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Protected Areas to Conserve Planet's Biodiversity do not Consider the Effects of Climate Change

For more than a decade, governments in countries across the world have made significant progress to expand their protected areas network to conserve the planet's biodiversity.

17 Feb 2021

Emission-Free Renewable Power Generation can Improve China’s Air Quality

Poor air quality accounts for premature death in around 1.2 million Chinese citizens every year.

17 Feb 2021

Clean Planet Introduce Ultra-Clean Jet Fuel: 75% Reduction in CO2 Emissions, Made from Non-recyclable Plastics

Sustainable and green-energy company, Clean Planet Energy, have today announced a breakthrough product in their mission to significantly reduce carbon emissions in fossil-fuel led transport.

From Clean Planet Energy 17 Feb 2021

150 Polymer Experts to Speak at First-of-Its-Kind Global Plastics Sustainability & Innovation Conference

The first ever Global Research and Innovation in Plastics Sustainability (GRIPS) conference, taking place 16 – 19 March 2021, will feature 150 of industry and academia’s best and brightest.

16 Feb 2021

Climate and Ecological Changes Likely Drove Megafauna Extinctions in North America

A new study published in Nature Communications suggests that the extinction of North America's largest mammals was not driven by overhunting by rapidly expanding human populations following their entrance into the Americas.

16 Feb 2021

Orange Joins Forces with ENGIE to Deliver a Global Renewable Energy Supply Solution

Orange is joining forces with ENGIE, the leading developer of solar and wind power in France, to deliver a global renewable energy supply solution in the country.

From ENGIE 16 Feb 2021

CSIRO Identifies Plants Most at Risk After Black Summer Megafires

Australia’s 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires severely impacted hundreds of plant species.

16 Feb 2021

New Research Shows Consumers Want More Advice and Education Around Plastic Packaging

HLP Klearfold, the world's largest producer of innovative and environmentally friendly printed plastic/acetate packaging, commissioned the report which used Comparative Linguistics Analysis (CLA) to help unpick the language, phraseology, topics and sentiment of millions of words of public conversations and content online.

16 Feb 2021

Climate Change Could Have Helped Dinosaurs Migrate from South America to Greenland

A new article has refined the estimates of when herbivorous or plant-eating dinosaurs could have crossed North America on a northerly journey to reach Greenland, and pointed out an interesting climatic occurrence that could have aided these animals along the voyage.

16 Feb 2021

Royal HaskoningDHV to Support Europe’s Largest Green Hydrogen Project NortH2 with Environmental Consultancy

Royal HaskoningDHV is proud to announce it has been appointed as environmental consultant by the NortH2 consortium of Shell Nederland, Gasunie, Equinor, RWE and support partners Groningen Seaports and Province of Groningen.

From Royal HaskoningDHV 16 Feb 2021

Sponges, Other Animals Discovered Deep Beneath Antarctic Ice Shelves

A new study published recently in the Frontiers in Marine Science journal reports that there is more life than predicted far beneath the Antarctic ice shelves.

16 Feb 2021

Sea Level Data Confirms Climate Modeling Projections Were Right

Projections of rising sea levels this century are on the money when tested against satellite and tide-gauge observations, scientists find.

16 Feb 2021

Farmers and Scientists Unite for Pint-sized Pygmies

Fifty-two pygmy bluetongues have been released on a farm in a southern area of the mid-north, 90km north of Adelaide, as part of a $400,000 Flinders University Australian Research Council Linkage project to save them from looming extinction as our climate warms.

16 Feb 2021

More Intense Extreme Events, Reduced Precipitation Predicted for Eastern Alps

According to a new study, future climate scenarios for the Eastern Alps indicate less intense mean daily precipitation and more intense, localized extreme events.

15 Feb 2021

UMCES Researchers Receive Fulbright Scholarships to Study Environmental Challenges

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) Associate Professor Lora Harris and Ph.D. candidate Christina Goethel have been named Fulbright Scholars for 2021-2022. Harris will use her award to work in Finland on questions of estuarine ecology, and Goethel will use her award to support post-doctoral research and teaching in Iceland.

15 Feb 2021