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MIT Researchers Investigate the Case of Arctic Sea Ice Breakup

News - 2 Jun 2022

Despite its below-freezing temperatures, the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet. As Arctic sea ice melts, fewer bright surfaces are available to reflect sunlight back into...

Argonne’s Efforts Could Pave the Way for a Sustainable, Greener Energy Future

News - 8 Mar 2022

An overview of Argonne's lab-wide effort to create a carbon-free economy. Reducing carbon dioxide emissions and removing them from the atmosphere are critical to the global fight against climate...

Researchers Reveal Carbon Footprint of Plastics is Constantly Growing

News - 3 Dec 2021

ETH scientists investigated the global plastics value chain and revealed that the effect of plastics on health and climate is bigger than formerly believed because of the increased use of coal for...

How Plastic Bags are being Recycled into Fabric to Fight Against Pollution

News - 16 Mar 2021

Fabrics of the future with self-cooling and water evaporating properties could be made from polyethylene — a material commonly found in plastic bags. Image...

Not All Changes Proposed for Climate Mitigation are for the Better

News - 1 Jul 2019

Changes in lifestyle can minimize greenhouse gas emissions and help safeguard nature. Although some actions hold huge promise, some are not as effective as thought and may even need more land and...

Rice University Researchers Find New Way to Deal with the Glut of Used Lithium-Ion Batteries

News - 2 Apr 2019

Scientists at the Rice University have truly found a way to deal with the excess amount of used lithium-ion batteries left behind—a consequence of the growing demand for cellphones, electric...

USC Expands Green Courses and Programs

News - 11 Dec 2008

For thousands of years, the content of a classical education remained the same: a cross-section of mathematics, letters, philosophy, history, sciences and other core subjects designed to produce...

Hydrovolt: Europe's Largest Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling Plant

Article - 30 Jun 2022

Hydrovolt, Europe's largest electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling plant, has begun operations in Norway. With a clean and innovative approach, it expects to recycle 500,000 EV batteries by 2030.

Will Capturing Carbon Emissions Save Our Planet?

Article - 22 Jun 2022

Carbon capture and storage technology (CCS) is widely accepted as a viable means of reducing carbon emissions and keeping global temperatures from rising more than 1.5–2 °C by 2050.

Monitoring Air Quality at an Industrial Facility

Article - 26 May 2022

This article from TOFWERK explains how the Vocus CI-TOF was used to measure and monitor indoor air quality at an industrial facility.