China, US and Europe key drivers in renewable energy development, reveals GlobalData
GlobalData expects wind and solar PV technologies to continue to grow during 2021–2030, with reduced costs [...]
Month: September 2020
Renewable Energy Jobs Continue Growth to 11.5 Million Worldwide
Renewable energy continues to bring socio-economic benefits by creating numerous jobs worldwide, according to the latest [...]
The Ocean Has Become More Layered with Global Warming
The global ocean has become more layered and stable over the past few decades with global [...]
Global partnership for 1,000 billion trees
Salesforce Partners with Plant-for-the-Planet to Spotlight Global Reforestation Projects and Track Progress Towards 100 Million Tree [...]
Chemicals in bioplastics not safer than those in conventional plastics
Laboratory study analyzes the toxicity of bioplastics and plant-based materials So-called “bioplastics” are marketed as an [...]
Stability Check on Antarctica Reveals High Risk for Long-Term Sea-Level Rise
The warmer it gets, the faster Antarctica loses ice – and much of it will then [...]
New Analysis Shows the Global Transition from Coal to Clean Energy Has Reached a Financial Tipping Point
A breakthrough report by Rocky Mountain Institute, Carbon Tracker Initiative, and Sierra Club offers new financial [...]
Going with the flow for water purification
Membrane separations have become critical to human existence, with no better example than water purification. As [...]
Is it still acceptable to fly on holiday in view of climate change?
Yes and no, according to moral philosophy. Individual measures alone can’t stop climate change. We are [...]
More united approach needed for nations to completely eliminate coal-fired power plants
Active coal-fired power plants are enough to prevent the world from achieving the global warming target [...]
Polluting plug-in hybrids are the car industry’s “wolf in sheep’s clothing”
As the government prepares to announce a possible earlier ban on petrol and diesel vehicles, campaigners [...]
Experts calculate future ice loss and the extent to which Greenland and the Antarctic will contribute to sea-level rise
The major international project ISMIP6 offers new estimates of how much melting ice sheets will contribute [...]
Study: 94 Percent of Tropical Coral Reef Habitats at Risk
In a joint study, researchers from Jacobs University Bremen, the University of Bremen, and the Leibniz [...]
Over one billion people at threat of beingdisplaced by 2050due toenvironmentalchange, conflict and civil unrest
Ecological Threat Register 2020 – The number of threats that are above a defined level of [...]
Satellite images display changes in the condition of European forests
Newly created map indicates openings in the European forest canopy The forest canopy, the closed vegetation [...]
Why do our birds disappear?
With the satellite-based animal monitoring system Icarus, researchers want to explore the collective knowledge of the [...]