I’m traveling around Cape Cod, Massachusetts this week. It’s part of a quest to learn how other communities outside my permanent Florida residence are looking ahead to a clean energy and nature-based future. Cape Cod is geographically rare. It is a constantly changing peninsula, altered by winds, ocean currents, climate, … [continued]
Mother Earth provides every material for our survival, so why do we accept corporate promises to adopt healthy environmental solutions? We know that those promises are little more than subterfuge — after all, astronauts have reported seeing pollution events so large they’ve been spotted from space. We need to change … [continued]
As part of NLR’s extensive work to improve battery safety, the Flatirons Campus recently hosted a battery energy storage system response training for local emergency responders. Photo by Joe DelNero, National Laboratory of the Rockies .
Battery failures can escalate quickly: Heat accumulates, materials break down, and gases ignite in a chain reaction known as thermal runaway. Such events are rare thanks to carefully applied safeguards in material design and battery management systems. Still, continued research is needed to anticipate how new battery materials behave, understand … [continued]
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide independent, objective analysis and advice to the nation to solve complex problems and inform public policy decisions related to science, engineering, and medicine. They operate under an 1863 congressional charter to the National Academy of Sciences, … [continued]
When I was an early stage doctoral student, our professor asked each of us to turn to someone in the room and explain our upcoming dissertation idea. Whoa! That was tough, as our colleagues didn’t necessarily share our disciplinary background knowledge nor the jargon that we took for granted in … [continued]
Left: Observed changes in the Earth heat inventory for the period 1971–2020. Right: Estimates of the Earth energy imbalance for successive overlapping 20-year periods and the most recent decade (right). Shaded regions indicate the very likely range (90–100 % probability), while the stars show the CERES (NASA Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System) estimates for comparison. Credit: Forster et al. (2026)
The planet is heating up more quickly than ever before. For decades, greenhouse gas emissions caused by human activity have been building up in the atmosphere and trapping ever-higher levels of heat. The resulting asymmetry between incoming solar energy and energy radiated back out into space — known as “Earth’s … [continued]
Each time we see a photograph of bleached coral reefs, we feel saddened — there is no greater iconography of the climate crisis that surrounds us. The United Nations warned this month of a “deepening crisis” for oceans, outlining a trajectory of intensifying heat absorption, pollution, and overfishing. Then again, … [continued]
Four leading climate scientists are warning that geoengineering is a fool’s game with potentially catastrophic consequences.
The National Science Foundation has reversed its idiotic order in May to dismantle the Ocean Observatories Initiative.
New solar PV module efficiency record from III-V germanium PV module — 34.4% efficiency. © Fraunhofer ISE / Photo: Daniel von Kutzleben.
It’s time for another rundown of the most popular stories of the past week here on CleanTechnica. Take a look below at what grabbed people’s interest, and then also see the various CleanTechnica originals we published in the past week. Most Efficient Solar Module in the World — New Record … [continued]
