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Researchers based at Princeton University found that Earth's terrestrial ecosystems have absorbed 186 billion to 192 billion tons of carbon since the mid-20th century, which has significantly contained the global temperature and levels of carbon in the atmosphere.
Oct 17th, 2013
Read moreIn the coming years, the Netherlands will have to work hard on Smart Grids, intelligent local networks with new storage capacity for green electricity. It will thus be possible to counter the impending instability caused by the increasing power surges of electricity from wind turbines and solar cells. Large numbers of locally installed batteries should accommodate the increasing fluctuations in the electricity grid that are inherent to sun and wind energy.
Oct 17th, 2013
Read moreA little amount of appropriately prepared powder is poured in water polluted with phenol and cellulose. A bit of the sun and after fifteen minutes harmful compounds disappear, and the powder can be filtered off and reused. Sounds like a fairy tale? Perhaps, but it is not magic, only a masterly use of chemistry and physics by researchers from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw.
Oct 17th, 2013
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Creating sustainable cities requires technical, organizational and financial innovations, in order both to organize urban systems and to establish key business models. These are created when stakeholders collaborate across disciplines to bring creative approaches to new technologies. Fraunhofer's 'Morgenstadt - city of the future' initiative provides the space required to facilitate this kind of innovation and active work.
Oct 17th, 2013
Read moreThe use of solar panels to produce toilets hot water is standard practice, but researchers at the Madrid Universities Carlos III and Polit�cnica suggest that they may also be used to provide large offices with heating in the winter and air conditioning in the summer.
Oct 16th, 2013
Read moreFunding diversifies across the region as emerging LAC countries promote deployment and strengthen policy support.
Oct 16th, 2013
Read moreResearchers have found that real contribution to emissions targets is positive even in energy markets with high penetration of wind energy.
Oct 16th, 2013
Read moreThird quarter figures show investment a fifth down on the same quarter of 2012, as political will to decarbonise energy mix falters.
Oct 14th, 2013
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European Union Member States are showing mixed progress towards three climate and energy targets for 2020, even though the EU as a whole could reduce greenhouse gases emissions by 21% in 2020 with the set of national measures already adopted. These findings come from new European Environment Agency (EEA) assessments.
Oct 12th, 2013
Read moreDesigned experiments are incorporated into commercial construction.
Oct 11th, 2013
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A University of Queensland researcher hopes to use a chemical found in lemons and other citrus fruits to make clean, renewable jet fuel.
Oct 11th, 2013
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New study shows that research investments and growing markets have fueled a huge rise in new patents.
Oct 11th, 2013
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PEC-MFC device achieves self-biased solar hydrogen generation through microbial electrohydrogenesis at lab scale.
Oct 10th, 2013
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MIT economist finds that biofuels, contrary to claims, do not meaningfully affect what drivers pay at the pump.
Oct 10th, 2013
Read moreAt the foot of the Zugspitze, KIT Campus Alpin launches fleet test with three electric vehicles.
Oct 10th, 2013
Read moreIn a time when Australia's liquid transport fuel supplies are declining and our transport needs are growing, a research partnership between Australia and India could provide a solution to a number of energy concerns and ultimately reduce the reliance of both countries on imported fuels.
Oct 9th, 2013
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The seesaw variability of global temperatures often engenders debate over how seriously we should take climate change. But within 35 years, even the lowest monthly dips in temperatures will be hotter than we've experienced in the past 150 years, according to a new and massive analysis of all climate models. The tropics will be the first to exceed the limits of historical extremes and experience an unabated heat wave that threatens biodiversity and heavily populated countries with the fewest resources to adapt.
Oct 9th, 2013
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Credible and consistent carbon pricing must be the cornerstone of government actions to tackle climate change, according to a new OECD report.
Oct 9th, 2013
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