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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 [...]
Fraunhofer IEE and Partners Test Spherical Energy Storage on the Seabed off the Californian Coast
09.11.202409.11.2024

Fraunhofer IEE and Partners Test Spherical Energy Storage on the Seabed off the Californian Coast

The Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Economics and Energy System Technology IEE has developed an underwater energy [...]
Salt batteries: The fireproof battery
06.11.202405.11.2024

Salt batteries: The fireproof battery

Originally developed for electric cars, nowadays they supply mobile phone antennas with electricity, and tomorrow perhaps [...]
The unknown climate factor from the permafrost
06.11.202404.11.2024

The unknown climate factor from the permafrost

Ecologist Christina Biasi is exploring the conditions under which tiny organisms contribute to permafrost soils emitting [...]
Towards Better Solar Cells: Exploring an Anomalous Phenomenon of Electricity Generation
24.10.202423.10.2024

Towards Better Solar Cells: Exploring an Anomalous Phenomenon of Electricity Generation

Researchers explore the bulk photovoltaic effect in a promising material for next-generation solar harvesting technologies. The [...]
Light pollution in the Arctic
23.10.202422.10.2024

Light pollution in the Arctic

Rapidly Increasing Industrial Activities in the Arctic. More than 800,000 km2 of the Arctic were affected [...]
Green hydrogen far pricier than projected
22.10.202422.10.2024

Green hydrogen far pricier than projected

Prices for hydrogen produced with clean energy will remain high, Harvard researchers demonstrate in the journal [...]
Antarctic ‘greening’ at dramatic rate
12.10.202411.10.2024

Antarctic ‘greening’ at dramatic rate

Vegetation cover across the Antarctic Peninsula has increased more than tenfold over the last four decades, [...]
Scientists caution no guarantees when it comes to overshooting 1.5°C
12.10.202411.10.2024

Scientists caution no guarantees when it comes to overshooting 1.5°C

A study co-authored by MCC analyses scenarios in which we temporarily exceed this limit and bring [...]
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25.09.202625.09.2026

New Material Is an Extreme Thermal Insulator

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Harvesting hot electrons could break solar panel barrier

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23.09.202623.09.2026

Polystyrene nanoplastics may threaten reproductive health and offspring development

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22.09.202622.09.2026

Planetary Health Check 2026 finds mounting pressures across Earth’s life support systems

Science
21.09.202621.09.2026

11 trillion tonnes lost since the 1970s: Ice sheet decline mainly due to accelerated glacier movement

Science
17.09.202617.09.2026

152 Solar Records Measured in 40 Years: Fraunhofer ISE’s CalLab Celebrates Anniversary

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