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%…
Volume 5 Issue 8, August 2021 The young ones An exceptionally preserved juvenile specimen of the lower Cambrian chancelloriid Allonnia phrixothrix from the Haiyan Lagerstätte of southwest China. See Yang, X. et al. Image: Xianfeng Yang. Cover Design: Allen Beattie. Editorial Editorial | 04 August 2021 Agriculture isn’t all rocket…
Policy & Regulatory Nigeria’s updated NDC targets 47% conditional cut in GHG emissions by 2030 2 Aug 2021 Nigeria has unveiled a new update of its First Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), setting an unconditional greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction target of 20% and a conditional reduction target up to 47% of…
Volume 6 Issue 7, July 2021 Trending disruptions As electric power generation is affected by temperature and other meteorological conditions, variations in power production patterns due to climate change should be increasingly observable. Ali Ahmad shows that the rising number of temperature anomalies led to an increase in the number…
Table of Contents: July 2021 Article | 23 July 2021 Northern hemisphere cold air outbreaks are more likely to be severe during weak polar vortex conditions Jinlong Huang, Peter Hitchcock, Amanda C. Maycock, Christine M. McKenna & Wenshou Tian Communications Earth & Environment 2 , Article number: 147 | doi: 10.1038/s43247-021-00215-6…
Actualidad científica: Del 1 al 29 julio, 2021 Memoria Revierten la pérdida de memoria en ratones ancianos Marta Pulido Salgado La manipulación genética de las redes perineuronales permite recuperar la plasticidad neuronal. Psicología del deporte ¿Cómo se logra la excelencia en el deporte? Christiane Gelitz La práctica multidisciplinar a temprana…
Policy & Regulatory China’s ETS begins trading with a price of US$7.4/tCO2 19 Jul 2021 The Chinese national carbon emission trading scheme (ETS) has officially begun trading with 4.1 MtCO2 quotas worth CNY210m (US$32m) exchanged on 16 July 2021. The opening price was CNY48/tCO2 (US$7.4/tCO2), and the price closed at CNY51.2/tCO2 (US$7.9/tCO2). Read more Brazil…
Volume 2 Issue 7, July 2021 Anticipating the timing, style and size of volcanic eruptions is essential for hazard mitigation. This Review discusses the accumulation and evolution of magma storage regions, the processes that trigger magma reservoir failure, and the ascent of magma through the crust. See Caricchi et al….
Volume 5 Issue 7, July 2021 Y chromosomes matter Females of Poecilia parae are large and grey (centre), but males are always one of five discrete morphs that differ in colour, body size and mating behaviour. Each morph has a unique Y chromosome, allowing the different complex reproductive strategies to…
Volume 11 Issue 7, July 2021 Water-table impact on peat emissions The climate impact of water-table drawdown in peatlands is unclear as carbon dioxide emissions increase and methane emissions decrease due to drying. Writing in this issue, Huang et al. show that decreasing water-table depth results in net greenhouse gas…
Policy & Regulatory The Netherlands adopts the EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED) II 5 Jul 2021 The Netherlands has transposed into Dutch law the European Renewable Energy Directive (RED) II, which requires fuel suppliers to reach a 14% renewables target in the transport sector by 2030. The most recent decree required…
En Tras la Pandemia, «El medio ambiente, su restauración después de la pandemia de COVID19 Conducida por Rolando Cordera y Enrique Provencio. Y en esta ocasión con invitados muy especiales: José Sarukhan, Julia Carabias y Alejandra Rabasa. Políticas y política para la sustentabilidad del desarrollo, 21 de octubre de 2020…
Policy & Regulatory EU members states approve EU Climate Law on climate neutrality by 2050 30 Jun 2021 Ministers from the 27 EU Member States – except for Bulgaria – have formally approved the EU Climate Law, which was endorsed by the European Parliament earlier in June 2021, concluding the…
Actualidad científica: Del 1 al 30 junio, 2021 Neurociencia Cuando las luces están encendidas, el centro del miedo se apaga Jan Dönges Los animales diurnos, como nosotros, se asustan con mayor facilidad en la oscuridad. Esta tendencia también se refleja en el cerebro: la luz reduce la actividad de la…
Table of Contents: June 2021 Article | 24 June 2021 Dominant role of vertical air flows in the unprecedented warming on the Antarctic Peninsula in February 2020 Min Xu, Lejiang Yu, Kaixin Liang, Timo Vihma, Deniz Bozkurt et al. Communications Earth & Environment 2 , Article number: 133 | doi: 10.1038/s43247-021-00203-w Article | 23…
Policy & Regulatory EU parliament approves the EU Climate Law 25 Jun 2021 The European Parliament has endorsed the EU Climate Law, which enshrines the EU’s commitment to reaching climate neutrality by 2050 and the intermediate target of reducing net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 55% by 2030 compared…
Policy & Regulatory Switzerland proposes a new power sector reform 23 Jun 2021 The Swiss Federal Council has adopted a new law that set bidding rules to increase new renewable power generation to at least 17 TWh in 2035 and 39 TWh in 2050 and hydropower generation to at least 37.4 TWh in…
Volume 6 Issue 6, June 2021 Heavy-duty charging The electrification of trucks is an important step towards transport decarbonization. Borlaug et al. use real-world drive-cycle data from short-haul trucking operations to simulate different fleet charging strategies and then assess their infrastructure needs, estimating that most substations can currently support charging…
Policy & Regulatory Argentina strengthens Ieasa’s control over the energy sector 22 Jun 2021 The Argentinian government has granted greater power to the state-owned power utility Ieasa (former Enarsa), strengthening the development capacity of the company in the national energy sector and repealing a previous administration’s plan to privatise US$1bn…
Escrito por mexico_social • 18/06/2021 • Enrique Provencio Nueva fuga al futuro Pasaron las elecciones y no tardamos ni diez días en hacer una fuga al futuro. Esto es lo que estamos viendo: una elusión de la realidad y de nuestros grandes problemas para leerlos con la clave de la…
Policy & Regulatory Turkey will launch a voluntary green certificate scheme 18 Jun 2021 The Turkish energy exchange company Energy Exchange Istanbul (EXIST) will launch the Renewable Energy Guarantee of Origin (YEK-G) system on 21 June 2021. The voluntary scheme will provide companies and households with proof of origin of power generated…
Volume 4 Issue 6, June 2021 Ocean litter Using comprehensive data, the study by González-Fernández and colleagues estimates the extent to which riverine floating macrolitter across Europe is transferred to the ocean while the article by Morales-Caselles and co-authors finds that global marine litter is dominated by plastics from take-out…
Policy & Regulatory The US will launch lease for 7 GW of offshore wind in the New York Bight 15 Jun 2021 The US Department of the Interior has proposed competitive lease sale for offshore wind development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in the New York Bight, an area of…
Volume 2 Issue 6, June 2021 As June is Pride month, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment celebrates and embraces the LGBTQ+ geoscience community. See Editorial. Image: zorazhuang/Getty images. Cover design: Carl Conway. Editorial Editorial | 14 June 2021 Pride in geoscience For Pride month, we celebrate our LGBTQ+ colleagues, recognise…
Policy & Regulatory Brazil registers 94 GW of projects for the A-5 auction in September 2021 11 Jun 2021 The Brazilian state-owned company Energy Research Office (EPE) has registered 1,694 projects totalling 93,859 MW for the A-5 new energy auction, expected on 30 September 2021, including 52 gas-fired power projects totalling 34.6 GW,…