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Articles on Biomass
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A new survey has revealed an alarming deterioration in the health of the River Thames ecosystem – but some of the recorded changes may be the result of a cleaner river.
Togo can take bold actions to reduce climate change emissions and also improve the health of its citizens.
Pregnant women attending antenatal care should be asked about cooking fuels and given help to minimise prenatal biomass exposure to reduce low birth weight in Nigeria.
Twenty-six fast-growing African cities may battle health challenges if air pollution is not addressed.
Technologies like biomass gasification can help tackle the growing global problem of food waste.
Removing carbon from the atmosphere is as much a social problem as a technical one.
Australia’s abundant wind and solar resources mean we’re well placed to produce the hydrogen a green steel industry needs. But there are technical and economic challenges ahead.
Prominent academics, including a former IPCC chair, round on governments worldwide for using the concept of net zero emissions to ‘greenwash’ their lack of commitment to solving global warming.
What is the best way to help families sustain transition to clean cooking methods? Research in Bangalore, India offers some answers.
We counted the number of standard trees in Australia. It turns out that since 1990, we’ve actually been gaining trees faster than losing them.
Ireland needs to stop burning peat, and wood from down under presents a surprising sustainability dilemma.
The smoke from wood-burning stoves and fireplaces contributes to air pollution and poor health.
The Drax biomass plant in Yorkshire is the first in the world to pioneer carbon capture and some specialists see it as it has a bright future. But hold the rosy headlines.
Biomass that’s been through a torrefaction process could do the same duty as coal, with far less water use and less pollution.
Deriving fuel from trees costs more than wind and solar power and it emits more carbon than coal. There are many heated debates about this kind of energy, known as forest or woody biomass.
The legacy of the dirtiest of fuels – coal – has the potential to deliver a low carbon energy future.
A new report calls U.S. forests an undervalued asset for slowing climate change. It warns that they are being degraded by logging for wood, paper and fuel, particularly in the Southeast.
Farmers are setting fire to their straw and spreading air pollution across northern India.
No energy source is perfect, but solar and wind have a much lower health and environmental footprint than fossil fuels, a study finds. Biopower, though, is a mixed bag.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Professor Emeritus of International Environmental Policy, Tufts University
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Professor, Water and Landscape Dynamics, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
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Associate Professor in Earth System Science, University of Exeter
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Assistant Professor, Durham University
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Professor of Forestry, North Carolina State University
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Research Economist, United States Forest Service
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Researcher, Dipterocarps Research Centre at Indonesia's Forestry and Environment Ministry
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Principal Scientist, Centre for International Forestry Research
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Professor of Business Development and State Energy Specialist, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Research Associate, Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, University of York
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Professor in Industrial Ecology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
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Lecturer in Carbon Footprinting, Bangor University
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Senior Lecturer, Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews
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Professor of Geoenergy, Carbon Capture and Storage, Durham University
