes

An elusive whale species in the Southern Ocean could be resilient to near-future ecosystem changes, according to a new study by the universities of Exeter and Copenhagen.

29 Mar 2021

Changes in Global Demand Send Positive and Negative Ripple Effects to Water Basins

Water scarcity is often understood as a problem for regions experiencing drought, but a new study led by Tufts University researchers finds that not only can localized water shortages impact the global economy, but changes in global demand can have positive and negative ripple effects in river basins across the globe.

29 Mar 2021