Edward Snowden “Permanent Record”
Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government’s system of mass surveillance, [...]
Month: September 2019
Assessing the effects of climate change on future wheat production
Wheat is the world’s largest rain-fed crop in terms of harvested area and supplies about 20% [...]
Choices made now are critical for the future of our ocean and cryosphere
The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report highlights the urgency of prioritizing timely, [...]
Climate Protection and Clean Air: An Integrated Approach
From 23 – 25 September 2019, heads of government from around the world will convene at [...]
Study: Even short-lived solar panels can be economically viable
Research shows that, contrary to accepted rule of thumb, a 10- or 15-year lifetime can be [...]
Platinum-Graphene Atomically-thin Fuel Cell Catalysts Show Superior Stability Over Bulk Platinum
Films of platinum only two atoms thick supported by graphene could enable fuel cell catalysts with [...]
Nearly 30% of birds in U.S., Canada have vanished since 1970
If you were alive in 1970, more than 1 in 4 birds in the U.S. and [...]
Germany can use carbon pricing to deliver on climate
Climate researcher and economist Ottmar Edenhofer presents new possibilities for German climate policy Diese Meldung teilen [...]
Plastic consumer products contain harmful and unknown substances
The PlastX research group detects thousands of chemicals in plastic products—three out of four products contain [...]
Atlantic Ocean may get a jump start from the other side of the world
A key question for climate scientists in recent years has been whether the Atlantic Ocean’s main [...]
Natural gas accelerates climate change through alarming methane emissions
Conversion from coal and oil to natural gas increases greenhouse effect of energy consumption by around [...]
One million EVs to be sold next year in Europe alone
The rise of affordable electric cars is driven by EU law and achievable based on carmakers’ [...]
Semiconducting Material More Affected By Defects Than Previously Thought
Research opens up new possibilities for improving performance of halide perovskite Diese Meldung teilen [...]
Low sea-ice cover in the Arctic
Second-lowest September minimum since observations Diese Meldung teilen [...]
Gloomy forecast for the Aletsch Glacier
The largest glacier in the Alps is visibly suffering the effects of global warming. ETH researchers [...]