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Quarantine Improves Air Quality and Prevents Premature Deaths in China

Soon after coronavirus appeared, an all-encompassing quarantine put into effect by the Chinese government slowed the spread of the disease and saved lives, but the quarantine also produced another unanticipated health benefit.

21 May 2020

Study Links Deep Ocean Oxygenation to Ancient Atmospheric CO2 Levels

Why do carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere wax and wane in conjunction with the warm and cold periods of Earth's past?

21 May 2020

Researchers Develop Faster, More Efficient Process to Recycle Bioplastics

Researchers from the Universities of Birmingham and Bath have designed a more rapid and more effective way of recycling plant-based “bioplastics.”

21 May 2020

COVID-19 Lockdown Leads to Global Decrease in Emissions

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel sources reached a maximum daily decline of 17 per cent in April as a result of drastic decline in energy demand that have occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic.

20 May 2020

Circular Economy of Plastics can Help Solve Environmental Problems

Plastics have extremely useful properties: they help us keep our food fresh, make it possible to safely operate electrical devices and create various solutions in the medical field, such as disposable syringes and artificial joints.

20 May 2020

Making Palm Oil Production More Environment- and Climate-Friendly

Palm oil is often associated with tropical deforestation above all else. However, this is only one side of the story, as agricultural scientists from the University of Göttingen and the IPB University Bogor (Indonesia) show in a new study.

20 May 2020

London's CO2 Emissions Reduced by Almost 60% During COVID-19 Lockdown

A new comprehensive analysis has revealed carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in London have reduced by almost 60 per cent during the COVID-19 lockdown.

20 May 2020

Climate Warming Drives Greater Aridity Across North America

Discussions of drought often center on the lack of precipitation. But among climate scientists, the focus is shifting to include the growing role that warming temperatures are playing as potent drivers of greater aridity and drought intensification.

20 May 2020

'Green Snow' Likely to Spread in Antarctica as Global Temperatures Increase

Scientists have created the first ever large-scale map of microscopic algae as they bloomed across the surface of snow along the Antarctic Peninsula coast.

20 May 2020

COVID-19 can Have a Positive Impact on Energy and Environment Landscape

With people taking refuge to slow down the spread of COVID-19 infection, the daily discharge of carbon dioxide (CO2) gas has reduced drastically by 17% worldwide, reports a recent study conducted by the Global Carbon Project.

20 May 2020

Is this the Future of Solar Energy Generation?

Imagine the environmental benefits if we could simply paint solar cells onto the roofs of our houses, or onto any surface for that matter.

20 May 2020

COVID-19 Puts Brakes on Global Emissions

20 May 2020

Optimized Turbofan Engines to Achieve Cleaner, More Sustainable Air Transport

The SACOC project forms part of the Clean Sky 2 program—an aspiring community initiative to realize air transport that is cleaner and more sustainable.

19 May 2020

Multiple Climate-Related Factors Killed Great Barrier Reef Corals

A squad of climate-related factors is responsible for the massive Australian coral bleaching event of 2016. If we're counting culprits: it's two by sea, one by land.

19 May 2020

Less Polluting Economy and Lifestyles Key to Climate Change Mitigation

In order to mitigate climate change impacts and achieve a more sustainable society, it is necessary to transform the current energy system based on fossil fuels into a model based on renewable energies, and to change society's lifestyles, accepting less mobility, low-carbon diets and smaller-sized dwellings.

19 May 2020