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Seaweed Sneakers Look Fly, Could Help Save the Environment
Would you wear sneakers made from kelp? What if they looked as stylish as any other shoe, and could help reduce the massive impact of the textile industry?
A new textile component called...
Sea Level Rise Continuing To Accelerate Every Year, Study Finds
The rate at which sea level rise is occurring is continuing to increase every year, according to a new study that was published in the journal the Proceedings of the National Academy...
Microsoft Inks First Asia Renewables Deal in Sunseap Rooftop Solar Tie-Up
Microsoft has signed its first renewables deal in Asia, inking an agreement with Singaporean solar firm Sunseap to buy all the electricity from a new 60MW rooftop solar project.
The deal, announced yesterday,...
Oddly Enough, More Snow in Antarctica Could Slow Rising Sea Levels
Climate change affects our world in inscrutable ways, and scientists struggle to capture its interconnected impacts. Antarctica is a good example: global temperatures are known to increase the amount of vapor in...
Ørsted Begins Construction Of World Largest Offshore Wind Farm, The 1.2 Gigawatt Hornsea Project One
Danish offshore wind company Ørsted has begun construction on the 1.2 gigawatt Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm which, upon completion, will be the largest offshore wind farm in the world.
Late last...
Researchers Determine Future Climate Change Will Make Power Outages More Costly
Researchers from Virginia Tech have published findings that show future climate change will likely make power outages more costly for European households as residents seek to avoid summer outages.
In a study published...
Great Barrier Reef: 99% of These Sea Turtles Are Turning Female
A new study reveals increasing temperatures are turning green turtle populations almost completely female in the northern Great Barrier Reef (GBR).
The Current Biology paper says the northern GBR population of more than...
Dutch Utility Proposes Artificial North Sea Island & Massive Offshore Wind Farm
TenneT, the Dutch equivalent of the UK’s National Grid, is thinking about future offshore wind power for a decade or more from now. It proposes to construct a man-made island on Dogger...
Plastic Trash Used In Construction Materials In Coastal Kenya — To Save Sea Turtles, Nature, Tourism
The coastline of Kenya has been a hotspot for tourism and fishing activities for a quite a while now — with the region also being home to fair numbers of sea turtles....
Arctic Experienced 2nd Warmest Year & Lowest Winter Sea Ice Extent On Record In 2017
The Arctic region experienced its second-warmest year (by air temperature) and its lowest winter sea ice extent on record in 2017, according to the 12th edition of NOAA’s Arctic Report Card.
The peer-reviewed...
‘Buried in marshes’: sea-level rise could destroy historic sites on US east coast
New research shows by the end of the century an increase in sea level will threaten the White House, early colonial settlements and other historic places.
Large tracts of America’s east coast heritage...
Increasing Ozone Pollution In Chinese Cities Raising Mortality Rates, Research Finds
The rising air pollution levels in many of China’s largest cities are having a pronouncedly negative effect on human health there. Though, that much has been known for quite a while now....
Northern Red Sea Could Be Unique Global Warming Refuge for Coral
Lying at the northern tip of the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aqaba might be able sustain its coral population for another 100 to 150 years, despite global warming, new research predicts.
Scientists...
Air Pollution Responsible For More Than 10.7 Million Kidney Disease Cases A Year, Analysis Shows
Exposure to particulate matter air pollution is responsible for more than 10.7 million cases of the development of chronic kidney disease per year, according to a new study led by Benjamin Bowe,...
Even With Huge Carbon Emissions Reductions World’s Periglacial Zones (Home To Permafrost) To Disappear By 2100, Research Finds
The world’s periglacial zones, home to essentially all of the world’s permafrost, will “almost completely disappear” by the year 2100 even in the most optimistic of scenarios concerning greenhouse gas emissions reductions,...
Air Pollution Exposure & Kidney Disease Linked By New Study
Exposure to air pollution increases the risk of experiencing a decline in kidney function and developing kidney disease, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Society of...
