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Power shortages are a top concern for global data centre companies, but meeting their electricity demands will also be bad news for the environment. Continue reading Power Shortages Stall Data Center Growth in UK, Europe
The Guardian said its own greenhouse gas emissions analysis revealed more pollution than the giant tech companies claimed. Continue reading Do Greenhouse Gas Emissions Credits Skew Sustainability Reporting?
Concrete and steel production are major sources of CO2 emissions, but a new solution from Cambridge could recycle both at the same time. Throwing old concrete into steel-processing furnaces not only purifies iron but produces “reactivated cement” as a … Continue reading ‘Absolute miracle’ breakthrough provides recipe for zero-carbon cement
Shipping is an extremely efficient way to move bulk goods around the planet, but it’s responsible for around 3% of global man-made carbon emissions, and the unique energy requirements of long-haul cargo ships make them extremely difficult to decarboniz… Continue reading Ridiculously simple idea cuts cargo ship emissions by 17.3% in first trials
Despite its many advantages, glass has one major Achilles’ heel – it’s brittle. Now, engineers at Penn State have developed LionGlass, a new type of the material that’s not only 10 times more damage resistant, but requires significantly less energy to … Continue reading LionGlass boasts 10x the strength of regular glass, greener production
If you could zoom way, way out to look at the universe at its largest scale, you’d see that it’s made up of a colossal cosmic web. Now, astronomers have detected shockwaves moving through this web, providing new insights into large-scale magnetic field… Continue reading Astronomers detect shockwaves in colossal cosmic web
The caterers for the volunteer workforce behind the summer’s MCH hacker camp in the Netherlands served all-vegan food. This wasn’t the bean sprouts and lentils that maybe some of the …read more Continue reading Engineers: Be Subversive To Be Green
Following a similar decision in the European Union, the state of California has announced it’s phasing out new sales of diesel and gasoline cars by 2035, setting aggressive targets along the way. This move will have dramatic effects across the USA.Cont… Continue reading California bans new combustion car sales from 2035
The global oil industry wastefully burns off about as much natural gas as is used by all of Central and South America – but a new methane binding agent offers a potential way for this greenhouse gas to be converted economically into liquid fuels.Contin… Continue reading New methane binding process could end insanely wasteful burn-offs
It may not be the headline star of the climate change discussion, but nitrous oxide (N2O) is still a potent greenhouse gas – and now it looks like we may have underestimated how much is being released. A new study has identified the thawing Siberian pe… Continue reading New source of potent greenhouse gas emissions identified in permafrost