Article
Forestry
Tongwen Zhang, Kexiang Liu, Yuting Fan, Shulong Yu, Ruibo Zhang, Huaming Shang, Yujiang Yuan, Wenshou Wei, Qing He, Heli Zhang, Bakytbek Ermenbaev, Rysbek Satylkanov, Bulkajyr T. Mambetov, Maisupova Bagila, Nurzhan Kelgenbayev, Daniyar Dosmanbetov, Kainar Bolatov, Anvar Kodirov, Ahsanjon Ahmadov, Rakhimov Ilkhomiddin
Summary: This paper reviews the research progress on tree rings in Central Asia, which are widely used as proxies for studying historical climatic, hydrological, and vegetation changes in this region. The current state of research, highlights and bottleneck problems are analyzed and discussed, and suggestions and prospects for further study of dendrochronology in this area are proposed.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
M. Monjurul Ehsan, Muhammad Awais, Sangkyoung Lee, Sayedus Salehin, Zhiqiang Guan, Hal Gurgenci
Summary: This article reviews the potential and advancements of supercritical CO2 power cycles in the energy sector, focusing on the performance of components and their impact on heat exchangers and turbomachinery. The findings contribute to addressing the energy crisis and advancing renewable energy sectors.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2023)
Review
Agronomy
Fawad Ali, Abdulqader Jighly, Reem Joukhadar, Nabeel Khan Niazi, Fahad Al-Misned
Summary: Global warming poses a serious threat to food security, especially for thermosensitive food crops like rice. While the impact of high temperatures on rice grain yield is well-established, its effect on head rice yield needs further discussion. Identifying heat-tolerant rice germplasm with higher head rice yields could help address the critical problem of global food security resulting from climate change.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Mengmeng Wang, Kang Liu, Shanta Dutta, Daniel S. Alessi, Joerg Rinklebe, Yong Sik Ok, Daniel C. W. Tsang
Summary: This article comprehensively reviews the current status and technical challenges of recycling lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries. The economic drive for LFP recycling is compromised compared to retired lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide (NCM) batteries due to the lack of high-value elements in LFP batteries. It is of great practical significance to develop low-carbon and cost-effective lithium extraction technologies and regeneration processes for cathode materials to ensure a sustainable and stable development of the LFP battery and EV industry.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Physical
Fan Li, Fabrizio Roccaforte, Giuseppe Greco, Patrick Fiorenza, Francesco La Via, Amador Perez-Tomas, Jonathan Edward Evans, Craig Arthur Fisher, Finn Alec Monaghan, Philip Andrew Mawby, Mike Jennings
Summary: Wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductors like 3C-SiC offer superior electrical energy efficiencies and power densities, but face technological impediments that hinder their widespread adoption. The main obstacle is the presence of defects in 3C-SiC, limiting selective doping realization under low temperature processing conditions.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Stephen P. Holland, Matthew J. Kotchen, Erin T. Mansur, Andrew J. Yates
Summary: This paper provides estimates of marginal CO2 emissions from US electricity generation using the most comprehensive data, showing that while average emissions have decreased, marginal emissions have increased due to a shift toward greater reliance on coal. The research also highlights that the increase in electric vehicles may be offset by the emissions from the electricity sector if not significantly transformed.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Charlotte Bull, Simmone M. Hewett, Ruidong Ji, Cheng-Han Lin, Thomas Thomson, Darren M. Graham, Paul W. Nutter
Summary: Spintronic terahertz emitters, made of FM/NM thin films, show potential for use in THz time-domain spectroscopy and various applications. Researchers have been exploring optimal material combinations to enhance the amplitude and bandwidth of emitted THz pulses.
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Thermodynamics
Lan Yang, Xue-Chao Wang, Min Dai, Bin Chen, Yuanbo Qiao, Huijing Deng, Dingfan Zhang, Yizhe Zhang, Cecilia Maria Villas Boas de Almeida, Anthony S. F. Chiu, Jiri Jaromir Klemes, Yutao Wang
Summary: The article discusses the importance and challenges of sustainability in biomass resources during the transition from fossil-based economy to modern circular bio-based economy. It also provides a novel indicator framework for assessing the sustainability of biomass resources, offering important insights for future systematic research and policy regulation.
