Tips 29.09.2019 Edward Snowden “Permanent Record” Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government’s system of mass surveillance, [...]
Environment 28.09.2019 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% [...]
Environment 25.09.2019 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, [...]
Environment 23.09.2019 Climate Protection and Clean Air: An Integrated Approach From 23 – 25 September 2019, heads of government from around the world will convene at [...]
Energy 23.09.2019 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 [...]
Science 21.09.2019 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 [...]
Environment 20.09.2019 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 [...]
Politics 20.09.2019 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 [...]
Science 20.09.2019 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 [...]
Science 17.09.2019 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 [...]
Energy 17.09.2019 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 [...]
Mobility 15.09.2019 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’ [...]
Science 14.09.2019 Semiconducting Material More Affected By Defects Than Previously Thought Research opens up new possibilities for improving performance of halide perovskite Diese Meldung teilen [...]
Science 14.09.2019 Low sea-ice cover in the Arctic Second-lowest September minimum since observations Diese Meldung teilen [...]
Science 13.09.2019 Gloomy forecast for the Aletsch Glacier The largest glacier in the Alps is visibly suffering the effects of global warming. ETH researchers [...]