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Centre aims to find value in food waste A new national program to transform food waste into valuable products is being led by a University of Queensland researcher. Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) Transform program leader and chemical ...

Heavy trucks such as these 18-wheelers contribute a significant fraction of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. MIT researchers say these emissions could be drastically reduced by using flex-fuel plug-in hybrid powertrains instead of diesel engines. Engineers develop concept for hybrid ...

Researchers at EPFL have developed a simple mid-infrared laser source that can be used to detect pollution in the air or molecules in someone’s breath. Their system takes up considerably less space than the large ones typically used for such ...

New research from the Arctic: thawing permafrost peatlands may add to atmospheric CO2 burden Temperatures in the Arctic are rising twice as fast as in the rest of the world, causing permafrost soils to thaw. Permafrost peatlands are biogeochemical hot ...

  Crushed mining waste can replace cement Mining waste can replace up to ten per cent of the cement used in concrete without compromising the strength of the materials. Mountains of mining waste from all over the world are waiting ...

Turning old clothes into building materials: Professor Veena Sahajwalla.   Your old, unwanted clothes can be turned into building materials Alice Kelin Throwing away clothing that’s no longer needed is a missed opportunity to turn the fabrics into new products ...

UCR’s mobile emissions lab on location at a dairy manure lagoon in Southern California.   Measuring Greenhouse Gases on the Go New mobile emissions van allows UCR researchers to track atmospheric emissions anytime, anywhere By Sarah Nightingale Two UC Riverside ...

A new methane-generating pathway was discovered in Rhodopseudomonas palustris, but also occurs in some other nitrogen-fixing microorganisms. MicrobeWiki   Unexpected natural source of methane discovered Some nitrogen-fixing microorganisms contain an enzyme for the simultaneous production of ammonia and methane. Leila ...

  Action must be taken now By Lotte Krull The world’s countries must do more to limit global warming. The UN’s Emissions Gap Report 2017 calls for higher ambitions for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. If global warming by the ...

  Close monitoring of climate changes By Anne Kirsten Frederiksen Reliable and standardized data are necessary in the work to meet the challenges presented by global warming. A new European network of more than 100 measurement stations monitor the development ...

Scientists in MIT’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) have for the first time determined the strength of the stratosphere’s circulation, based on observations of key chemicals traveling within this atmospheric layer. Image: MIT News   Strength of ...

The Finkel review aims to introduce certainty into Australia’s energy market. Reuters/Tim Wimborne Click for a full size image   The Finkel Review at a glance The long-awaited report from Chief Scientist Alan Finkel into Australia’s National Electricity Market was ...

Scientists collect permafrost cores from the tundra at the Barrow Environmental Observatory. (Credit: Cathy Wilson, Los Alamos National Laboratory) Click for a full size image   Scientists Measure Pulse of CO2 Emissions During Spring Thaw in the Arctic BY JULIE ...

Courtesy of Tara Expeditions Scientists triple known types of viruses in world’s oceans Discovery could bolster efforts to curb greenhouse gases By: Misti Crane The world’s oceans teem with scientific mystery, unknowns that could prove to be tools that will ...

Satellite image of cloud cover. PHOTO CREDIT: NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER IMAGE BY RETO STÖCKLI Click for a full size image Clouds are Moving Higher, Subtropical Dry Zones Expanding Study confirms computerized climate simulations projecting effects of global warming ...

credit:NASA Click for a full size image Cyclone Fantala Just Became the Indian Ocean’s Most Powerful Storm on Record The third record-breaking storm in under a year might owe its ferocity to human activity. Winds of 170 mph can lift ...

Kudzu can release soil carbon, accelerate global warming Clemson University scientists are shedding new light on how invasion by exotic plant species affects the ability of soil to store greenhouse gases. The research could have far-reaching implications for how we ...