Impacts of fitness costs on herbicide resistance in weeds.
Environment
Quantifying Components of the Phosphorus Cycle in Temperate Forests
Controlling influences of the P cycle are described from a whole-ecosystem perspective.
Climate Policies and Nationally Determined Contributions: Reconciling the Needed Ambition with the Political Economy
What it will take to stabilize global temperature below 2°C above pre-industrial levels? A new review article by Adrien Vogt-Schilb and Stephane Hallegatte discusses two potential solutions.
Decarbonizing the Transportation Sector: Policy Options, Synergies and Institutions to Deliver on a 1.5 Degree Stabilization Pathway
An Advanced Review by Oliver Lah outlines the key elements of a low-carbon stabilization pathway for land transport, focusing on the potential of key policy measures at the local and national level, opportunities for synergies of sustainable development and climate change objectives and governance and institutional issues affecting the implementation of measures.
EUROMAT2017 Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece
This years’ EUROMAT2017 conference took place in Thessaloniki, Greece, 17-22 September.
Aqueous-Processed Hole-Transport Layer for High-Performance Solar Cells
Thomas D. Anthopoulos and colleagues report a simple, environmentally-friendly processing method for copper(I) thiocyanate (CuSCN), a next-generation hole-transport layer (HTL) for organic and hybrid perovskite solar cells. The power conversion efficiency reaches 17.5%—a remarkable improvement over conventional polymer HTLs.
Adapting to Hurricanes: A Long-Term Historical Perspective on New Orleans (1718-2005)
A summary and results of a five-year research project on cultural adaptation to hurricane disasters in New Orleans from the city’s foundation in the French Colonial period 1718 to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 is presented.
Trash to Treasure
Instead of hauling food waste to landfills, we might want to use that organic waste to produce power while at the same time potentially helping the environment.
Binding Carbon Dioxide in Minerals
The project CO2MIN will explore the absorption of CO2 from flue gas by the minerals olivine and basalt.
Advances in Chemical Vapor Deposition
A new Special Issue entitled “Advances in Chemical Vapor Deposition” is published in Advanced Materials Interfaces in recognition of Professor Michael L. Hitchman
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