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Overshooting climate targets could significantly increase risk for tipping cascades
24.12.202222.12.2022

Overshooting climate targets could significantly increase risk for tipping cascades

Temporarily overshooting the climate targets of 1.5-2 degrees Celsius could increase the tipping risk of several [...]
World record back at HZB: Tandem solar cell achieves 32.5 percent efficiency
22.12.202220.12.2022

World record back at HZB: Tandem solar cell achieves 32.5 percent efficiency

The current world record of tandem solar cells consisting of a silicon bottom cell and a [...]
Early green, early brown – climate change leads to earlier senescence in alpine plants
20.12.202219.12.2022

Early green, early brown – climate change leads to earlier senescence in alpine plants

Global warming is leading to longer growing seasons worldwide, with many plants growing earlier in spring [...]
Producing ‘green’ energy — literally — from living plant ‘bio-solar cells’
17.12.202215.12.2022

Producing ‘green’ energy — literally — from living plant ‘bio-solar cells’

Though plants can serve as a source of food, oxygen and décor, they’re not often considered [...]
New Material for Energy Storage and Optoelectronic applications
16.12.202216.12.2022

New Material for Energy Storage and Optoelectronic applications

Researchers at TU Berlin have developed a new material from the class of microporous, metal-organic framework [...]
New process boosts efficiency of bifacial CIGS thin film solar cell
16.12.202215.12.2022

New process boosts efficiency of bifacial CIGS thin film solar cell

Bifacial thin film solar cells based on copper indium gallium diselenide or CIGS can collect solar [...]
Good vibrations turbo charge green hydrogen production
14.12.202213.12.2022

Good vibrations turbo charge green hydrogen production

Engineers in Melbourne have used sound waves to boost production of green hydrogen by 14 times, [...]
A world map of plant diversity
23.11.202221.11.2022

A world map of plant diversity

Why are there more plant species in some places than in others? Why is diversity highest [...]
2-in-1 Thin-film Photovoltaics Paired for Higher Performance
19.11.202218.11.2022

2-in-1 Thin-film Photovoltaics Paired for Higher Performance

ZSW combines perovskite with CIGS to build a tandem solar module with 21+ percent efficiency Highly [...]
A novel concept for photovoltaics developed at TU Dresden
15.11.202214.11.2022

A novel concept for photovoltaics developed at TU Dresden

The group of Prof. Yana Vaynzof at the Integrated Center for Physics and Photonic Materials (IAPP) [...]
Biodegradable microplastics in soils cause CO₂ emissions to rise
12.11.202212.11.2022

Biodegradable microplastics in soils cause CO₂ emissions to rise

Biodegradable microplastic particles in soils can lead to an increased rise in CO₂ emissions to the [...]
Hydrogen-producing rooftop solar panels nearing commercialization
12.11.202211.11.2022

Hydrogen-producing rooftop solar panels nearing commercialization

KU Leuven researchers have developed rooftop panels that capture both solar power and water from the [...]
Bridg­ing pe­ri­ods of re­duced sun­light and peak loads in a cli­mate-neu­tral way us­ing salt
11.11.202211.11.2022

Bridg­ing pe­ri­ods of re­duced sun­light and peak loads in a cli­mate-neu­tral way us­ing salt

Together with stakeholders from industry and research, DLR has developed a storage system that can be [...]
Blind spots in the monitoring of plastic waste
03.11.202202.11.2022

Blind spots in the monitoring of plastic waste

KIT researchers and partners suspect that much more plastic is transported in flowing waters than previously [...]
Global Collaboration is Key to Saving Billions for Solar Module Production
02.11.202202.11.2022

Global Collaboration is Key to Saving Billions for Solar Module Production

Study published in Nature quantifies for the first time past and future country cost savings to [...]
More methane from Siberia in summer
31.10.202231.10.2022

More methane from Siberia in summer

What happens in the vast permafrost regions of the Arctic when the atmosphere heats up more [...]
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Toxic metals in wheat grain: do they come from the soil or the fertiliser?

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How are humans changing the Arctic Ocean?

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03.12.202503.12.2025

Researchers at the University of Graz provide evidence of climate change in the atmosphere

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25.11.202525.11.2025

Double Harvest from the Fields: Potential and Challenges of Agrivoltaics

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18.11.202517.11.2025

Bayreuth Researchers Discover New Pathways to Green Hydrogen

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13.11.202513.11.2025

New recharge-to-recycle reactor turns battery waste into new lithium feedstock

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