The photovoltaic effect of ferroelectric crystals can be increased by a factor of 1,000 if three [...]

Representatives of numerous pathogenic fungal species are finding new habitat on microplastic particles in the soil [...]

Review article highlights consequences of weathering and degradation processes and warns of potentially irreversible pollution. Current [...]

Coastal ecosystems such as seagrass meadows, salt marshes and mangrove forests are valuable to humans in [...]

Floating photovoltaic power plants can contribute to the expansion of renewable energy without taking up land. [...]

Current rates of plastic emissions globally may trigger effects that we will not be able to [...]

In addition to the classical applications for solar cells on roofs and open spaces, photovoltaic devices [...]

During the winter months, renewable energy is in short supply throughout Europe. An international project is [...]

Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a condenser for countries where water is in short supply. [...]

The Hamburg-based Cluster of Excellence “Climate, Climatic Change, and Society” (CLICCS) publishes a new, essential study [...]

Under global warming, tipping elements in the Earth system can destabilize each other and eventually lead [...]

Developing new ultrathin metal electrodes has allowed researchers to create semitransparent perovskite solar cells that are [...]

Although sun radiation was relatively low, the temperature on the young Earth was warm. An international [...]

New research shows that concentrations of the toxic element mercury in rivers and fjords connected to [...]

Even a sustainable circular economy doesn’t run without energy. Solar panels and wind farms, tidal and [...]

Micro-engineered, bioinspired design allows the material to collect moisture from cool fog as well as generating [...]