Committed to addressing the country’s severe air pollution, China is attempting a shift from coal to natural gas and is considering a variety of sources, including domestic and imported gas options, as well as creating its own synthetic gas from coal. A team of researchers led by Princeton University investigated the environmental impacts of transitioning ...
Europe’s decision to promote the use of wood as a “renewable fuel” will likely greatly increase Europe’s greenhouse gas emissions and cause severe harm to the world’s forests, according to a new comment paper published in Nature Communications. European officials agreed on final language for a renewable energy directive earlier this summer that will almost double Europe’s use ...
If the global population adopted the recommended guidelines of North American diets, there wouldn’t be enough land to provide the food required, according to a new study co-authored by University of Guelph researchers. The researchers found that global adherence to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) guidelines would require one giga-hectare of additional land — ...
Little things in your life, no matter how insignificant they seem at the time, might change your future. For example, some people encountered little troubles, accidents, or things that disrupted their schedule on September 11, 2001, saving them from the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. The president of a company escaped the disaster because ...
One of the most daring dreams of the human race has been to set up a colony on Mars. But the fact that the red planet does not have a breathable environment has always dampened man’s spirit. However, a team of scientists has now found a novel way to solve this problem — they have ...
Scientists have solved the riddle behind one of the most recognizable, and annoying, household sounds: the dripping tap. And crucially, they have also identified a simple solution to stop it, which most of us already have in our kitchens. Using ultra-high-speed cameras and modern audio capture techniques, the researchers, from the University of Cambridge, found ...
While recycling is often touted as the solution to the large-scale production of plastic waste, upwards of half of the plastic waste intended for recycling is exported from higher income countries to other nations, with China historically taking the largest share. But in 2017, China passed the “National Sword” policy, initiating China’s ban on plastic ...
A growing number of people today can no longer ignore the way animals are treated in factory farms and feedlots. And even those desensitized to human suffering are slowly hearing their conscience whisper that the way we feed and farm animals may not be very healthy and sustainable. While all beef cattle spend the first few ...
Australia will still be the lucky country when it comes to changes in local climate as a result of climate change if global average surface temperatures reach the 1.5°C or 2°C limit set by the Paris agreement. But in other countries right across the tropics, including close neighbor and major trading partner Indonesia, the heat ...
It’s likely not the first thing you think of when you see elephant dung, but this material turns out to be an excellent source of cellulose for paper manufacturing in countries where trees are scarce, scientists report. This leads to sustainable paper. And in regions with plenty of farm animals such as cows, upcycling manure ...
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