Why don’t we all just use Geothermal Energy?
14:37 | Science tells us there’s enough energy in the first 10 kilometres below our planet’s surface to provide all our energy needs for millions of years. So why isn’t our entire planet powered by it?
Arctic disintegration is worse than we thought
14:35 | Arctic sea ice is disappearing faster than we thought!
China’s MILLION VOLT Energy Superhighway
12:31 | Smart grids delivering renewable energy across continents will require extremely long electricity transmission distances. China is tackling the issue by switching from AC to DC power and ramping up the output to 1.1 million volts.
Lithium Recycling FINALLY goes global!
13:22 | Lithium recycling wasn’t considered important ten years ago when fewer than 60,000 electric vehicles were sold worldwide. But today…
Perovskite Solar Cells: Game changer?
14:58 | Perovskite can give a big boost to the performance of existing solar cell technology. We take a look at how it works.
How energy storage will kill fossil fuel
15:50 | Dramatic cost reductions, improved efficiencies, and a plethora of new innovations in how to store energy that can be delivered into the grid over long durations have all contributed towards a rapidly changing energy market.
Global Green Recovery. Really?
11:37 | Global Green Recovery seems to be the buzz phrase exciting journalists and Social Media types in many parts of the world right now…
Small Modular Reactors. Are they now unavoidable?
16:16 | This week we consider the pros and cons of Small Modular Reactors.
Liquid Air Batteries. Literally energy from thin air. Seriously. Literally!
13:11 | This design that utilises tried and tested components that have been reimagined and re-engineered to perform a vital function for electricity grids, now and in the future.
Bolsonaro : How quickly is he destroying the Amazon Rainforest?
15:52 | Jair Bolsonaro took power in Brazil in October 2018. Since that time he has waged a relentless war on one of the most delicate and essential ecosystems on the planet.
Busting Climate Myths : The Psychology of Denial
28:36 | Debunking myths about Climate Change is a crucial factor in closing the gap between public and scientific consensus. The good news is that the gap is narrowing quickly.
How do we solve the Cobalt problem?
17:14 | Cobalt has become an important ingredient in the batteries powering much of today’s technology. Most of it comes from the mines of the DRC in Africa…
Green Hydrogen: Can Australia lead the world?
13:09 | Australia’s vast land mass, almost constant sun and wind, and access to an array of minerals and resources really does make it the ideal location for large scale hydrogen production powered by renewable technologies.
Is Germany sustainable?
14:29 | Wind power now dominates Germany’s electricity sector, but the country also still burns millions of tonnes of coal every year.
Planet of the Humans : Let’s just have a think…
29:07 | We review the movie Planet of the Humans and consider its implications for climate activism.
Is Big Oil finally getting stranded?
13:22 | Thanks to Russia and Saudi Arabia, global oil production has not decreased in reaction to the abrupt halt in our economies. Is this a ‘Perfect Storm’ that spells the end for BIG OIL?
Is the Gulf Stream collapsing?
13:32 | The Gulf Stream and the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation exert a huge influence on heat and energy distribution around our planet.
Can Coronavirus cool our climate?
13:36 | How will global civilisation bounce back? We might actually have a once in a lifetime opportunity to reshape the way we run our societies.
Global Dimming Paradox: Are we facing an abrupt temperature spike?
13:55 | As entire countries are getting shut down around the world, with the rapid reduction of emissions that this causes, is the global dimming paradox about to be tested?
Antarctica: What happens if the ‘Doomsday’ Glacier collapses?
12:40 | Antarctica is home to some of the world’s largest ice sheets and glaciers. Now a new US / UK research collaboration has discovered that the rate of melt is even worse than scientists feared.
Bezos and Gates: What’s their impact on the Climate Crisis?
16:20 | How do Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, and the companies they founded, measure up in their green credentials?
Greenwashing. Is it still a thing?
14:41 | Is GREENWASHING even still a thing or have big corporations finally started to tell us the truth?
Carbon Negative : Can we get there?
18:18 | Carbon Negative is the bigger braver sibling of Carbon Neutral. But with coal still generating 40% of the world’s electricity, and 98% of the world’s vehicles still running internal combustion engines, how will we achieve the goal?
Blue Carbon. An invisible time bomb
10:47 | As the oceans absorb heat and sea levels rise, another less well known store of Carbon is being threatened, with potentially disastrous consequences.
Coal: Can we kick our addiction?
17:21 | Are we reducing our global coal consumption and moving to alternative sources of power quickly enough?
Thorium. Is it the future of clean energy?
16:52 | Thorium as a fuel for Nuclear Power has been an aspirational goal since the 1960’s, but despite its apparent advantages, Thorium has never been adopted. This week we look at why.
What’s really driving the bush fires down under?
14:48 | Bush fires have been a natural part of the Australian ecosystem for at least 400,000 years, but whenever human beings get involved we see a spike in the data record.
Solar Farm Grid power at night! How do they do that?
11:41 | Balancing grid voltage using solar farms during the night time is exactly what a new trial in the South of England achieved recently. We take a look at how this seemingly impossible feat was achieved.
Review of 2019 : Climate In Focus
14:32 | As yet another record breaking year of extreme weather events draws to a close, we take a look back at just a handful of examples from 2019.
Greenland is melting seven times faster than 30 years ago
11:59 | There’s been debate and dispute in recent years over whether Greenland, and Antarctica, are genuinely losing ice mass. But now a group of scientists has combined and consolidated their data to reach a solid, trustworthy result.
Liquid Hydrogen Jet Aircraft : A Carbon-Free Flying
12:06 | Liquid Hydrogen has proven a very useful energy storage solution in industrial applications for some time, but can it really ever be put to practical and economically viable use in the global aviation industry?
Is a mini ice age coming?
12:43 | New research from Rice University has revealed a surprising link between extreme cold events and global warming.
How Europe is wrecking US carbon reductions
15:13 | Team Trees’ target is to get 20 million new saplings in the ground by January 1st 2020. And it’s just as well, because the European Union (including the United Kingdom!) is busy destroying millions of trees across the south-eastern United States.
Galactic Cosmic Rays. Climate Changers?
13:52 | Some think Cosmic Rays affect our climate and that the Grand Solar Minimum we’re now entering might mean this effect will increase. This week we take a look at the science involved.
New Carbon Dioxide Battery Solutions
11:50 | UIC has proved that a Lithium Carbon Dioxide battery can hold far more energy than a traditional battery. MIT has shown us a system that significantly improves the efficiency of capturing pure CO2 from ambient air streams.
Google and the Megacity Climate Heroes
17:15 | Our governments are failing us on Climate Change mitigation, and our own individual efforts can seem pointless. But our City Mayors, with help from Google’s Environmental Insights Explorer, are fighting back.