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Study Shows That Sunlight Breaks Down Polystyrene Faster Than Expected

News - 11 Oct 2019

Image credit: Daisy Daisy / Shutterstock.com In recent years the use of polystyrene has come to be something of a controversial sticking point due to the assumption it would pollute the...

Study Reveals Industrialization has Reduced “Coniferous Forest Effect”

News - 27 Sep 2019

Greenhouse gas emissions cause a warming effect on the climate, while small airborne particles in the atmosphere serve as a cooling mechanism. However, in a new study from Lund University in...

J-WAFS Solutions Grant Program Supports Agriculture and Clean Water

News - 18 Sep 2019

The development of new technologies often starts with funded university research. Venture capital firms are eager to back well-tested products or services that are ready to enter the startup phase....

The World Has A Third Pole and It Is Melting Fast

News - 16 Sep 2019

Image credit: Niccolo Bertoldi / Shutterstock.com The lesser known Third Pole exists in Asia, connecting eight countries and encompassing 10 of the largest rivers in the world, the area of the...

Solutions to Overcome Seasonal Variations in Urban Heat Island Effect

News - 5 Sep 2019

During the heat of summer, cities tend to swelter more than neighboring rural areas and suburbs. While the size of this urban heat island effect differs broadly among the world’s cities, heat...

Around 2,000 New Amazon Fires Recorded Despite Burning Ban

News - 2 Sep 2019

New fires are searing through the Amazon forest at an alarming rate which is a cause for global concern. While fires in the Amazon are not a new phenomenon – fires occur every dry season between...

Scientists Discover Potential Means to Lower Building CO2 Emissions

News - 16 Aug 2019

In the United States, use of energy in buildings — from cooling and heating a house to keeping the lights on at workplace—leads to more than one-third of all carbon dioxide (CO2)...

Researchers Develop Tools to Help Manage Seagrass Survival

News - 16 Aug 2019

A new QUT-led study has developed a statistical toolbox to help avoid seagrass loss as the marine meadows provide shelter, food and oxygen to fish and at-risk species like dugongs and green...

Study on Potential of Trees to Decelerate Global Warming in the Future

News - 13 Aug 2019

Similar to the eponymous character in the classic children’s tale by Shel Silverstein, trees are lavish with their gifts, cleaning the air humans breathe and decelerating the effects of global...

Neutrinovoltaic Technology Could Solve the Current Pollution Crisis

News - 12 Aug 2019

In the midst of the global hype regarding the risk posed by climate change, pollution does not get its due consideration. However, the fact is that air pollution and other kinds of environmental...