From waste to resource: Turning exhaust heat into energy with unprecedented efficiency
Low-grade waste heat (temperatures below 100 °C) could fit the bill provided we develop efficient energy harvesting technologies.
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JJ Shavit
- Oct 23, 2021
Do humans actually cause global climate change?
More than 99.9% of peer-reviewed scientific papers agree that climate change is mainly caused by humans, according to 88,125 climate studies
JJ Shavit
- Oct 23, 2021
Humans did not cause woolly mammoths to go extinct—climate change did: study
For five million years, woolly mammoths roamed the earth until they vanished for good nearly 4,000 years ago - scientists finally proved why
JJ Shavit
- Oct 21, 2021
How would nuclear war impact global climate change and food supplies?
Nuclear war would cause many immediate fatalities, but smoke from the resulting fires would also cause climate change lasting up to 15 years
JJ Shavit
- Oct 16, 2021
New opportunities to mitigate climate change to promote human health
A new report involving an Exeter expert shows how action to mitigate climate chance could promote human health.
JJ Shavit
- Oct 15, 2021
By 2500 earth could be alien to humans
To fully grasp and plan for climate impacts under any scenario, researchers and policymakers must look well beyond the 2100 benchmark.
JJ Shavit
- Oct 13, 2021
Startup wants to convert manure into sustainable fertilizer while trapping greenhouse gases
N2 Applied have announced that they have developed technology that can reduce the amount of ammonia and methane in livestock slurry.
JJ Shavit
- Oct 13, 2021
Climate change may already impact majority of humanity: study
The effects of climate change could already be impacting 85 percent of the world's population, according to tens of thousands of studies.
JD Shavit
- Sep 30, 2021
We now know what led to the rise of dinosaurs as the dominant species on Earth
The rise of dinosaurs coincided with environmental changes driven by major volcanic eruptions over 230 million years ago.
JD Shavit
- Sep 28, 2021
Work from home and save the planet
Implementing teleworking two, three or four days a week would reduce the levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), the main pollutant in smog by 10%
JD Shavit
- Sep 28, 2021
Artificial intelligence as an early warning system against runaway climate change
Researchers are developing artificial intelligence that could assess climate change tipping points and act as an early warning system.
JD Shavit
- Sep 25, 2021
An unexplored region of the atmosphere could help predict climate change
The materials swirling around in the
Upper Troposphere/Lower Stratosphere (UTLS) powerfully influence the climate we experience on Earth.
JJ Shavit
- Sep 22, 2021
Bill Gates raises over $1 billion for clean energy
Bill Gates's nonprofit group Breakthrough Energy announced Monday that it has raised more than $1 billion to fund clean energy development.
JJ Shavit
- Sep 20, 2021
Reforestation could help save coral reefs from catastrophe
Increasing reforestation efforts in coastal regions could substantially reduce the amount of sediment run-off reaching coral reefs.
JD Shavit
- Sep 16, 2021
We now know what caused the cooling during the age of the dinosaurs
Exciting new research has revealed that a drop in atmospheric carbon dioxide caused a dramatic cooling 133 million years ago
JD Shavit
- Sep 16, 2021
How to predict climate change from the comfort of your home
The causes of climate change can be shown using a cheap home or school computer, thanks to a Python program called The Climate Predictor.
JD Shavit
- Sep 14, 2021
Could the water in bedrock save our forest ecosystems from climate change?
You can’t squeeze water from a rock. But tree roots can —and they’re doing it more frequently than scientists previously thought.
JJ Shavit
- Sep 13, 2021
Researchers are toilet-training cows to save the planet
On a farm where cows freely relieve themselves as they graze, the accumulation and spread of waste often contaminates soil and waterways.
JD Shavit
- Sep 12, 2021
Ancient sea ice core sheds light on modern climate change
Marine sediment cores are yielding new insights into the complicated relationship between sea ice and climate change.
JD Shavit
- Sep 9, 2021
Putting a price on climate change
The social cost of carbon dioxide is one of the most influential indicators of climate change.
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