Moving towards a more sustainable energy future in poor communities will require a clearer understanding of people’s motivations.
As Rural China Rapidly Adopts Clean Energy, Use of Traditional Wood and Coal Stoves Persists
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Microwave Treatment is an Inexpensive Way to Clean Heavy Metals From Treated Sewage
A team of Florida State University researchers studying new methods to remove toxic heavy metals from biosolids — the solid waste left over after sewage treatment — found the key is a brief spin through a microwave.
Water Metering Can Reduce Consumption by a Fifth but Only High Income Households Gain Financially
Findings highlighted large differences in the effects of metering across individual households, with small families living in high value houses more likely to be better off with a water meter.
A Solution for Cleaning Up PFAS, One of the World’s Most Intractable Pollutants
A cluster of industrial chemicals known by the shorthand term “PFAS” has infiltrated the far reaches of our planet with significance that scientists are only beginning to understand.
Transition to Renewable Energy Needs to Consider Global Threat to Species
Researchers advise that future energy policy must consider these unequal international impacts to identify the best routes to decarbonisation.
First Field Measurements of Laughing Gas Isotopes
Thanks to a newly developed laser spectrometer, Empa researchers can for the first time show which processes in grassland lead to nitrous oxide emissions.
