aviation
A Qatar Airways aircraft this week completed the world’s first commercial passenger flight powered by a fuel made from natural gas. The six-hour journey from London Gatwick to Doha, the capital of Qatar, was powered by a Shell-developed 50-50 blend of synthetic gas-to-liquids (GTL) kerosene and conventional oil-based kerosene
climate
Cutting back on other greenhouse gas emissions and climate forcers besides carbon dioxide could “buy us about 40 years” in the effort to stave off catastrophic climate change, according to new research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The study’s authors, which include a
Any takers on Jurdy’s bet?
global warming
A little ocean warming is proving to be a good thing for scallops in British waters, scientists have found — but continued warming could reverse that benefit. According to a study published in the journal Marine Biology, warmer oceans around the UK have led to increased stocks of the great scallop
low carbon transition plan
Britain will need to change policy course if it wants to meet the goals of its Low-Carbon Transition Plan, according to the Committee on Climate Change’s (CCC) first annual report to Parliament today. Among the report’s key findings: * Emissions reductions averaged about 0.5 per cent a year
Australia’s recent extreme dust storms, a likely indicator of climate change, might ironically also have produced a would-be solution to global warming in the form of ocean life-based carbon capture. The dust storms seem to have provided an unexpected benefit to the environment in Sydney Harbour and the Tasman
global warming
Greenbang’s weekly Climate Change Index tracks research findings and events directly attributable to global warming. Our aim is to provide a numerical, week-to-week indicator of climate change developments. Items that qualify for listing in each week’s index include new climate data published in peer-reviewed academic journals and extreme
low-carbon technologies
A new online tool launched by the European Commission lets users track how different regions are investing in low-carbon technologies, and where those technologies are likely headed in years to come. The SETIS (for “strategic energy technologies information system”) portal provides the latest research results on the status, forecasts and
electric cars
Imagine being able to recharge your electric car battery as easily as filling the tank in a petrol-driven car. Researchers in Germany think they’ve found the answer in a new type of redox flow battery. Using such a battery, motorists with electric cars could simply go to the gas
carbon dioxide
The last time our planet’s atmospheric carbon dioxide levels were as high as they are today? Try 15 million years ago. That according to research, published this week in the journal Science, by scientists at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). “The last time carbon dioxide levels were
global warming
Climate change appears to be changing wind patterns in the US Pacific Northwest, which contributes to the development of ocean “dead zones” in the area, according to researchers at Oregon State University (OSU). The scientists report the Pacific Ocean off Oregon’s coast again experienced low-oxygen waters near the seafloor
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