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Study Analyzes Future Displacement Risks Due to Flooding from Overflowing Rivers

Annually, millions of people across the globe get displaced from their homes as a result of extreme weather due to climate change.

29 Mar 2021

Global Sustainability Leaders the Red Sea Development Company and SOURCE Global, PBC Join Forces to Set New Standard for Sustainable Bottled Water

In response to growing consumer demand for sustainable products and travel experiences, The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC) – the developer behind the most regenerative tourism project in the world – and SOURCE® – the earth’s first renewable, sustainable water brand, have come together to set a new global standard in bottled water.

29 Mar 2021

Water Scarcity in Rural Alaska is Worsening with Climate Change

In rural Alaska, water scarcity is not new, but the condition is worsening along with climate change.

26 Mar 2021

Palm Oil Yields on Existing Farms Could be Increased with Improved Management Practices

Palm oil, the most important source of vegetable oil in the world, is derived from the fruit of perennial palm trees, which are farmed year-round in mostly tropical areas. The palm fruit is harvested manually every 10 days to two weeks, then transported to a mill for processing, and ultimately exported and made into a dizzying array of products from food to toiletries to biodiesel.

26 Mar 2021

New Research: Climate Mitigation Effect of Old Forests has Been Greatly Overestimated

The claim that old-growth forests play a significant role in climate mitigation, based upon the argument that even the oldest forests keep sucking CO2 out of the atmosphere, is being refuted by researchers at the University of Copenhagen.

26 Mar 2021

Climate Change may be Fueling More Powerful Hurricanes and Typhoons

Many tropical cyclone-prone regions of the world are expected to experience storm systems of greater intensity over the coming century, according to a review of research published today in ScienceBrief Review.

26 Mar 2021

Fluctuations in Ocean Chemistry Reveal How Global Carbon Cycle Adjusts to Sea Level

A new analysis of strontium isotopes in marine sediments has enabled scientists to reconstruct fluctuations in ocean chemistry related to changing climate conditions over the past 35 million years.

26 Mar 2021

'Climbing Droplets' Could Enable Rapid, Efficient Harvesting of Water From Air

University of Texas at Dallas researchers have discovered that a novel surface they developed to harvest water from the air encourages tiny water droplets to move spontaneously into larger droplets.

26 Mar 2021

Project to Create System for Large-Scale Synthesis of Clean Hydrogen

Engineers from École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) are participating in PROMETEO—an EU research project to produce hydrogen on a huge scale from renewable sources, as part of a measure to reduce industrial carbon emissions.

26 Mar 2021

Grass can Help Produce Sustainable Biofuels

According to a new study, certain grasses are a sustainable source of energy that could be crucial for achieving net-zero carbon emissions, and these grasses can withstand adverse growing environments.

26 Mar 2021

CSIRO Plays Part in US Next-Gen Solar Thermal Technology

The US government today announced it will fund a pilot-scale test facility to demonstrate a next-generation concentrated solar thermal (CST) technology that Australia helped develop. The high temperature receiver in op...

26 Mar 2021

World’s Fastest All-Electric Passenger Ship to Launch in Stockholm

The all-new foiling Candela P-30—the world’s fastest all-electric passenger ship—will hit Stockholm’s waterways in 2022, shuttling passengers to and from the archipelago above the waves without wakes, noise and CO2 emissions.

26 Mar 2021

MIT Engineers Make Filters From Tree Branches to Purify Drinking Water

The interiors of nonflowering trees such as pine and ginkgo contain sapwood lined with straw-like conduits known as xylem, which draw water up through a tree’s trunk and branches. Xylem conduits are interconnected via thin membranes that act as natural sieves, filtering out bubbles from water and sap.

26 Mar 2021

Population Displacement Risk may Increase by ~50% for Each Degree of Global Warming

A new study shows that if the population were fixed at current levels, the risk of population displacement due to river floods would rise by ~50% for each degree of global warming. However, if population increases are taken into account, the relative global flood displacement risk is significantly higher.

25 Mar 2021

Researchers Study how Chemical Reactions in Clouds can Influence the Global Climate

Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have studied for the first time how chemical reactions in clouds can influence the global climate. They found that isoprene, the dominant non-methane organic compound emitted into the atmosphere, can strongly contribute to the formation of organic aerosols in clouds. They published their results today in the journal Science Advances.

25 Mar 2021