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Impact of Power-to-Power Technologies on Switzerland’s Energy Strategy

A team of researchers, as part of a joint research project of five Swiss Competence Centres for Energy Research (SCCER), has prepared a white paper on “Power-to-X” technologies for consideration by the Swiss Federal Energy Research Commission (CORE).

4 Jul 2019

Researchers Identify Restoration Hotspots to Boost Climate and Environment

Scientists have identified over 100 million hectares of lost lowland tropical rain forests that are spread out across Southeast Asia, Africa, and South and Central America. These observations have been reported in a peer-reviewed report released recently.

4 Jul 2019

Bipolymer - A New Plastic to Tackle Climate Change

As a measure to tackle climate change, poligy’s objective is to turn industrial and solar waste heat into electricity at a lesser cost than earlier technologies through a new material called Bipolymers.

4 Jul 2019

Common Dairy Cows Share Same Core Group of Genetically Inherited Microbiome

According to a new research, normal dairy cows share the same core collection of genetically inherited gut microbes, which affect factors like the amount of methane the animals liberate during digestion and how well they produce milk.

4 Jul 2019

Conversion of Land to Irrigated Agriculture can Affect Regional Climate

A new study has shown that irrigated farms within Wisconsin’s vegetable-growing Central Sands region considerably cool the local climate when compared to adjacent rainfed farms or forests.

3 Jul 2019

Using Light and Electricity for Sustainable Manufacture of Chemicals

According to researchers, using light and electricity instead of toxic chemical reagents to activate molecules will allow the sustainable production of next-generation medicines and other ground-breaking products.

2 Jul 2019

Water Cycle Pictures Do Not Reflect Current Water Scarcity

A new study by an international group of hydrology experts has shown that there is an urgent need to update the Earth’s water cycle images used in research and education worldwide to demonstrate the influences of human interference.

2 Jul 2019

Novel Method to Assess Population Exposure to Atmospheric Pollution

A team of scientists from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) in partnership with other research centers has conducted a diagnosis and examination of the quality of the air human’s breathe in cities based on population dynamics from mobile phone data.

2 Jul 2019

Not All Changes Proposed for Climate Mitigation are for the Better

Changes in lifestyle can minimize greenhouse gas emissions and help safeguard nature. Although some actions hold huge promise, some are not as effective as thought and may even need more land and water, such as turning to renewable energy.

1 Jul 2019

New Bioplastic Created from Fish Skin/Scales & Red Algae to Reduce Plastic Pollution

A University of Sussex student has taken inspiration from the seas to find a solution to the man-made plastic pollution contaminating the world’s oceans.

29 Jun 2019

Solar Energy Could Meet the Electricity Demand of BRI Countries

Scientists reported on June 27th, 2019 in the journal Joule that the area covered by the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) holds considerable potential to be powered by solar energy.

28 Jun 2019

New Nidec ASI Batteries Launched on the Market for Zero-Emission Vessels

Nidec ASI – head of the Nidec Industrial Solutions business platform belonging to the Nidec Group – is today presenting its very first Nidec-brand battery system designed for large- and medium-sized boat propulsion systems at the Electric & Hybrid Marine World Expo in Amsterdam.

From Nidec Industrial Solutions 28 Jun 2019

Model Simulations Reflect the Ongoing Ocean Changes

With the increase in temperature, gases dissolved in the water become lesser—this simple physical relationship describes, among other things, the quantifiable loss of oxygen in the warming ocean.

28 Jun 2019

Study Shows CO2 can be Stored in Hydrates that are Extracted for Energy

A new study performed by researchers from The University of Texas at Austin demonstrates that when carbon dioxide and air are injected into methane ice deposits buried underneath the Gulf of Mexico, enormous natural gas energy resources could be unlocked.

28 Jun 2019

Airplane Contrails May Triple by 2050 Leading to Increased Climate Impact

In the appropriate conditions, airplane contrails tend to remain in the sky as contrail cirrus – ice clouds that can trap heat inside the Earth’s atmosphere.

28 Jun 2019