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Study Promotes Reintroduction of Airships to Help Reduce Carbon Emissions

News - 5 Aug 2019

Reintroducing airships into the global transportation mix could help reduce the transport sector’s carbon emissions and play a role in forming a sustainable hydrogen-based economy. According to...

New Technology for Growing a Small Garden Right in Your Home or Office

News - 5 Aug 2019

A technology for growing a small garden right in an office or home has been co-developed by two EPFL Master’s students. They introduced a startup to market their smart indoor greenhouses...

Groundwater Conservation Policies Trigger Air Pollution in Northwest India

News - 31 Jul 2019

Steps to conserve groundwater in northwestern India have resulted in unanticipated consequences: Increased air pollution in an area already affected by smog and haze. A new research exposes how...

Industrialised Fishing Overlaps Threaten Shark Hotspots Worldwide

News - 26 Jul 2019

An international team of over 150 scientists from 26 countries have collated movement data from nearly 2,000 sharks tracked with satellite transmitter tags. Major high seas fishing activities...

Rising Global Temperatures Can Have Adverse Impact on Air Quality

News - 24 Jul 2019

According to a recent journal article on air quality across the Mid-Atlantic region, rising temperatures caused by climate change will considerably shift climatic conditions. This, in turn, will lead...

Study Explores the Effect of Smoke on Weather and Climate

News - 23 Jul 2019

A DC-8 flying laboratory developed by NASA was flown recently to initiate an elaborate study into the life cycles of smoke caused by fires in the United States. This two-month investigation...

New Statistical Technique Shows a Simpler Pattern of Ocean Warming

News - 18 Jul 2019

The oceans underwent some drastic changes in the early 20th century. For instance, while the Northwest Pacific cooled over many decades, the Northeast Pacific and North Atlantic seemed to warm twofold...

Study Shows CO2 can be Stored in Hydrates that are Extracted for Energy

News - 28 Jun 2019

A new study performed by researchers from The University of Texas at Austin demonstrates that when carbon dioxide and air are injected into methane ice deposits buried underneath the Gulf of Mexico,...

Changes in Food System Lead to Lower Greenhouse Gas Emissions

News - 21 Jun 2019

A new study has discovered that changes in trade, agriculture, and consumption and production of food following the downfall of the Soviet Union have led to a greater reduction in the emissions of...

EPFL Chemists Develop an Efficient Process for Converting Carbon Dioxide into Carbon Monoxide

News - 14 Jun 2019

EPFL chemists have created an efficient process for transforming carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide, the main component of synthetic fuels and materials. The carbon dioxide (CO2) generated...