The end of coal: EU energy companies pledge no new plants from 2020
Companies from every EU nation except Poland and Greece sign up to initiative in bid to meet Paris pledges and limit effects of climate...
Scientists can predict carbon transfer in the ocean based on deep-diving tiny organisms
Biologists find that the health and size of ocean bacteria that eat the carbon-carrying particles can affect the speed with which they sink toward...
Trois fois plus de feux de forêt cet été en Europe
L’Europe dévorée par les flammes : il y a eu, cette année, trois fois plus de feux de forêt que les années précédentes. La...
New water splitting catalyst could make it easier to generate solar fuel
Water splitting, the process of harvesting solar energy to generate energy-dense fuels, could be simplified thanks to new research.
Sulfide-producing bacteria dominate hydraulically fractured oil, gas wells
The microbes inhabiting a hydraulically fractured shale formation produce toxic, corrosive sulfide through a poorly understood pathway, researchers report. The team's findings reveal that...
Extending palm oil production in Africa threatens primate conservation
Future expansion of the palm oil industry could have a dramatic impact on African primates.
COMMENT: Carbon pricing is on the rise: How your business can benefit
What do HSBC, China, LafargeHolcim and California have in common? Despite the continuing debate in some corners about the ways and means of climate...
Nights warming faster than days across much of the planet
Global warming is affecting daytime and night-time temperatures differently - and greater night-time warming is more common than greater daytime warming worldwide - new...
Extreme heat-related mortality avoided under Paris Agreement goals
Extreme heat-related mortality avoided under Paris Agreement goalsExtreme heat-related mortality avoided under Paris Agreement goals, Published online: 25 June 2018; doi:10.1038/s41558-018-0210-1In key European cities,...
Making fuel cells for a fraction of the cost
Researchers now describe the development of an inexpensive, efficient catalyst material for a type of fuel cell called a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell,...
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