Volume 6 Issue 10, October 2021 Degradation in a vacuum Understanding the factors that reduce the power output of perovskite solar cells over time is key to their development. This image illustrates the greater structural and morphological degradation of the perovskite layer when solar cells are operated under vacuum instead…
Policy & Regulatory The United Kingdom unveils its Net Zero Strategy by 2050 20 Oct 2021 The United Kingdom has released its Net Zero Strategy, which sets out policies and proposals for decarbonising all sectors of the UK economy to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. The country aims to fully…
Volume 4 Issue 10, October 2021 Tuna-dependent economies and climate change Climate change will shift tuna fish away from the tropics. The study by Bell and colleagues finds two routes to sustaining the tuna-dependent economies of Pacific Small Island Developing States—reducing greenhouse gas emissions or negotiating to maintain the current…
Escrito por • mexico_social• 8 octubre, 2021 • Enrique Provencio La reforma constitucional sobre la energía eléctrica tiene implicaciones muy diversas, y una de ellas se refiere al cambio de la matriz energética y a la acción climática, componentes clave de la lucha contra la crisis ambiental y de la…
Volume 2 Issue 10, October 2021 The transition to renewable energy requires notable quantities of technology metals and materials, the production of which causes substantial environmental damage. This Review discusses raw material extraction approaches that optimize technical performance and reduce environmental impacts. See Pell et al. Image: Opla/Getty Images. Cover…
Volume 5 Issue 10, October 2021 Monarch butterfly declines Monarch butterflies in eastern North America migrate thousands of kilometers, from central Mexico (seen here in winter colonies) to the Midwestern U.S. and southern Canada, over multiple generations each year. Integrating data on monarchs and potential stressors across the migratory cycle…
Volume 11 Issue 10, October 2021 Limits to flood adaptation River floods are expected to increase under climate change, requiring adaptation measures. Writing in this issue, Masahiro Tanoue et al. estimate the damage from floods globally after adaptation measures have been implemented, known as residual flood damage, under different scenarios….
Policy & Regulatory Mexico unveils constitutional reform to strengthen power utility CFE 4 Oct 2021 Mexico has sent to Congress a constitutional reform seeking to strengthen the role of the state-owned power utility Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) within the electricity sector. The reform would give a preferential treatment to the…
Featured High geothermal heat flow beneath Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica inferred from aeromagnetic data The Amundsen Sea sector, Antarctica, is underlain by shallow Curie depths – where the magnetic properties of rocks change – according to airborne magnetic data. This suggests high geothermal heat flow in this region of…
Actualidad científica: Del 1 al 28 de septiembre, 2021 Ingeniería ambiental Microchips alados que se dispersan como semillas Nikk Ogasa Estos pequeños sensores podrían recopilar y transmitir datos ambientales a medida que se desplazan por el aire. Paleontología Huellas en Nuevo México podrían ser los rastros más antiguos de humanos…
Policy & Regulatory China will stop building new coal-fired power projects abroad 23 Sep 2021 China has pledged to stop building new coal-fired power projects abroad, ahead of the COP26. The country will instead step-up support for renewables and low-carbon energy projects. South Korea and Japan made similar moves earlier…
Volume 6 Issue 9, September 2021 Electrifying membrane synthesis Membranes based on metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) could offer an energy-efficient way of separating chemical mixtures, but it can be difficult to prepare the high-quality MOF films that are needed. Zhou et al. use an electrochemical method to fabricate high-performance defect-free MOF…
Policy & Regulatory Lithuania caps the capacity of its interconnector with Belarus at 262 MW 20 Sep 2021 The Lithuanian power transmission system operator (TSO) Litgrid has capped the amount of electricity that can enter its grid from Belarus at 262 MW, with throughputs calculated every day. The country, as well…
Volume 4 Issue 9, September 2021 Iron and steel production emissions standards Governments’ interventions to curb industrial emissions are rarely evaluated. Mi and colleagues have now developed hourly, facility-level emissions estimates to assess the effects of strengthened emissions standards on pollution from China’s iron and steel industry. See Bo et…
2021 EnerOutlook – Energy and climate forecasts Discover our online application providing long-term energy trends through intuitive maps and graphs. Browse and visualise annual data from 2000 to 2050 on global and regional forecasts for primary and final energy consumption by source, power generation and CO2 emissions, and indicators. Discover Eneroutlook – Edition 2021 Company news…
Policy & Regulatory The UK will launch the 4th CfD round for renewables projects in late 2021 14 Sep 2021 The UK government has unveiled plans to award £265m/year (€310m/year) in the fourth round of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme, including £200m (€230m) for offshore wind project. In addition, the country allocated…
Volume 2 Issue 9, September 2021 River floods have direct and indirect consequences for society, causing fatalities, displacement and economic loss. This Review examines the physical and socioeconomic causes and impacts of disastrous river flooding, and past and projected trends in their occurrence. See Merz et al. Image: Pavel Metluk…
Companies South Korean companies could buy the Mintia-Deva thermal power plant (Romania) 8 Sep 2021 A South Korean consortium, which includes Hyundai Power Systems, AKEDA and BKB, intends to buy the Mintia-Deva coal-fired power plant (3×180 MW) in Romania and to invest to develop biogas and solar projects on the site….
