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Newly Developed Biodegradable Plastic Decays in Compost Bin in Couple of Years

A team of researchers from Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania have developed biodegradable plastic, which decomposes in a compost bin in a couple of years.

29 May 2019

Scientists Produce Dataset from PV Systems to Greatly Improve Solar Forecasting

Conventionally, solar power scientists have estimated the power produced within a city only using the power measurements from single residential solar photovoltaic (PV) systems.

29 May 2019

São Paulo-Based Study Shows Substituting Diesel for LNG can Boost Fuel Economy up to 60%

The replacement of diesel oil by liquefied natural gas (LNG) for cargo transportation in São Paulo, Brazil would possibly result in a substantial reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and fuel costs as well as other pollutants.

29 May 2019

New Waste-to-Energy Research Facility Turns Municipal Solid Waste into Electricity and Resources

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and the National Environment Agency (NEA) have started a new Waste-to-Energy Research Facility that converts municipal solid waste from the NTU campus into resources and electricity.

28 May 2019

Green Growth Policy Lacks Empirical Support, Finds New Study

A new study looks at green growth policies as expressed in chief reports by the World Bank, the OECD, and the UN Environment Program, and tests the theory against existing empirical evidence and models of the link between GDP and both CO2 emissions and material footprint.

28 May 2019

First Thermodynamically Reversible Chemical Reactor Represents a Major Step Forward in the Chemical Industry

The authors of a new research argue that the first thermodynamically reversible chemical reactor that can produce hydrogen as a pure product stream demonstrates a “transformational” move in the chemical industry.

28 May 2019

Study Recreates Past to Understand Reaction of Arctic Wetlands to Climate Change in the Future

A recent study has used partly fossilized plants and single-celled organisms to explore the effects of climate change on the Canadian High Arctic wetlands and help foresee their future.

28 May 2019

Recent Survey Reveals Unexpected Melting Patterns Under Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf

The ROSETTA-Ice project, a multi-institutional data collection survey of Antarctic ice carried out for three years, has put together an unparalleled view of the Ross Ice Shelf, its structure, and how it has been transforming over time.

28 May 2019

Deforestation Affects Abundance, Biomass, Richness, and Diversity of Soil Fauna and Microbes

Presently, one of the greatest threats to tropical biodiversity conservation is the clearing and subsequent instability of Amazonian forests.

27 May 2019

British Fusion Energy Technology on Show at Key Climate Change Forum MI-4

First Light Fusion, the fusion energy company spun out from the University of Oxford, will be demonstrating the potential for British technology to tackle climate change in Vancouver next week.

From First Light Fusion Ltd 27 May 2019

Steam-Methane Reforming Offers a Green Method to Produce Hydrogen

According to scientists, the electrification of traditional fossil-fueled approaches to steam-methane reforming (SMR) offers a “greener” method for the industrial production of hydrogen.

24 May 2019

Researchers Uncover the Source of New CFC Emissions

Since 2013, annual emissions of a banned chlorofluorocarbon have increased by nearly 8,000 tons from eastern China, according to new research published in Nature by an international team of scientists from the United Kingdom, South Korea, Japan, the United States, Australia, and Switzerland.

24 May 2019

NIST Study on Gas vs. Electric Shows Fuel Choice Affects Efforts to Realize Low-Energy, Eco-friendly Homes

A standard query faced by people when choosing to make their home energy-efficient and green is, should one use gas or electric for the heating and cooling requirements? Gas is the more environmentally friendly option—at the moment—for an energy-efficient home located in Maryland.

24 May 2019

Rising Summer Air Temperatures Cause Rapid Terrain Changes in Canada’s High Arctic Polar Deserts

Owing to increases in summer air temperatures, quick variations in terrain are occurring in Canada’s high Arctic polar deserts.

23 May 2019

Researchers Produce Liquid Fuel from CO2 Through Artificial Photosynthesis

Chemists from the University of Illinois have been successful in producing fuels using carbon dioxide, water, and visible light by artificial photosynthesis.

23 May 2019