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Study Predicts More Dominant Effect of Extreme Drought on Plants in Future

A study, reported recently in Nature Climate Change, reveals that the effect of extreme drought on plants will become increasingly dominant under future climate change.

26 Nov 2019

Benefits of Greenwalls in the Workplace

Greenwalls work exceptionally well at minimizing the effects of the concrete jungle associated with urban infrastructure, while improving social and economic value, a paper from Urrestarazu attests.

From Greenwall Company 26 Nov 2019

Baltimore Aircoil Company Announces HXV Hybrid Cooler

Baltimore Aircoil Company (BAC) is proud to introduce the HXV Hybrid Cooler, which offers the best of both evaporative and dry cooling in a water saving and energy-efficient solution. The HXV is ideal for maintaining peak performance for a variety of applications where water is scarce, water costs are high, uptime is critical, or plume is a concern.

From Baltimore Aircoil Company 26 Nov 2019

Siemens Helps Hallé Go Green

Siemens is helping the world-famous Hallé orchestra cut its costs by 35% through energy reduction. It has created an integrated digital solution to make Hallé St Peter’s, the historic recording and rehearsal venue in Manchester, highly energy efficient.

26 Nov 2019

People, Climate, and Water Supply Played a Role in the Extinction of Australia’s Megafauna

The mystery of the role of people and climate in the fate of Australian megafauna might have been solved in a breakthrough study published today. 'Megafauna', giant beasts that once roamed the continent — including wombat-like creatures as big as cars, birds more than two metres tall, and lizards more than seven metres long — became extinct about 42,000 years ago.

26 Nov 2019

New Material Converts Toxic Pollutant into Useful Industrial Chemicals

Whenever fossil fuels are burnt, they release a harmful pollutant. Now, an international group of researchers has developed a new, sophisticated material that captures this pollutant from the exhaust gas stream and changes it into valuable industrial chemicals using just air and water.

25 Nov 2019

Bird Nest Inspires Engineers to Build New Bricks from Plastic Waste

A new brick made from domestic plastic waste has been proven to provide 10 times better insulation than traditional bricks made from clay.

25 Nov 2019

Time to Fight Corrosion – For the Environment’s Sake

The global cost of corrosion exceeds US$2.5 trillion annually, or three percent of global GDP. Moreover, the environmental consequences are enormous.

From BUMAX AB 25 Nov 2019

Carbon Capture and Storage Event Unites Researchers, Industry Leaders from Around the Globe

Over the past two days, CO2CRC brought together more than 130 delegates for a two-day symposium on the greenhouse gas mitigation technology, carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS).

23 Nov 2019

Szspotlighting Launches Classic Energy-Saving LED Lights for Commercial and Residential Lighting

Shenzhen spotlighting is one of the leading global LED light manufacturers and the company has released a variety of LED lights in its energy-saving series in order to provide energy-efficient lighting solutions to customers all over the world.

From Shenzhen City Spot Lighting Co., Ltd. 23 Nov 2019

Millions of Coral Babies ‘Turbo-Charged’ in Floating Nurseries to Restore Damaged Parts of the Great Barrier Reef

Coral researchers are working night and day on the Great Barrier Reef to complete a radically new approach to mass coral re-seeding, successfully rearing millions of hardy coral babies following the reef’s famous mass coral spawning event.

23 Nov 2019

Pacific Northwest Recycling Project Releases Results from 60-Day Pilot

A collaborative group of government and packaging industry leaders, led by the Plastics Industry Association, have released the results from the first-of-its-kind Pacific Northwest Secondary Sorting Demonstration Project today.

23 Nov 2019

Fish Waste-Based Plastic for Single-Use Packaging Receives James Dyson Award

University of Sussex student Lucy Hughes has received the James Dyson Award for creating a unique plastic alternative made of fish waste.

23 Nov 2019

Eastman to Recycle Post-Consumer Carpet into New Materials

Eastman has reached an agreement to give new life to one of the most problematic waste materials in U.S. landfills. Post-consumer carpet will now be recycled through Eastman’s carbon renewal technology and converted into new materials to serve new and useful purposes.

From Eastman Chemical Company 23 Nov 2019

Giant Footprints Appear on Whitby Bay to Highlight the Carbon Footprint of Our Vehicles

Visitors to the picturesque Whitby Bay Beach in North Yorkshire were shocked last week when they came across two giant footprints in the sand at the popular beauty spot.

23 Nov 2019