Is there war in Europe?
How can Germany contribute to perhaps preventing a war between Russia and Ukraine? There are two [...]
Month: January 2022
Global Investment in Low-Carbon Energy Transition Hit $755 Billion in 2021
BloombergNEF’s annual investment report records a 27% rise from 2020 to 2021, with almost half of [...]
Contaminants in Polar Regions
In both the Arctic and Antarctic, the contamination with hazardous chemicals has been increasing. The German [...]
New Technique Boosts Efficiency, Sustainability of Large-Scale Perovskite Solar Cells
An international team of researchers has demonstrated a technique for producing perovskite photovoltaic materials on an [...]
Plastic snowfall in the Alps
But it’s not just our waters that are full of plastic. A new study shows that [...]
Trees call for help from birds and predatory insects
Trees emit scents when attacked by caterpillars and other herbivores. They use these to attract predatory [...]
Fossil gas and nuclear power are not sustainable
The European Commission’s draft delegated act to include fossil gas and nuclear power in the EU [...]
Climate change and wildfires could increase ozone hole
Smoke from wild fires could increase ozone depletion in the upper layers of the atmosphere and [...]
Turning food waste into future fuels
One third of the world’s food is wasted each year, with around 7.6 million tonnes wasted [...]
Quantum dots boost perovskite solar cell efficiency and scalability
Perovskites are hybrid compounds made from metal halides and organic constituents. They show great potential in [...]
Safe planetary boundary for pollutants, including plastics, exceeded, say researchers
There has been a 50-fold increase in the production of chemicals since 1950. This is projected [...]
Used Surgical Masks to be Used for Cleaning Up Reservoirs from Petrochemicals
Chemists of Tomsk Polytechnic University have developed a new material, which efficiently purifies water from petrochemicals. [...]
New Deloitte research highlights increasing business concern about climate change
Ninety-seven percent of companies surveyed have already felt the effects of climate change—triggering a greater sense [...]
Thin ice for lakes worldwide
Warmer lakes are a human-caused problem with ecological consequences. Due to global climate change, lakes around [...]
Hydrogen Economy Hints at New Global Power Dynamics
IRENA says green hydrogen could disrupt global trade and bilateral energy relations, reshaping the positioning of [...]
Photon Recycling – the Key to High-Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells
Scientists from TU Dresden, in cooperation with researchers at Seoul National University (SNU) and Korea University [...]