Environmental News Network

Electrochemistry Converts Carbon to Useful Molecules

A chemistry collaboration led to a creative way to put carbon dioxide to good – and even healthy – use: by incorporating it, via electrosynthesis, into a series of organic molecules that are vital to pharmaceutical development.

Team Projects Two Out of Three Glaciers Could Be Lost by 2100

David Rounce has led an international effort to produce new projections of glacier mass loss through the century under different emissions scenarios.

Compound Extreme Heat and Drought Will Hit 90% of World Population – Oxford Study

Warming is projected to intensify these hazards ten-fold globally under the highest emission pathway, says the report, published in Nature Sustainability.

Using Machine Learning to Forecast Amine Emissions

Global warming is partly due to the vast amount of carbon dioxide that we release, mostly from power generation and industrial processes, such as making steel and cement.

Scientists Tackle Rusty Plant Threat

University of Queensland scientists have developed an environmentally friendly RNA-based spray to help combat myrtle rust, which has wiped out many Australian plants.