How Stable is the Antarctic Ice Sheet?
Scientists from Heidelberg University investigate which factors determine the stability of ice masses in East AntarcticaAs [...]
Month: November 2020
Research creates hydrogen-producing living droplets, paving way for alternative future energy sources
Scientists have built tiny droplet-based microbial factories that produce hydrogen, instead of oxygen, when exposed to [...]
Photovoltatronics: smart solar cells that talk to each other
Imagine you’re walking through the city on a sunny summer day. You look at the skyscrapers, [...]
Stanford scientists invent ultrafast way to manufacture perovskite solar modules
High-speed manufacturing could advance the commercialization of perovskite modules, a green alternative to conventional solar panels [...]
Plug-in hybrids in new emissions scandal as tests show higher pollution than claimed
Sales of plug-in hybrid vehicles are skyrocketing in Europe, but tests on the newest models confirm [...]
Shift to electric vehicles in emerging markets will ‘end oil era’
China leads transition that may slash growth in global oil demand by 70%. China is leading [...]
USA: Election fires solar forward over 200 GW says report
A new Rethink Energy report, “What a difference a day makes; Biden win triggers solar acceleration,” [...]
Battery production is coming to Europe – and with it more than 70,000 jobs
Over 70,000 jobs will be created through the rising battery manufacturing in Europe within the next [...]
More plant diversity, less pesticides
Species-rich plant communities help to naturally reduce herbivore impacts. Increasing plant diversity enhances the natural control [...]
Climate change: New report shows global response is failing people in greatest need
Global efforts to tackle climate change are currently failing to protect the people who are most [...]
Which particulate air pollution poses the greatest health risk?
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, together with colleagues from several other European institutions, have [...]
New study reveals consequences of decades of global nutrition transition
Just a handful of rice and beans – a part of our world is starved. Hawaiian [...]
Coastal Floods
Researchers at the University of Graz assess compound flood hazard for coastal areas worldwide But in [...]
Climate Transparency Report 2020
The “Climate Transparency Report” 2020 reviews the climate policy of the G20 members The G20 countries [...]
We must change what we eat to solve the climate crisis, shows research
Even if fossil fuel emissions stopped immediately, emissions from the global food system alone could raise [...]
Lancaster, CA Becomes the First Hydrogen City in the United States
Lancaster, California, the nation’s first city to embrace hydrogen power, reached out to Japan to enlist [...]