15:49 | Petroleum-based products are all impossible to make without first producing hundreds of millions of tonnes of gasoline, kerosene, and diesel. At least that’s what the fossil fuel industry would like you to believe.
12:44 | How about a well insulated shipping container that can handle 1300 degrees Celsius and be delivered to small operators who need low grade heat, or to district heating systems to keep you toasty warm in the winter?
13:42 | The Global Energy Transition is the most profound change to human civilisation since the end of the last glacial period about 11,000 years ago.
16:40 | Risk managers at the world’s largest financial institutions are beginning to factor ‘Planetary Boundary’ science into their spreadsheets.
16:03 | The 2023 Antarctic Sea ice maximum was more than a million square kilometres lower than the previous low record. Now two scientific research teams published data on just how bad it is likely to get.
15:37 | World leaders just gathered at the UN in New York to discuss the climate, ahead of the main COP 28 climate conference coming up in November 2023.
11:20 | We can’t eliminate air conditioning, because millions of people would literally die. So what are we doing to try to solve a rapidly worsening problem?
11:27 | There’s enough energy just in the very thin crust of our planet to run human society for hundreds of thousands of years.
11:12 | A US company called FORM Energy is on the cusp of installing its first 10MW / 1 gigawatt hour iron-air energy storage facility.
12:43 | Pumped Storage Hydro could literally be the lynch pin to get us to 100% renewable global electricity grids without having to pillage the earth (and deep seabed) of critical minerals.
12:44 | A new research paper has analysed the fundamental long term changes in the way heat is carried into the Arctic Ocean from the much warmer Pacific and Atlantic oceans. And it’s not great news!
15:20 | Is our short-term thinking risking the future prosperity and possibly even survival of our descendants? Many scientists say very emphatically yes!
13:05 | Will batteries for hundreds of millions of future electric vehicles rob the planet of all its precious minerals? And what about all the minerals and materials for billions of wind turbines and solar panels?
11:46 | A team of researchers in Vienna has shown us how we can reliably move electrons using oxygen as the main source.
12:38 | Research now shows that cooling in the upper layers could be jeopardising satellite orbits and opening up a new ozone hole above the arctic. So what’s going on?
13:02 | Terra Preta, or Amazonian Dark Earth, has long been known for its remarkable biodiversity and fertility. Now a new study by a team of scientists in Brazil has identified what it is that makes Terra Preta so special.
13:55 | The energy transition solutions of the 21st Century will take many forms, with a complex mix of different power producers. Moving energy across ever greater distances will overcome much of the intermittency of renewables like wind and solar.
12:13 | Are we actually doomed as some commentators suggest, or is there any way at all that we can drag ourselves out of our self inflicted train wreck?
12:03 | The AMOC system has been weakening for decades and it is likely to grind to a halt at some point in the not too distant future, with profound effects on our planetary systems. So, can we do anything about it?
9:27 | Rooftop wind power has been a goal for micro power generators around the world for many years now. There’s a new kid on the block that has no visible moving parts, makes no noise, and generates 50% more power than standard solar PV panels.
12:48 | More and more mainstream organisations now say our politicians have already failed, and that average global temperature increases higher than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels are now inevitable. So, who are we to believe?
11:27 | A new research paper has found some very strange temperature differences in the Eastern Pacific Ocean between climate models and observed ‘real world’ measurements. So, what’s going on?
12:42 | Solar cooling sounds like a contradiction in terms, but it could become a household phrase in a sustainable future.
13:04 | 35 years ago scientists discovered we were badly damaging the ozone layer, so a major global initiative was created to repair it. At the same time scientists also discovered that greenhouse gas emissions were causing dangerous levels of warming in our atmosphere…
12:48 | Concrete accounts for 8% of global CO2 emissions and it’s usage is set to skyrocket in the coming decades as the world’s population grows and moves towards more urban environments.
11:42 | Hydrogen is not easy to store. Now two separate and completely unconnected teams claim to have worked out how to store hydrogen in powder form. So is this a genuine breakthrough or yet more wishful thinking?
12:56 | The arctic region is a key driver of global climate patterns. This video assesses four peer reviewed research papers, published in the summer of 2022.
12:45 | Modern technology has enabled timber to be engineered in such a way that it can be used as an apparently “carbon negative” replacement for steel in very tall buildings. But can we afford the land required to create vast new timber plantations?
10:28 | Liquid metal battery technology has the potential to revolutionise utility scale energy storage, but it’s been a long and difficult road for the creator, Donald Sadoway, and his company, Ambri Inc.
13:31 | Gas suppliers and boiler makers are lobbying hard for the use of hydrogen in domestic heating systems. But is that the right road to take?
12:03 | Once all the carbon costs of extracting, processing and manufacturing are taken into account, how much lower is the overall lifetime carbon footprint of an EV compared to and ICE car?
11:27 | How do we get ourselves off our dependence on fossil fuels? And if the alternative is intermittent renewables then how are we going to keep our homes constantly warm during the colder months? Perhaps our friends in Scandinavia can provide some answers…
10:40 | Algae is one of the most successful organisms on earth, and we humans are only just starting to understand its potential in our climate mitigation challenge.
13:02 | A UK based company called Brilliant Planet has perfected a method that, at full scale, can drawdown 2 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from our atmosphere every year while also restoring alkalinity levels to our ocean ecosystems.
11:21 | Solar PV panels are multiplying at almost virus-like speed all over the planet. That’s a great thing for the transition to sustainable energy, but a massive potential problem for a catastrophically ill-prepared recycling industry.
11:36 | Research shows that the unwanted by-product of the mining industry, rock dust, could be a transformational supplement to agricultural soils all over the world.