Volume 5 Issue 9, September 2021 Neanderthal art The toe bone of a giant deer, from Einhornhöhle(Germany), was intentionally engraved by Neanderthals about 51,000 years ago — long before our species, Homo sapiens, arrived in Europe. The stacked-offset chevron pattern is unique in the Eurasian context at that time. The…
Volume 11 Issue 9, September 2021 Warmer waters, slower fish It is unclear whether fish body size will decrease with future warming and, if so, what the ecological consequences of such changes will be. Writing in this issue of Nature Climate Change, Jorge Avaria-Llautureo and colleagues use phylogenetic data to…
Policy & Regulatory The European Commission approves the Belgian Capacity Mechanism 30 Aug 2021 The European Commission has cleared Belgium’s capacity mechanism, aimed at ensuring electricity supply after a nuclear phase-out in 2025 (Belgium’s seven nuclear reactors (5.9 GW) accounted for 44% of power generation in 2020). Read more Bangladesh sets more…
Table of Contents: August 2021 Article | 27 August 2021 Strategic deployment of riparian buffers and windbreaks in Europe can co-deliver biomass and environmental benefits Oskar Englund, Pål Börjesson, Blas Mola-Yudego, Göran Berndes, Ioannis Dimitriou et al. Communications Earth & Environment 2 , Article number: 176 | doi: 10.1038/s43247-021-00247-y Article |…
Actualidad científica: Del 1 al 30 agosto, 2021 Cambio Climático En los océanos, la amenaza de «un mundo que ya no será como este» Daniel Lingenhöhl Calentamiento, acidificación excesiva, conchas que se forman con mayor dificultad: a los ecosistemas cercanos a grandes partes de la superficie de los mares les…
Policy & Regulatory Myanmar releases its new Nationally Determined Contribution 25 Aug 2021 Myanmar has unveiled its new Nationally Determined Contribution. Read more Denmark officially launches its third technology-neutral tender 25 Aug 2021 The Danish Energy Agency has officially launched its third technology-neutral tender, open to solar photovoltaic, onshore wind,…
Volume 6 Issue 8, August 2021 Algorithms for all Neighbourhood-scale batteries can help regulate supply and demand in renewable-heavy electricity systems, but their control algorithms tend to focus on techno-economic needs. A new interdisciplinary study shows how incorporating stakeholder perceptions into algorithm design can lead to diverse outcomes in the…
Volume 4 Issue 8, August 2021 High-performance textiles from plastics As a major polluter, the fashion industry would benefit from the development of sustainable textiles. Boriskina and colleagues engineer plastic waste into wearable fabrics with combined low environmental impact and advanced functionalities such as moisture wicking, stain resistance and recyclability….
Policy & Regulatory India launches tender for 21 oil and gas blocks 9 Aug 2021 The Indian Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has launched the Open Acreage Licensing Programme (OALP) Bid Round VI, offering 21 blocks, with an area of approximately 35,300 km2, to investors. The blocks are located across…
Volume 2 Issue 8, August 2021 The Indian Ocean has undergone substantial heat and freshwater changes. This Review uses various data sources to examine the causes of such contemporary and longer-term shifts, revealing that trends over the twentieth century are linked to anthropogenic forcing, but that those since 1980 are…
Volume 11 Issue 8, August 2021 Shifting risk of plant pathogens Global crop production is impacted by pathogens and pests which damage plants, such as these lesions on a rice leaf caused by brown spot disease. Writing in this issue, Bebber et al. model the impact of future temperature changes…
Companies India aims to raise its refining capacity by 20% by 2025 5 Aug 2021 Indian state-owned oil and gas groups, which include Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Bharat Petroleum and their affiliates, plan to invest INR2,000bn (US$27bn) to increase the country’s refining capacity by 20%…