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
A. AghaKouchak, B. Pan, O. Mazdiyasni, M. Sadegh, S. Jiwa, W. Zhang, C. A. Love, S. Madadgar, S. M. Papalexiou, S. J. Davis, K. Hsu, S. Sorooshian
Summary: Despite improvements in weather and climate modelling, drought prediction remains a challenge. Developing bottom-up models and focusing on stability rather than event-based verification is crucial. Opportunities lie in artificial intelligence and machine learning.
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES
(2022)
Review
Engineering, Marine
Xiaoyu Wang, Jianzhong Zhu, Minfang Han
Summary: In response to stricter regulations on pollutant and carbon emissions set by the International Maritime Organization, the shipping industry is looking for new marine power plants that are highly efficient and have low emissions. Among the alternatives, fuel cells are considered the most practical technology due to their ability to generate electricity efficiently with minimal pollutants and carbon emissions. Comprehensive reviews on the maritime applications of fuel cells are scarce, so a collection of news reports and literature from the past sixty years was done to summarize the current status and future prospects of marine fuel cells. Several countries in Europe, North America, and Asia have heavily invested in research and development of marine fuel cells, resulting in tangible achievements such as industrialized fuel cell systems and practical demonstration applications. While the current focus of global research is on proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC), the demand for marine fuel cells is expected to steadily grow in the future, leading to solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) becoming mainstream in the next research stage due to their higher power capabilities and fuel diversity. Despite some challenges, with the collaborative efforts worldwide, SOFCs have the potential to drive the upgrade and modernization of marine power systems.
JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Chemical
Rami S. El-Emam, Hasan Ozcan, Rupsha Bhattacharyya, Leon Awerbuch
Summary: Nuclear desalination is an important application of nuclear energy for augmenting freshwater resources. This paper provides an overview of technology options, energy consumption, economic characteristics, emissions profiles, deployment history, and global interest in nuclear desalination programs. It also analyzes externalities and barriers that may impact their viability and success. Nuclear desalination processes are found to be competitive with fossil fuel-based desalination programs, with significantly lower life cycle carbon emissions.
Review
Plant Sciences
Bindu Yadav, Vikender Kaur, Om Prakash Narayan, Shashank Kumar Yadav, Ashok Kumar, Dhammaprakash Pandhari Wankhede
Summary: Flax is an important industrial crop grown worldwide for its seed oil and fiber, as well as its nutritional and therapeutic applications. However, unpredictable environmental stresses and diseases pose a threat to flax production and quality. Understanding the interaction between genetic and environmental factors for stress tolerance and identifying key genes is crucial for flax improvement and sustainability. Omics technologies, including genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics, have been used to study the genetic basis of flax stress tolerance, but more research is needed for integration of these approaches.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Review
Development Studies
Sunil Prasad Lohani, Prekshya Gurung, Bhawana Gautam, Ural Kafle, David Fulford, Marc Jeuland
Summary: The energy mix in Nepal is dominated by biomass and fossil fuels, leading to high energy poverty. To achieve a sustainable energy transition, Nepal needs to adopt favorable and aggressive policies to promote the use of clean energy, including solar generation with battery storage and other storage technologies.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Review
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Hualong Liu, Wenyuan Tang
Summary: With the increasing integration of renewable energy resources into power systems, the complexity of power system operation, planning, and optimization has grown significantly. Traditional computing methods are inadequate for solving the complex computation problems in large-scale power systems with a high penetration of renewable energy. Introducing quantum computing has the potential to significantly impact the power industry by improving renewable energy penetration, enhancing computing efficiency, and supporting the achievement of net zero and climate neutrality by 2050.
ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Gerardo Sanchez Martinez, Vladimir Kendrovski, Miguel Antonio Salazar, Francesca de'Donato, Melanie Boeckmann
Summary: This paper assesses the implementation of heat health action plans (HHAPs) in the WHO European Region and discusses the barriers and successes. The study found a progressive improvement in the development and rollout of HHAPs overall, but integrating HHAPs into long-term climate change and health planning remains a challenge.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2022)
