CO2 storage: CCS technology before the breakthrough

CO2 storage: CCS technology before the breakthrough

Carbon dioxide storage Many hopes rest on the technology, but it is met with skepticism among climate protectors. – (Foto: Julius Brauckmann, Getty Images, Reuters, Climeworks PR) – – – – Düsseldorf The total CO2 emissions in Europe for the next 300 to 400 years: this is how much fits into the carbon dioxide storage off … Read more

The state will have to help companies on their way to climate neutrality with billions of euros

The state will have to help companies on their way to climate neutrality with billions of euros

With the entry into force of the amended Climate Protection Act, a new era will begin. Achieving climate neutrality by 2045 is a huge challenge for all sectors. It particularly affects parts of industry. Large and innovative industries that are at the beginning of closed value chains, for which Germany is envied around the world, … Read more

Science – Frankfurt am Main – We are looking for … the garden dormouse – knowledge

Science – Frankfurt am Main – We are looking for … the garden dormouse – knowledge

April 17, 2021, 9:14 a.m. Science – Frankfurt am Main:We are looking for … the garden dormouse Directly from the dpa news channel Frankfurt / Main (dpa / lhe) – One of its special characteristics is the typical “Zorro mask” as a fur pattern around the dark, googly eyes. Otherwise the garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus) … Read more

Krefeld company switches off the lights

Krefeld company switches off the lights

March 27, 2021 at 12:48 p.m. Climate and environmental protection : Earth Hour: Krefeld company switches off the lights – The Messer company takes part in the Earth Hour in Krefeld. Photo: wz / Jochmann, Dirk (dj) – – Krefeld Krefeld companies also take part in the Earth Hour and switch off the lights. At … Read more

Everything about the fish of the year

Everything about the fish of the year

– The herring Small herring makes big eyes: It is the fish of the year 2021. Photo: Christina Waitkus / Thünen-Institut / dpa-tmn – (Photo: dpa) – – – – An interesting one Dossier The Federal Research Institute Thünen, which is responsible for fisheries, has published the herring on its website. There you not only … Read more

Greta Thunberg arrives in New York after a two-week trip to the Atlantic

Greta Thunberg arrives in New York after a two-week trip to the Atlantic

– This is Greta Thunberg’s message to Donald Trump — New York The 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg arrived in New York two weeks after starting her sailing trip across the Atlantic. The Swede set foot on US soil for the first time in her life on Wednesday afternoon (local time) in front of hundreds … Read more

Switching to renewables relieves pressure on the environment

Switching to renewables relieves pressure on the environment

– According to the EEA, the increased use of photovoltaics, wind and biomass in electricity production in the EU led to a significant reduction in climate-damaging greenhouse gases between 2005 and 2018. That is not the only advantage of switching from fossil to renewable energy sources: The growth in renewables since 2005 has also reduced … Read more

Siemens Energy and Siemens Gamesa enter hydrogen market

Siemens Energy and Siemens Gamesa enter hydrogen market

– New technology Wind energy is to be converted directly into hydrogen – (Photo: dpa) – – – – Düsseldorf / Frankfurt The energy technology group Siemens Energy and the wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa want to make the production of hydrogen market-ready with a new technology. In a project costing around 120 million euros, … Read more

Science & Technology: Researchers: Climate Change Warms Groundwater

Science & Technology: Researchers: Climate Change Warms Groundwater

– Climate change warms groundwater A level cap, a groundwater measuring point of the Weiden water management office. Not only the air and the seas are getting warmer – climate change is also becoming noticeable underground with rising temperatures. Photo: Hannes Hemmerle / dpa – (Photo: dpa) – – – – According to a study … Read more

New York rises to the roof for US climate protection

New York rises to the roof for US climate protection

New York Gwen Schantz strides in the drizzle over the roof of the old warehouse on the former moorings of Sunset Park in west Brooklyn. The gaze of the young lady in jeans and a windbreaker sweeps over the water reservoir, the bay and the skyscrapers of Manhattan. It is August 28, and in the … Read more