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First generation Photo Energy System. Photo source - wavja.com

WAVJA’s PES Delivers 200x More Efficiency Than Solar Panels, Powering Through Day and Night With Sun and LED Energy

The world has again taken one step towards its ever-changing landscape of renewable energy. WAVJA, a US-based company, introduced PES (Photon Energy System). PES is a green energy system that converts light

Smeeti Bhanu

August 12, 2024

World’s First Public Demonstration of Hydrogen Engine Motorcycle. Photo Source: Kawasaki.eu

Hydrogen·Mobility

First Public Demo of Kawasaki’s Hydrogen Motorcycle Reveals a Game-Changing Engine with Minimal CO₂ Emissions

Kawasaki is the main driving force behind the “Hydrogen Small Mobility & Engine Technology,” an association founded by the brand, which has brought together giants like Suzuki, Toyota, Honda, and Yamaha. The

Karmactive Team

August 8, 2024

An instrumented Mooney research aircraft passes over the Northern Rocky Mountains in Montana during NOAA’s 2023 NOGAP aerial mission to capture atmospheric profiles of greenhouse gases in a series of flights across the United States. Photo Credits: Anna McAuliffe/CIRES

Aviation·News

New NOAA-United Airlines Partnership to Revolutionize Greenhouse Gas Monitoring with Boeing 737

An agreement to equip a Boeing 737 with a sophisticated instrument package has been announced. The package will measure greenhouse gases and other pollutants during domestic flights. It’s a first step in

Rahul Somvanshi

July 30, 2024

Image of a harmful algal bloom in Lake Erie as seen from the NOAA/NASA Suomi-NPP satellite on August 16, 2015. The Ocean Color Instrument on GeoXO will overcome the limitations of low-Earth orbiting satellites whose observations are often affected by cloud cover and sunglint. Photo Source: NOAA

Ocean·Space

NOAA’s New GeoXO Satellite Promises Unprecedented U.S. Coastal Data—See How OCX Will Monitor Ocean in Real-Time by 2030s

NOAA is working on its next generation of advanced geostationary satellites, the Geostationary Extended Observation mission, or GeoXO, after nearly 50 years of GOES satellites providing critical Earth observing data and imagery.

Rahul Somvanshi

July 27, 2024

Health

Study Reveals Air Pollution May Increase Lupus Risk by Up to 27%: Discoveries from 459,815 Participants

An elevated risk of incident systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is linked to exposure to air pollutants, according to a study published online in Arthritis & Rheumatology on July 10. Using data from

Tejal Somvanshiand

Karmactive Staff

July 20, 2024

The East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, with San Francisco and Marin County in the background.( Credits- Staeiou - CC BY-SA 4.0 )

Nature·USA·Wildlife

How Redlining Impacted Urban Wildlife: Major California Cities Show Up to Ten Times Fewer Species

According to a first-of-its-kind study published on June 11, 2024, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, redlining, a discriminatory lending practice originating in the 1930s, has significantly altered wildlife

Rahul Somvanshi

June 29, 2024

Air China B-2471 takeoff SFO runway 28R , Photo credits - dsleeter_2000 ,CC BY-NC 2.0

Europe·Pollution

52 Million Europeans Exposed to Risks from Ultrafine Particles Emitted by Nearby Airports

An report prepared by the European ecologist federation Transport & Environment (T&E) warns that ultrafine particles (UFP), emitted by air traffic, could affect up to eight million people living near major airports

Rahul Somvanshi

June 29, 2024

In May 2019 SpaceX launched its first batch of 60 Starlink communication satellites, which surprised astronomers and lay people with their appearance in the night sky Photo Credits: NOIRLab(CC BY 4.0 ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL CC BY 4.0 Deed)

Climate·Space

Satellites’ Short Lifespan to Increase Aluminum Oxides by 646%: The Hidden Threat to Ozone Layer Recovery

To meet the growing demand for global internet service, thousands of satellites, known as “megaconstellations ,” have been launched. Thousands more are planned for the near future. These satellites have a shorter

Rahul Somvanshi

June 14, 2024

Close-Up Photo of Woman Touching her Abdomen.

Health

Early Menarche Alert: Study Finds More Girls Start Menstruating Before 12, Linked to Health Risks

A recent study involving 71,341 women corroborates the growing concern that the age at which girls start menstruating is becoming earlier, and the trends are even more pronounced among certain racial and

Tejal Somvanshi

May 31, 2024

Freemont Factory in California, Photo Credit: Tesla

Activism·USA

Tesla Faces Lawsuit for Over 100 Clean Air Act Violations: Is the Fremont Factory Polluting Your Air?

A nonprofit environmental group, Environmental Democracy Project, has filed a lawsuit against Tesla, alleging that the automaker, under CEO Elon Musk, violated the federal Clean Air Act hundreds of times by emitting

Rahul Somvanshi

May 26, 2024