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New Study on Greenland Ice Sheet Provides Important Insight on Climate Change

A new study on the Greenland Ice Sheet provides valuable insight on climate change, using unique research methods to establish new estimates of ice loss for both modern and ancient times, says UB geologist Beata Csatho, one of more than a dozen team members on the international project.

22 Sep 2016

Aviation Industry Starts Using Biofuels to Reduce Carbon Emissions

The global aviation industry has pledged that by 2050, it will reduce its net carbon emissions to half its 2005 levels. Achieving this will require not only improved engine efficiency and aerodynamics, but also a turn to renewable jet fuel.

22 Sep 2016

Paleomammalogist Hopes to Uncover Fossils of Ancient Climate Change

A record of shifts in the environment and animal diversity and distribution may help scientists predict effects of current climate change

22 Sep 2016

Researchers Explore Climate Change Effects on Species Associations

Climate changes are beginning to reorder species from Argentina's grasslands to the ice-free regions of Greenland.

22 Sep 2016

Climate Change may Alter Land Use to Meet Global Demand for Food Production

A group of scientists led by the University of Birmingham have warned that global crop yields may fall in the areas currently used to produce the world’s three main cereal crops if no significant improvements are made in technology, and this may force the production to shift to other areas.

21 Sep 2016

Lockheed Martin’s New Bioenergy Facility Uses Advanced Technology to Convert Waste into Clean Energy

Lockheed Martin opened a new bioenergy facility in Owego, New York, at a ribbon cutting ceremony today. The system, which is now completing commissioning, uses Concord Blue’s advanced technology that will convert waste into clean, renewable energy.

21 Sep 2016

Arrow Electronics Supports Development of Hong Kong's First Concept Electric Vehicle Through EVTech Makerthon Project

Arrow Electronics, Inc., the global technology company providing products and services that guide innovation forward, today announced it provided technology framework and guidance to support the development of Hong Kong's first concept electric vehicle (EV) through the EVTech Makerthon project organized by the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park Corporation (HKSTP) and Makerbay.

21 Sep 2016

CINELDI Research Centre Aims to Empower Smart Grids for Robust, Intelligent Energy Systems

How will a future electricity grid manage the demands of induction cooking, charging electric cars and roof-installed solar panels? The answer is Smart Grids, which involves digitisation of the electricity grid.

21 Sep 2016

Appropriate Management of Agroecosystems Can Help Buffer Effects of Climate Instability

How will we feed our growing population in the face of an increasingly extreme climate? Many experts suggest the answer lies in breeding novel crop varieties that can withstand the increases in drought, heat, and extreme rainfall events predicted in the not-too-distant future.

21 Sep 2016

New DOE Program to Invest in Five Next-Generation Clean Energy Entrepreneurs

The nation’s top innovators will soon have the opportunity to advance their promising energy technology ideas at the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in a new program called Innovation Crossroads.

21 Sep 2016

Transformation of Existing Energy Infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa Could Bring Electricity to 15.4 Million People

A JRC paper published in Nature Energy reveals that changing the existing energy infrastructure that is unexploited or poorly used in sub-Saharan Africa could reduce the cost and lower the chances of risk for investors, and enable 15.4 million people get access to sustainably produced electricity.

20 Sep 2016

Powin Energy, EV4 Nominated as Finalists for Energy Storage North America's 2016 Innovation Awards

Powin Energy, a leading designer and developer of safe and scalable battery energy storage solutions for utility, microgrid and EV fast-charging applications, announced today that they are finalists along with partners EV4 for Energy Storage North America's 2016 Innovation Awards.

20 Sep 2016

WVU CAFEE’s Summit Gathers Researchers, Leaders Across Industry to Discuss Future of Emissions Technology

On most days, the air seems to vibrate at a higher frequency in the labs of West Virginia University’s Center for Alternative Fuels, Engines and Emissions. This week, the work of the center’s engineers, technicians and students is particularly busy.

20 Sep 2016

Stanford Research Shows What Aids or Degrades Coral Reefs

Around the world ocean coral reefs are threatened by climate change, however not all reefs are affected equally. Justin Rogers, a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford’s Environmental Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, led a study that suggested when oceans begin to get warm, physical forces such as water flow and wave strength impact which reefs flourish and which die.

19 Sep 2016

EUMETSAT’s GOME-2 Maps Ozone from Space

The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica became an international cause for concern in the latter half of the 20th Century, but as EUMETSAT’s Atmospheric Composition Product Development Team Leader Dr Christian Retscher points out, issues relating to ozone levels are complex and wide-reaching.

19 Sep 2016