Secret recipe for limonoids opens doors for bee-friendly crop protection
Innovative research has uncovered the secret of how plants make limonoids, a family of valuable organic [...]
Month: January 2023
Sudden warmings in the polar atmosphere last longer under climate change
In the stratosphere, at altitudes above 20 kilometers, polar temperatures north of Europe repeatedly rise quite [...]
We need more Putin-understanders
After my appearance on the last ZDF program “Maybrit Illner” about the Ukraine war, many viewers [...]
AgriPV for viticulture – protection against climate damage and high additional yields
Late frosts, hot spells, extreme drought and heavy rain endanger the sensitive grapevines. The temperature increase [...]
Amazon heat drives Tibet temperatures: climate tipping elements connected half around the globe
While the Amazon rainforest and the Tibetan Plateau sit on different sides of the globe, scientists [...]
Stability of perovskite solar cells reaches next milestone
Perovskite semiconductors promise highly efficient and low-cost solar cells. However, the semi-organic material is very sensitive [...]
Doomsday Clock set at 90 seconds to midnight
“Unprecedented Danger”: Russia-Ukraine War Pushes Iconic Doomsday Clock Closest to Midnight Ever in its History. The [...]
Stuck – climate change makes people too poor to migrate
Climate change increases migration worldwide. Over the past 30 years, however, this effect has been considerably [...]
Swiss startup makes first attempt to deploy solar on railways
Swiss startup Sun-Ways has developed a patented solution under which it directly rolls out solar modules [...]
Mobility’s shift to electric vehicles and personalized services to transform the energy landscape
BearingPoint research reveals that companies in the utilities sector must become more customer-centric and reimagine their [...]
Non-residential Buildings as Flexible Players in the Energy System
The building sector offers great potential for reducing primary energy demand, which the German government aims [...]
Global Warming Reaches Central Greenland
At high elevations of the Greenland Ice Sheet, the years 2001 to 2011 were 1.5 °C [...]
The world is entering a new age of clean technology manufacturing
… and countries’ industrial strategies will be key to success Energy Technology Perspectives 2023 highlights major [...]
Greenhouse gas concentrations further increased in 2022
Preliminary analyses of global satellite data by researchers at the university’s Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP) [...]
Richest 1% bag nearly twice as much wealth as the rest of the world put together over the past two years
Super-rich outstrip their extraordinary grab of half of all new wealth in past decade. Billionaire fortunes [...]
Continued Record-breaking Ocean Temperatures Seen Again in 2022
A continued record-breaking ocean temperature with increasing in stratification and changes in water salinity pattern give [...]