The IPCC has produced a video on its Fifth Assessment Report (w/video)
The first part on the Working Group I contribution to AR5 is now available.
Nov 27th, 2013
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The first part on the Working Group I contribution to AR5 is now available.
Nov 27th, 2013
Read moreFarmers, gardeners and students have a new place to learn about climate change and how to be part of the solution.
Nov 26th, 2013
Read moreThe research initiative POWERAMP developed roadway-energy harvesting prototypes based on dynamic speed bumps that are able to transfer kinetic energy from vehicles passing over them.
Nov 26th, 2013
Read moreMore than 6 billion Euro per year can be saved in German power production costs provided all of the suitable areas in the North and Baltic Seas were used by offshore wind energy production. This is the result of a Fraunhofer IWES study commisioned by the Offshore Wind Energy Foundation.
Nov 26th, 2013
Read moreResearchers bring their invention - the world's first bioelectrically enhanced wastewater to energy system - to market.
Nov 25th, 2013
Read moreNew research suggests that even if carbon-dioxide emissions came to a sudden halt, the carbon dioxide already in Earth's atmosphere could continue to warm our planet for hundreds of years. Thus, it might take a lot less carbon than previously thought to reach the global temperature scientists deem unsafe.
Nov 24th, 2013
Read moreResearchers generate electricity rather than biomass with photosynthetic proteins.
Nov 21st, 2013
Read moreSwiss chemist Michael Graetzel, noted for his discovery of a new solar cell that's easier and less costly to produce than silicon-based cells, has won the first $50,000 Leigh Ann Conn Prize for Renewable Energy from the University of Louisville.
Nov 21st, 2013
Read moreResearchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have developed a method for greatly enhancing biofuel production in tiny marine algae.
Nov 21st, 2013
Read moreTUM CREATE presents an electric taxi for use in tropical megacities at the 43rd Tokyo Motor Show. EVA showcases a new super-fast charging system recharging the battery within 15 minutes, a range of 200 kilometers and an individual air conditioning. As the first university in the world, TUM presents electric vehicle concepts for different climate zones.
Nov 21st, 2013
Read moreNew analysis shows that emissions in the California cap-and-trade scheme are lower than official estimates suggest.
Nov 20th, 2013
Read moreAn international team of researchers has synthesized a new material that stores an unusually large amount of hydrogen. Performing high-pressure X-ray studies at DESY's PETRA III and other light sources, the scientists detected the formation of previously unobserved iridium hydride at a pressure of 55 gigapascals, corresponding to approximately 550,000 times the Earth's atmospheric pressure. The new material can store up to three times more hydrogen than most other metal hydrides.
Nov 20th, 2013
Read moreScientists initiated the RELHY project to overcome the challenges of integrating currently in-use solid oxide electrolyte cells (SOECs) into industrially-relevant efficient, cost-effective and durable stacks. The research and development team focused on optimisation of cell materials and innovative SOE stack designs.
Nov 19th, 2013
Read moreThe development of combustion engines is under increasingly stringent constraints with regard to fuel efficiency and emissions. Advanced modelling tools will help meet performance objectives starting from the early phases of design.
Nov 19th, 2013
Read moreThe EU-funded 'Efficient use of input in protected horticulture' (EUPHOROS) project was established to develop a greenhouse system that does not rely on fossil fuels.
Nov 19th, 2013
Read moreThe 'Resource and cost-effective integration of renewables in existing high-rise buildings' (COST-EFFECTIVE) project developed five new facade components and systems. Each system was customised according to the building under consideration, taking into consideration size, wind load and safety barrier function.
Nov 19th, 2013
Read moreResearchers at Sandia National Laboratories will use their expertise in protein expression, enzyme engineering and high-throughput assays as part of a multiproject, $34 million effort by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) aimed at developing advanced biocatalyst technologies that can convert natural gas to liquid fuel for transportation.
Nov 19th, 2013
Read moreGlobal outreach effort by electricity giants fosters bottom-up approach to strong Public-Private Partnerships; 'Golden Rules' draw on lessons worldwide.
Nov 19th, 2013
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