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Commonwealth Fusion Systems to Build World’s First Commercial Fusion Power Plant in Virginia
18.12.202418.12.2024

Commonwealth Fusion Systems to Build World’s First Commercial Fusion Power Plant in Virginia

CFS will independently finance, build, own, and operate the grid-scale fusion power plant in Chesterfield County, [...]
Electric cars and photovoltaics: environmental impact of important raw materials
18.12.202418.12.2024

Electric cars and photovoltaics: environmental impact of important raw materials

Study highlights health risks of technologically critical elements for the energy transition. The transition to low-emission [...]
One of world’s largest glacier floods triggered in Greenland
16.12.202415.12.2024

One of world’s largest glacier floods triggered in Greenland

For the first time, scientists have observed the release of a massive glacial lake outburst in [...]
AI predicts that most of the world will see temperatures rise to 3C much faster than previously expected
14.12.202414.12.2024

AI predicts that most of the world will see temperatures rise to 3C much faster than previously expected

Three leading climate scientists have combined insights from 10 global climate models and, with the help [...]
Biodiversity loss due to agricultural trade three times higher than thought
14.12.202413.12.2024

Biodiversity loss due to agricultural trade three times higher than thought

Exporting agricultural products from tropical regions to China, the USA, the Middle East, and Europe is [...]
A new biodegradable material to replace certain microplastics
11.12.202416.12.2024

A new biodegradable material to replace certain microplastics

MIT chemical engineers designed an environmentally friendly alternative to the microbeads used in some health and [...]
Stopping climate change protects human health – a major project helps to pool the knowledge
09.12.202409.12.2024

Stopping climate change protects human health – a major project helps to pool the knowledge

The moral obligation to protect people around the world against the climate crisis as best as [...]
Risk of a day without sea ice in the Arctic
09.12.202408.12.2024

Risk of a day without sea ice in the Arctic

The climate warms fastest in the Arctic. The sea ice there has become so thin that [...]
Mapping the world’s climate danger zones
01.12.202401.12.2024

Mapping the world’s climate danger zones

With 2024 on track to be declared the hottest on record, scientists from IIASA and Columbia [...]
New Hybrid Catalyst for Clean Oxygen Production
30.11.202430.11.2024

New Hybrid Catalyst for Clean Oxygen Production

A research team at the Institute of Materials Chemistry at TU Wien, led by Professor Dominik [...]
Climate Impact of Carbon Crediting Projects Is Substantially Overestimated
30.11.202427.11.2024

Climate Impact of Carbon Crediting Projects Is Substantially Overestimated

Emission reductions from climate mitigation projects are significantly lower than claimed, a new meta-study shows. A [...]
Unstable climate – bad luck for humanity
28.11.202427.11.2024

Unstable climate – bad luck for humanity

Major study links the history of human development with climate data Whether cultures flourished or declined [...]
New Recyclable Plastic Breaks Down Safely in Seawater
27.11.202425.11.2024

New Recyclable Plastic Breaks Down Safely in Seawater

A new durable, biodegradable plastic breaks down in seawater, offering a potential solution to microplastic pollution. [...]
Turning automotive engines into modular chemical plants to make green fuels
22.11.202421.11.2024

Turning automotive engines into modular chemical plants to make green fuels

The MIT spinout Emvolon is placing its repurposed engines next to methane sources, to generate greener [...]
Can the mealworm be the answer to Africa’s plastic waste problem?
18.11.202418.11.2024

Can the mealworm be the answer to Africa’s plastic waste problem?

As Africa, alongside the rest of the world, contends with a growing challenge of plastic waste, [...]
Fossil fuel CO2 emissions increase again in 2024
16.11.202415.11.2024

Fossil fuel CO2 emissions increase again in 2024

Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels have reached a record high in 2024, according to new [...]
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World record for lithium-ion conductors

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World-first solar thermal demonstrator targets net zero breakthrough for industry and agriculture

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Fatty acids as solvents: Extracting silver from electronic waste

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15.05.202514.05.2025

How the world can develop without ruining itself

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08.05.202506.05.2025

Photovoltaic energy: optimising yield in winter

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03.05.202503.05.2025

Geoengineering technique could cool planet using existing aircraft

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