Electric vehicles are widely hailed as a key way to mitigate climate change through reduced emissions, but research on the...
As lithium-ion batteries continue to decrease in price, they are quickly replacing the lead-acid batteries traditionally used in cars and...
Small isolated wetlands that are full for only part of the year are often the first to be removed for...
China’s stricter clean heating policies have improved air quality in northern China, particularly in Beijing and surrounding cities—potentially reducing premature...
Energy-efficient ways of cooling buildings and vehicles will be required in a changing climate. Researchers at Linköping University have now...
New UC Riverside research suggests nitrogen released by gas-powered machines causes dry soil to let go of carbon and release...
In addition to oxygen, nitrogen or carbon dioxide, the air we breathe contains small amounts of organic gases, such as...
When nature designed lignin—the fibrous, woody material that gives plants their rigid structure—it didn’t cut any corners. Incredibly slow to...
A team of University of Toronto Engineering researchers, led by Professor Kevin Golovin, have designed a solution to reduce the...
The world will likely breach the internationally agreed-upon climate change threshold in about a decade, and keep heating to break...
Here’s something else chess players need to keep in check: air pollution. That’s the bottom line of a newly published...
The world has enough rare earth minerals and other critical raw materials to switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy...
