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Research Reveals Humans Are Reversing Long-Term Cooling Trend Tracing Back 50 Million Years

The future of humans on Earth could also be their past.

11 Dec 2018

Study Looks at Potential Implications of Shifting to Plant-Based Plastics

Usually, bioplastics are promoted as a climate- and eco-friendly alternative to traditional plastics based on petroleum. However, according to a new study conducted by the University of Bonn, transitioning to plant-based plastics may have less positive impacts than anticipated.

10 Dec 2018

Microbes Consume CO2 Through Porous Cylindrical Electrode and Exude Useful Chemicals

Microbes could become vital allies in the worldwide efforts to curtail carbon emissions and avoid hazardous climate change.

10 Dec 2018

China Could Massively Increase Solar Power Generation by Fighting Smog

In Beijing, the air is so bad that a brown sheath made of exhaust gases from cars, coal fires, and industry covers the city, blowing significant amounts of dangerous particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, and soot into the atmosphere.

7 Dec 2018

MIT Water Summit Addresses Urban Water Scarcity

Experts gather at MIT to share insights, techniques, and strategies for building resilient urban water systems.

7 Dec 2018

Novel System for Storing Renewable Energy to Achieve On-Demand Delivery of Electricity

Engineers at MIT have created a conceptual design for a system to store renewable energy, such as wind and solar power, and to perform on-demand delivery of the energy back into an electric grid.

6 Dec 2018

New Sources of Ammonia Pollution Detected from Space

Scientists from the CNRS1 and the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) have put together the first global map of the distribution of atmospheric ammonia (NH3) by examining measurements taken by satellites between 2008 and 2016.

6 Dec 2018

New Sustainable Lamp Could Reduce Electronic Waste in the Solar Energy Industry

Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have created a new portable light that has been made from ethically sourced electronic components and recycled plastics.

6 Dec 2018

Study Shows Air Pollution is Associated with Increased Risk of Miscarriage

Adverse health outcomes, ranging from pre-term birth to asthma, have been shown to be associated with air quality.

6 Dec 2018

Study Reveals How Plants Respond to Temperature

Both humans and animals enjoy the privilege of seeking shelter in the shade or cool, air-conditioned buildings when it gets hot outside. Plants, on the other hand, have no such choice.

6 Dec 2018

Scientists Convert Wet Biowaste into Diesel-Compatible Fuel

In a step toward creating renewable engine fuels that are well-matched with current diesel fuel infrastructure, scientists report they can turn wet biowaste, such as food scraps and swine manure, into a fuel that can be mixed with diesel and that shares diesel’s combustion efficiency and emissions profile.

5 Dec 2018

Changing Carbon Supply in Deep Sea is Not Well Represented in Global Climate Models

More than 2 miles below the surface of the ocean, many creatures, including fishes, worms, and microbes, of all shapes and sizes thrive. At these dark depths, these creatures depend on the transport of dead and decomposing matter from the surface or marine snow for their food.

4 Dec 2018

Researchers Recommend Eight Steps to Increase Soil Carbon for Climate Action

A call for action to increase global soil carbon has been raised by leading researchers, in advance of the yearly climate summit of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Katowice, Poland (COP24) and World Soil Day (5th December).

4 Dec 2018

Digitalisation in energy sector

The process of identifying and managing energy demand was one of the first to adopt computer technology and the internet. The energy sector began integrating digital technologies in the 1970s and rightly so, because of i...

3 Dec 2018

Study Shows How Microorganisms Respond and Contribute to Future Climate Change

Scientists at Sweden-based Lund University, together with colleagues from the University of Amsterdam, have examined how long-term drought impacts countless numbers of crucial bacteria concealed in the soil beneath people’s feet.

3 Dec 2018