Imperfect diamonds paved road to historic Deep Earth discoveries
Deep Carbon Observatory, Carnegie Institution, Washington DC Materials trapped inside diamonds offer clues to life’s origin; suggest oceans’ worth of […]
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Scientists quantify global volcanic CO2 venting; estimate total carbon on Earth
Deep Carbon Observatory, Carnegie Institution, Washington DC Scientists update estimates of Earth’s immense interior carbon reservoirs, and how much carbon
A decade of renewable energy investment, led by solar, tops US $2.5 trillion
UN Environment / Frankfurt School / Bloomberg New Energy Finance UN-backed report: Decade of investment (2010-2019) quadruples renewables capacity from
Plastics visible in 2-metre sea ice cores in the Northwest Passage
Northwest Passage Project, University of Rhode Island, Inner Space Centre Plastics visible in 2-metre sea ice cores in the Northwest
Rewriting the textbook on fossil fuels: New technologies help unravel nature’s methane recipes
Deep Carbon Observatory Washington DC Not all methane originated in buried, decayed remains of ancient life; some deep hydrocarbons aren’t
UN warns of rising levels of toxic brine as desalination plants meet growing water needs
UNU-INWEH, Hamilton Canada World’s ~16,000 desalination plants discharge 142 million cubic meters of brine daily — 50 percent more than
World added far more solar than fossil fuel power generating capacity in 2017
UN Environment, Paris / Nairobi China leads with more than half of world’s new solar capacity; global solar investment jumps
UN-backed report: Record new renewable power capacity added worldwide at lower cost
UN Environment, Paris / Nairobi Global investment of $241.6 billion (excluding large hydro), 23 percent less than 2015, brought 138.5GW
Exploring vast ‘submerged America,’ marine scientists discover 500 bubbling methane vents
Nat’l Ocean Exploration Forum – New York 19 Oct 2016 Five hundred vents newly discovered off the US West Coast, each
Heatwaves, typhoons, floods, landslides: Researchers detail rising health risks of disasters
UNU Int’l Institute Global Health, Kuala Lumpur 18 July 2016 Assembled by UNU-IIGH, six papers underline the value of applying science, technology
Galapagos: Wind turbines replace millions of liters of diesel since 2007, meet 30% of energy needs
Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership, Montreal World’s top utilities hand over project keys, chart path for Ecuador’s famously biodiverse archipelago to
Renewable energy investments: Major milestones reached, new world record set
UN Environment Programme, Paris / Nairobi 24 Mar 2016 For first time, developing world investments in renewables (up 19 percent
Vast energy value in human waste
United Nations University – Institute for Water, Environment and Health — Hamilton, Canada 3 Nov 2015 Safe, systematic collection of
To reach CO2, energy goals, blend technologies with stable policies: World electricity firms
Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership, Montreal 11 October, 2015 Decarbonizing electricity: After 2 years of international consultations, world’s leading utilities
World loses trillions of dollars worth of nature’s benefits each year due to land degradation
UN University – INWEH, Hamilton, Canada 15-SEP-2015 To better inform the tradeoffs involved in land use choices around the world,
Renewable energy’s record year helps uncouple growth of global economy and CO2 emissions
REN21 (Renewable Energy for the 21st Century), Paris Record installations for wind and solar PV in 2014; renewable energy targets
Renewables re-energized: Green energy investments worldwide surge 17% to $270 billion in 2014
UN Environment Programme, Paris, Nairobi 31-Mar-2015 Driven by Solar and Wind, World Investments Reverse 2-year Dip, Brush Aside Challenge from
World losing 2,000 hectares of farm soil daily to salt damage
United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton CANADA 28-Oct-2014 Salt-spoiled soils worldwide: 20 percent of all irrigated lands
Developing world policies help power global renewable energy generation to record
REN21, Paris (Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century) 03-Jun-2014 Now 95 emerging economies nurture renewable energy growth through
Renewable energy market share climbs despite 2013 dip in investments
U.N. Environment Programme, Paris / Nairobi 7-Apr-2014 Renewables account for 44 percent of 2013’s newly-installed electricity generating capacity despite global
Emergency management in Arctic: Experts offer 7 key recommendations
Munk-Gordon Arctic Security Program 31-Mar-2014 Response capacity in Arctic, already stretched, faces fast-growing challenges as North develops: Report Inadequate risk
Keeping whales safe in sound: Marine species and seismic surveys
International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Geneva 20 January, 2014 Unique collaboration between oil/ gas industry, scientists, conservationists proves