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An international team of scientists using new measurements from ESA's ice mission has discovered that the volume of Arctic sea ice has declined by 36% during autumn and 9% during winter between 2003 and 2012.
Feb 13th, 2013
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The PhD thesis of Aingeru Remiro-Eguskiza, a chemical engineer of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), deals with the quest for a process to produce hydrogen from bio-oil that has a lower impact on the environment than the process using current routes.
Feb 13th, 2013
Read moreCities around the world can significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by implementing aggressive but practical policy changes, says a new study by University of Toronto Civil Engineering Professor Chris Kennedy and World Bank climate change specialist Lorraine Sugar.
Feb 12th, 2013
Read moreScientists identify security risks from climate change, and recommend investments in monitoring and forecasting to prepare for growing threats.
Feb 12th, 2013
Read moreA 10.7 percent conversion rate has been achieved using less than 2 micrometers of raw material.
Feb 12th, 2013
Read moreNew Worldwatch Institute report examines global consumption and installed capacity of hydropower and geothermal energy sources.
Feb 12th, 2013
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Scientists have created a 'solar sponge' which captures and then releases carbon dioxide using the power of natural sunlight.
Feb 12th, 2013
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Ancient carbon trapped in Arctic permafrost is extremely sensitive to sunlight and, if exposed to the surface when long-frozen soils melt and collapse, can release climate-warming carbon dioxide gas into the atmosphere much faster than previously thought.
Feb 12th, 2013
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Hydrogen can be produced sustainably using other sources than just wind power: the European research project SusFuelCat aims to improve the process of extracting hydrogen from wet biomass.
Feb 12th, 2013
Read moreA new approach is available for real-time monitoring of the structural health of wind turbine components during exposure to turbulences.
Feb 12th, 2013
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Renewable and alternative energy sources for remote sensing, monitoring, LIDAR, and SCADA installations.
Feb 11th, 2013
Read moreOne of the most pressing global challenges is how to leverage the power of new knowledge to help address the global economic and environmental challenges. New science and technology diplomacy responses are emerging from smaller industrialized nations working with developing countries.
Feb 11th, 2013
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A low-carbon solution to high-carbon energy resources such as coal is proposed by their high efficient integration with either nuclear or renewable energy, which may figure out the strategic solution to China's future energy development.
Feb 10th, 2013
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Germany has installed about 30 gigawatts of solar capacity, providing between 3 percent and 10 percent of its electricity. The United States, by contrast, has somewhere around 6.4 gigawatts of solar capacity.
Feb 9th, 2013
Read moreFrench utility GDF Suez has announced the construction of the 300MW Tarfaya wind farm in Morocco, which will be the largest wind project in Africa. The project is owned in partnership with Nareva Holding, a Moroccan energy company.
Feb 9th, 2013
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Israel NewTech is launching an exciting new tool to showcase Israeli companies' projects in the cleantech arena throughout the world - the CleanTech Map. This Facebook application allows visitors to view Israeli cleantech projects and installations anywhere in the world.
Feb 8th, 2013
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One ingenious remedy to solve ten problems. A small water plant called Azolla will play a key role in a park project that received a grant of 6.5 million euros from the European Regional Development Fund.
Feb 8th, 2013
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Researchers in Japan have developed a way to detect caesium contamination on a scale of millimetres enabling the detection of small areas of radioactive contamination.
Feb 7th, 2013
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