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New Framework can Help Perceive Impact of Greenhouse Effect on Climate Change

According to the Global Climate Change website of NASA, the temperature of the Earth has increased by 1.9 °F since 1880, and this trend is expected to continue further.

23 Jan 2020

Study Highlights Impact of Rising Global Temperatures on the Permafrost Region

Permafrost can be defined as the perpetually frozen subsoil that occurs in the northernmost regions of Earth. Since the last Ice Age, permafrost has been gathering and preserving animal and plant matter.

23 Jan 2020

Innovative, Climate-Friendly Energy Solution: Prehistoric Microbes Valorize CO2 Under High Pressure to “Green Gas”

A completely new kind of bioreactor for the biological production of methane has enabled the use of extremely high pressure levels for the first time – and set new efficiency standards for the conversion of CO2 and H2 into methane.

23 Jan 2020

Orthophosphate Added to Chloramine-Treated Water can Prevent Lead Contamination

In almost 80% of the water systems in the United States, a disinfectant is used in drinking water, which can form undesirable byproducts such as chloroform. Although there exists an alternative, several cities have been apprehensive of its use.

23 Jan 2020

£9m Project to Save Finest View in England

A massive civil engineering project to help save the ‘finest view in England’ is set to get under way at Blenheim Palace later this year.

23 Jan 2020

New Research Finds Earth’s Oldest Asteroid Strike Linked to ‘Big Thaw’

Curtin University scientists have discovered Earth’s oldest asteroid strike occurred at Yarrabubba, in outback Western Australia, and coincided with the end of a global deep freeze known as a Snowball Earth.

23 Jan 2020

Will Australian Waste Management be Technology Ready in 2030?

Waste and resource recovery companies invited to assist in turning rubbish mountains into business opportunities.

23 Jan 2020

Technology Underpins Breathe London SMART 50 Award

The Breathe London project has been announced as the winner of a SMART 50 Award by Smart Cities Connect, within the Digital Transformation category.

23 Jan 2020

US Drinking Water Contamination Far Worse Than Previously Thought

According to the Environmental Working Group (EWG), contamination of US drinking water with toxic ‘forever chemicals’ is far worse than previously thought.

By David J. Cross 23 Jan 2020

MIT Study Analyzes Outcomes of State-Level Renewable Energy and Carbon Pricing Policies

In the absence of federal adoption of climate change policy, states and municipalities in the United States have been taking action on their own.

23 Jan 2020

New Device Purifies and Remediates Arsenic-Contaminated Water in Single Step

The process of collecting, purifying, and disposing of polluted water requires a lot of energy. Certain pollutants, such as arsenic, occur in low concentrations, reinforcing the need for much more energy-intensive selective removal processes.

22 Jan 2020

Distant Wildfires Contribute to Increased Pollution Concentration in New York City

According to a new study, air pollutants resulting from the smoke of fires, that occurred as far as the southeastern United States and Canada, traveled many days and hundreds of miles to reach New York City and Connecticut, where it led to increased concentrations of pollution.

22 Jan 2020

Mission to Space to Reveal the 'Truth' Behind Climate Change

Led by the UK, future space missions, known as Truths, will help reveal the true effects of climate change.

By David J. Cross 22 Jan 2020

Artificial Photosynthesis Helps Address Environmental Pollution and Global Warming

Scientists at the Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS, South Korea), have developed a novel method to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into pure carbon monoxide (CO) and oxygen (O2) by simply harvesting sunlight.

22 Jan 2020

Social Tipping Interventions can Help Meet Climate Agreement Targets

Reducing global warming to much less than 2 °C will, at the least, need a decarbonized world by 2050 and an equivalent universal transformation of the land use and energy systems of different communities in the world.

21 Jan 2020