One World – One Environment – One Network
Scientists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and the French gas company Total have succeeded in converting carbon dioxide and hydrogen into methanol. The technology offers realistic market potential. The world is urgently...
Marine heatwaves are a much bigger threat to coral reefs than previously thought, as new research reveals a previously unrecognized impact of climate change on coral reefs. A new study by a team of...
MIT and the Fashion Institute of Technology have joined forces to create advanced functional fabrics such as biodegradable footwear and active textiles. For the second consecutive year, students from MIT and the Fashion Institute...
A new study from the International Food Policy Research Institute shows that rising carbon emissions and climate change will reduce global per capita availability of key nutrients such as protein, iron and zinc. One...
Desperate times call for desperate measures: in an effort to save the West Antarctic ice sheet from collapse and prevent potentially catastrophic sea level rise, a group of scientists want to pump ocean water...
Two research projects have succeeded in making elastic textile fibers based on CO2, whereby partly replacing crude oil as a raw material. The elastic fibers are made with a chemical component that consists in...
The widespread use of chemical fertilizers is responsible for rising agricultural emissions. A group of international researchers have now discovered a method for better estimating these emissions. Agriculture contributes to 70% of total emissions...
As demand for sustainable protein soars, Swiss start-up Planted develops a plant-based chicken substitute made from peas – with both the texture and taste of poultry. Lukas Böni, who studied food sciences at ETH Zurich,...
Electric scooter sharing has become extremely popular in the last years, providing an environmentally friendly mode of transport in many major cities. But when viewed from a full life-cycle perspective, they may not be...
The region covered by the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has significant potential to be powered by solar energy, according to new research. Less than 4 per cent of the maximum solar potential of...
The 23rd of June 2019 marked a big day in the plastic free movement, especially for Bye Bye Plastic Bags. The long awaited ban on single use plastic bags, straws and polystyrene on the...
A new study shows that the melting of Himalayan glaciers caused by rising temperatures has accelerated dramatically since the start of the 21st century. The analysis, spanning 40 years of satellite observations across...
Researchers from ETH Zurich have developed a novel technology that produces liquid hydrocarbon fuels exclusively from sunlight and air. The new solar mini-refinery is located on the roof of ETH’s Machine Laboratory building in...
New research suggests that taking to the streets to protest for climate action may indeed have a positive effect on the public. A team of American researchers has found that people tended to be...
Huge floating solar islands on the ocean that produce enough energy to enable CO2-neutral global freight traffic – what sounds like science fiction has now been calculated for the first time by researchers in...
New research shows that climate change has already affected production of the world’s top 10 crops – barley, cassava, maize, oil palm, rapeseed, rice, sorghum, soybean, sugarcane and wheat. And some regions and countries...
While renewable energy from the wind, sun and ocean currents is expanding quickly, storing that energy is still not yet sustainable. But that isn’t stopping people from trying. John Dyer reports. Cornell University scientists...
Green energy is becoming increasing popular in the land of carbon. John Dyer reports. Controlling more than half of the planet’s oil reserves and more than a third of its natural gas, Middle Eastern...
The price of renewable energy throughout the international economy should give heart to those who hope renewable energies and technologies might be the key to saving the world’s environment. John Dyer reports. Renewable energy...
Buildings of the future may be lit by collections of glowing plants and designed around an infrastructure of sunlight harvesting, water transport, and soil collecting and composting systems. That’s the vision behind an interdisciplinary...
First it was about preventing trash from ending up in landfills, more recently it has been about tackling the waste in our oceans. Now, efforts are underway to stop space debris from orbiting our...
