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24.07.202624.07.2026 Researchers unlock new tool to study river temperatures over large scales Satellite imagery captures the impact of large U.S. dams on river temperatures over the last decade. [...]
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06.05.202606.05.2026 Fraunhofer ISE Opens Laboratory to Accelerate Market Introduction of Perovskite-Silicon-Photovoltaics By applying a perovskite cell just 500 nanometers thick onto a conventional silicon solar cell, the [...]
12.02.202612.02.2026 Offshore windfarms enhance function of coastal waters and diversity of aquatic life A study conducted by researchers from Murdoch University in Australia and Dalian Ocean University in China [...]
06.12.202505.12.2025 German Sustainability Award for insect-friendly road lighting Sufficient light, but fewer dead insects – that’s what Selux’s “Tal Shield: Insect-Friendly Street Lighting” provides. [...]
08.10.202510.10.2025 Trees need water to cool the city Urban trees are often seen as natural allies in fighting summer heat waves. But how much [...]
01.09.202501.09.2025 Global Renewable Energy Investment Still Reaches New Record as Investors Reassess Risks Global investment in new renewable energy projects hit a record $386 billion in the first half [...]
07.08.202530.08.2025 Budget cuts and conflicts exacerbate hunger Worldwide, 733 million people suffer from chronic hunger – that is one in eleven people. This [...]
27.07.202527.07.2025 Paris Agreement temperature limits increasingly out of reach A new study involving researchers from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) provides a [...]
19.06.202519.06.2025 Agricultural waste can become the clothes of the future Clothing made from straw instead of cotton in the future. Chalmers University of Technology: Agricultural waste [...]
29.05.202529.05.2025 Filtered Car Emissions Turn Toxic After Sunlight Exposure A new international study led by Helmholtz Munich and the University of Rostock reveals that emissions [...]
12.03.202512.03.2025 India issues record 73 gigawatts of utility-scale renewable energy tenders in 2024 This was the second year in a row that the country exceeded its target of tender [...]
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07.12.202406.12.2024 Rapid surge in global warming mainly due to reduced planetary albedo Researchers find a potential explanation for the unusually sudden temperature rise in 2023: reduced low-level cloud [...]
29.11.202429.11.2024 Slowing down global sea level rise by delaying the melting of specific glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica Sea level rise is probably the single biggest impact of global warming, with effects on the [...]