Europe’s rivers are damned by dams: Plans for more than 8,700 new hydropower plants
New study reveals extent of hydropower frenzy all over Europe – Devastating impacts on biodiversity and [...]
Month: November 2019
Landmine Monitor 2019 report: a fourth consecutive year of exceptionally high casualties
Published on Thursday 21st November, the Landmine Monitor 2019 reports a fourth consecutive year of exceptionally [...]
Lightsource BP pioneers UK’s first night-time solar service
Lightsource BP, one of the global leaders in the funding, development and long-term operation of solar projects, [...]
Small, fast, and highly energy-efficient memory device inspired by lithium-ion batteries
Scientists at the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) and the University of Tokyo (UTokyo) developed [...]
New paper: more frost damage of apple trees
In their latest article, THESys researchers Peter Pfleiderer and Carl-Friedrich Schleussner together with Inga Merke show [...]
A zero-carbon China by mid-century
Achieving net-zero carbon emissions while becoming a rich developed economy is technically and economically feasible for [...]
“Right Livelihood Award” celebrates its 40th anniversary
2019 Right Livelihood Award to be Presented in Stockholm 4 December Diese Meldung teilen [...]
Micro-Rubber in the environment
The tread on the tyre is worn out, new tyres are needed. Everyday life for many [...]
Using mountains for long-term energy storage
The storage of energy for long periods of time is subject to special challenges. An IIASA [...]
Climate change could double greenhouse gas emissions from freshwater ecosystems
Every drop of fresh water contains thousands of different organic molecules that have previously gone unnoticed. [...]
Decarbonizing the power sector: renewable energy offers most benefits for health and environment
Electricity supply is one of the biggest CO2 emitters globally. To keep global warming well below [...]
South Australia’s big battery to become 50 per cent bigger
Renewable energy company Neoen is expanding its 100MW/129MWh Hornsdale Power Reserve in South Australia, strengthening its [...]
Breaking CO2 faster, cheaper, and more efficiently
A new catalyst breaks carbon dioxide into useful chemicals faster, cheaper, and more efficiently than the [...]
Poland solar PV installation is set for exceptional growth
Poland has registered phenomenal growth in solar photovoltaics (PV) installations in 2019 and is expected to [...]
Last Arctic ice refuge is disappearing
The oldest and thickest Arctic sea ice is disappearing twice as fast as ice in the [...]