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,…
Policy & Regulatory Croatia releases a new low-carbon development strategy 8 Jun 2021 Croatia has unveiled a new low-carbon development strategy. The country foresees a reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission from the 1990 level under two scenarios. The first scenario, which considers a 33.5% reduction in GHG emissions by 2030…
Volume 5 Issue 6, June 2021 Flexible pollinators Female longhorn bee (Melissodes sp.) on orange sneezeweed (Hymenoxys hoopesii) at Hannagan Meadow in Arizona. Native bees that are flexible in their interaction patterns are able to colonize different habitat patches in the landscape. This interaction flexibility could be a potential mechanism…
Volume 11 Issue 6, June 2021 Cloud feedbacks Whether clouds will warm or cool the planet under climate change is uncertain. Writing in this issue, two separate studies investigate the climate impacts of clouds. Mülmenstädt et al. show that overestimates of precipitation from warm clouds lead to substantial biases in…
Policy & Regulatory Canada unveils a US$795m renewable investment program 4 Jun 2021 The Canadian government plans to invest CAD964m (US$795m) over four years to support smart renewable energy and grid modernization projects. The Smart Renewables and Electrification Pathways Program aims to lower emissions by investing in clean energy technologies, like…
Policy & Regulatory Angola unveils a new Nationally Determined Contribution 2 Jun 2021 Angola has unveiled a new Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). The country commits to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2025 below a business-as-usual (BAU) scenario by 14% using its domestic resources (unconditional target) or by 24% with international support…
Table of Contents: May 2021 Author Correction | 26 May 2021 Author Correction: Evolution of aseismic slip rate along plate boundary faults before and after megathrust earthquakes Toshihiro Igarashi & Aitaro Kato Communications Earth & Environment 2 , Article number: 103 | doi: 10.1038/s43247-021-00186-8 Comment | 26 May 2021 Downside up: Science matters…
Public webinar – Global Energy Trends 2021 – 01/06/2021 or 03/06/2021 2020 has been a year in which the whole world has been shaken. Now it’s time to understand the 2020 results through concrete figures and analysis, to anticipate future evolutions on the global energy markets. Register to the 01/06/2021…
Actualidad científica: Del 1 al 28 mayo, 2021 BIOLOGÍA DEL DESARROLLO Las franjas blancas del pez payaso La formación de las rayas de estos peces está regulada por la anémona de mar en la que se refugian los juveniles. Noticias falsas ¿Qué personas son más propensas a difundir noticias falsas?…
Volume 6 Issue 5, May 2021 Preventing the cross-over Polysulfide-based redox flow batteries have great potential for grid-scale storage, but they suffer from performance deterioration primarily due to active species cross-over through membranes. Yi-Chun Lu and team develop a Nafion-based membrane that prevents the cross-over and enables these batteries to…
Companies RWE sets up an US offshore wind JV, Orsted an offshore wind JV in Japan 21 May 2021 RWE Renewables and National Grid have agreed to jointly develop offshore wind projects in the coastal region of the Northeast United States and to jointly bid in the upcoming New York…
Volume 4 Issue 5, May 2021 Engineering orbital orientation for greener battery cathode chemistry The current reliance of the cathode of lithium-ion batteries on cobalt poses challenges in terms of sustainability. Xia and colleagues engineer the atomic orbitals to realize a high-performance cathode that is based on environmentally friendly and…
Policy & Regulatory UAE renews its commitment to cut CO2 emissions by 70% by 2050 19 May 2021 The Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has renewed its commitment to cut the country’s CO2 emissions by 70% by 2050 (as defined in the Energy Strategy 2050) and…
Policy & Regulatory Japan proposes to upgrade 2030 renewables target to 35-39% of power mix 17 May 2021 Japan is considering raising the share of renewables in its power mix to 35%-39% (including hydropower) in 2030. The country currently aims to raise the share of renewables in its power mix to…
Volume 2 Issue 5, May 2021 Successful discovery and operation of geothermal resources requires a thorough understanding of the heterogeneous geological subsurface. This Review discusses the key geological factors that contribute to the effective exploration of intermediate- to high-temperature geothermal resources used for power generation and direct use applications. See…
Policy & Regulatory Taiwan will tender 15 GW of offshore wind capacity until 2035 12 May 2021 Taiwan intends to increase the volume tendered in its upcoming offshore wind Round 3 from 10 GW to 15 GW. The authorities plan to add 1.5 GW/year of offshore wind capacity from 2026 until…
Policy & Regulatory Indonesia plans to convert 5.2 GW of diesel-fired capacity to renewables 11 May 2021 The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) of Indonesia will issue a decree to convert diesel-fired power plants that are still operating in the country into renewables projects. The conversion projects will be…