A Special Message from His Holiness the Dalai Lama on the Corona Crisis
“Due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, we are currently going through an extremely difficult [...]
Month: March 2020
The seafloor of Fram Strait is a sink for microplastic from the Arctic and North Atlantic Ocean
A new study shows: sea ice and ocean currents transport plastic particles into the deep sea [...]
Reef authority confirms mass coral bleaching event hitting the Great Barrier Reef
New aerial surveys show a mass coral bleaching event is now occurring on the Great Barrier [...]
ArKol Project: Tapping into the Thermal Potential of Façades
About 40 percent of the primary energy consumption in Germany is used for space heating and [...]
Electric cars better for climate in 95% of the world
Fears that electric cars could actually increase carbon emissions are unfounded in almost all parts of [...]
On the trail of organic solar cells’ efficiency
On the trail of organic solar cells’ efficiency: Molecular vibrations reduce the maximum achievable photovoltage in [...]
Coal exit benefits outweigh its costs
Coal combustion is not only the single most important source of CO2, accounting for more than [...]
Hidden Source of Carbon Found at the Arctic Coast
A previously unknown significant source of carbon just discovered in the Arctic has scientists marveling at [...]
Does this tiny island off the coast of Maine hold the answer to the future of electricity?
Integrating time-tested technology with emerging innovations, remote Isle au Haut could be a renewable energy model [...]
The world’s first aerogels made from scrap rubber tyres
A team of NUS researchers has achieved a major technological breakthrough by converting waste rubber tyres [...]
Perovskite Solution Aging: Scientists Find Solution
Perovskite solar cells have developed quickly in the past decade. But like silicon solar cells, the [...]
Alstom’s hydrogen train Coradia iLint completes successful tests in the Netherlands
The world’s first hydrogen fuel cell passenger train takes its first steps abroad after commercial success [...]
How horses can save the permafrost
Permafrost soils in the Arctic are thawing. As they do, large additional quantities of greenhouse gases [...]
New research first to relate Antarctic sea ice melt to weather change in tropics
Arctic and Antarctic ice loss will account for about one-fifth of the warming that is projected [...]
The Antarctica Factor: model uncertainties reveal upcoming sea level risk
Sea level rise due to ice loss in Antarctica could become a major risk for coastal [...]
How the Coronavirus is Hampering Science
Research meetings are being canceled left and right over epidemic fears, slowing the work of scientists—especially [...]