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Argonne Uses AI and Simulations to Accelerate Discovery of Environmentally Friendly MOFs

Generative AI techniques, machine learning and simulations give researchers new opportunities to identify environmentally friendly metal-organic framework materials.

15 Feb 2024

Could Lab-Grown ‘Meaty’ Rice be the Key to a More Sustainable Food System?

Researchers from Yonsei University have engineered a new sustainable food that could be a “shortcut to a sustainable food system,” safeguarding society from both global warming and food crises.

By Bethan Davies 15 Feb 2024

Green Roofs Reduce Energy Use and Fight Regional Climate Change

According to a new study, extensive vegetation coverage on building rooftops might significantly lower temperatures at the city scale and save energy expenditures.

14 Feb 2024

Sustainable Method of Producing Energy from Waste Wood

Irish wood products could be used to efficiently transform waste heat into energy while minimizing costs and environmental impact, according to a new study by University of Limerick researchers.

14 Feb 2024

Greenland's Changing Landscape Signals Global Threat

A comprehensive examination of historical satellite data reveals that approximately 11,000 square miles or 28,707 square kilometers of Greenland's ice sheet and glaciers have melted over the past 30 years.

14 Feb 2024

Fishing Practices Impact Fishermen’s Adaptation to Climate Change, Study Finds

Timothy Frawley has spent the better of the past two decades working in and around commercial fisheries. Born and raised in Casco Bay, Maine, he grew up packing lobsters and pitching bait on Portland's working waterfront. He has worked in commercial fisheries in California, Alaska and the Mexican state of Baja California Sur.

14 Feb 2024

Tackling Microplastics with Eco-Friendly Magnets

Plastic pollution is a major environmental concern, and researchers from the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food, and Environment are leading the way with a novel solution.

13 Feb 2024

Vanadium Peroxides: Advancing the Capture Carbon from the Air

A chemical element so visually appealing that it was named after a goddess exhibits a “Goldilocks” degree of reactivity—neither too much nor too little—making it an excellent choice for carbon cleansing tools.

13 Feb 2024

Deforestation Emerges as Major Culprit in Global Mercury Emissions

A recent study from MIT suggests that roughly 10% of annual human-generated mercury emissions into the atmosphere stem from global deforestation.

13 Feb 2024

CGG Releases White Paper on Potential of Offshore Geothermal Energy as a Future Global Resource

CGG, a global technology and Earth science leader, has released a white paper outlining the potential of offshore geothermal energy as a green energy resource of global significance and setting out a framework for its responsible development.

13 Feb 2024

Ramboll Foundation Award Announces Winner to Bridge Biodiversity and Climate Change Efforts in Brazil

Global engineering, design and sustainability consultancy Ramboll has today announced that biologist and Senior Research Associate Leonardo de Sousa Miranda of Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University has been selected as the winner of the 2023 Ramboll Foundation Award.

13 Feb 2024

Veolia Feasibility Study Highlights Potential of UK’s First Carbon Capture Technology to Produce Sustainable Fuels Using Energy Recovery Facilities

Veolia has launched a site feasibility study ahead of a pilot project to use innovative carbon capture processes in energy recovery facilities (ERF) in the UK. Developed with the aim of producing green fuels by capturing, extracting and purifying CO2, it can create synthetic green end products, such as eKerosene, eMethanol and specialty chemical products to transform the sustainability of the wider transport industry.

13 Feb 2024

University to Share in £100 Million Funding to Lead Major Science & Tech Hub to Reduce Plastic Waste

The University of Portsmouth is to share in £100 million of funding, it has been announced by the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT) today (9 February).

13 Feb 2024

Mobile Power Signs Battery Recycling Partnership with Hinckley E-Waste Recycling in Nigeria

UK-based Mobile Power Ltd (‘MOPO’), the pay-per-use battery technology company, is pleased to announce that it has signed a partnership agreement with Hinckley E-waste Recycling (‘Hinckley’) to facilitate the recycling of its MOPO batteries utilised at its solar powered battery rental hubs in Nigeria (‘the Agreement’).

13 Feb 2024

Green Energy Test Bed to Launch in Greater Manchester

Energy infrastructure developer, SSE Energy Solutions, has signed an agreement with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) to use the region as a test bed for pioneering projects which will accelerate its journey to net zero.

From SSE Energy Solutions 13 Feb 2024