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Devonian Marine Faunas Shine New Light on Mystery of Warming Seas

Members of Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences are shining new light on an enduring mystery--one that is millions of years in the making.

28 Jan 2021

Tackling Short-Lived Climate-Forcing Pollutants Could Provide Benefits

Climate change mitigation is about more than just CO2. So-called "short-lived climate-forcing pollutants" such as soot, methane, and tropospheric ozone all have harmful effects. Climate policy should be guided by a clearer understanding of their differentiated impacts.

28 Jan 2021

Leading Scientists Release a Compilation of Top 10 Insights in Climate Science

With impacts from climate change threatening to be as abrupt and far-reaching in the coming years as the current pandemic, leading scientists have released a compilation of the 10 most important insights on the climate from the last year to help inform collective action on the ongoing climate crisis.

28 Jan 2021

Achieving Carbon-Neutrality by 2050 is Feasible and Affordable

Reaching zero net emissions of carbon dioxide from energy and industry by 2050 can be accomplished by rebuilding U.S. energy infrastructure to run primarily on renewable energy, at a net cost of about $1 per person per day, according to new research published by the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), the University of San Francisco (USF), and the consulting firm Evolved Energy Research.

28 Jan 2021

Newly Discovered Phenomenon in the Soil Could Exacerbate the Pace of Climate Change

Much of the earth's carbon is trapped in soil, and scientists have assumed that potential climate-warming compounds would safely stay there for centuries. But new research from Princeton University shows that carbon molecules can potentially escape the soil much faster than previously thought.

28 Jan 2021

World's Largest Public Opinion Survey Reveals Broad Support for Urgent Climate Action

The results of the Peoples' Climate Vote, the world's biggest ever survey of public opinion on climate change are published today. Covering 50 countries with over half of the world's population, the survey includes over half a million people under the age of 18, a key constituency on climate change that is typically unable to vote yet in regular elections.

28 Jan 2021

Study Performs Genome Analysis of Switchgrass, a Potential Biofuel Crop

Biologists are confident that they are now closer to achieving a long-term aim of creating an inexpensive and extensively available plant as a source for fuel and energy.

28 Jan 2021

The Long-Standing Mystery of Climate Change Resolved

According to a study under the guidance of Rutgers University, the main mystery behind climate change has been resolved by the researchers, which shows that the current yearly global temperature is the warmest of the last 10,000 years—in contrast to recent research.

28 Jan 2021

The Volvo Group Creates Business Area Dedicated to Accelerating Electrification

The new business area Volvo Energy will strengthen the Volvo Group’s business flow of batteries over the life cycle as well as the customer offer for charging infrastructure. At the same time, the environmental impact from electric and hybrid electric commercial vehicles and machines will be reduced by giving used batteries a second life in different applications.

28 Jan 2021

VivoPower International PLC Announces Completion of Electrical Works for 39 MWdc Molong Solar Farm

VivoPower International PLC (VVPR, the “Company”) is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary in Australia, J.A. Martin Electrical Pty Limited (“J.A. Martin”) has recently completed all electrical works for the 39 MWdc Molong Solar Farm, located 40 kilometers northwest of the town of Orange in New South Wales. The project is the second Australian solar farm completed by J.A. Martin in partnership with lead contractor GRS.

28 Jan 2021

New ABB Emission Monitoring Solution Helps the Maritime Industry Achieve Decarbonization Targets

The launch of ABB’s CEMcaptain will help shipping comply with the sulphur emission regulations that were enforced in 2020, and keep in check their CO2 footprint.

From ABB Measurement & Analytics 28 Jan 2021

UK Floating Offshore Wind Could be Subsidy-Free by 2030

UK floating offshore wind could reach “subsidy-free” levels by the early 2030s, according to a study completed by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s Floating Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence (FOW CoE).

27 Jan 2021

Student Initiative Saves Over 30 Tonnes of Face Mask Waste From Entering Landfill

Mask Bros’ co-founders, Frederik Filz and Cogan Wade, the student pioneers who exposed price-gouging by major British high-street stores in 2020, are pleased to announce that they have now supplied 25 million of their fully recyclable medical masks to businesses and consumers and has consequently saved over 30 tonnes of mask waste from going to landfill.

27 Jan 2021

Green Hydrogen to Decarbonise Kirkwall Airport

The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) is collaborating with Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) to decarbonise heat and power at Kirkwall Airport through green hydrogen technology.

27 Jan 2021

Economic Growth, Fossil-Fuel Use, and Air Quality are Closely Linked

For a long time, world economies have been powered by the combustion of fossil fuels that has also contributed to the accumulation of greenhouse gases and air pollution.

27 Jan 2021