EDF celebrates first-year milestone in Malaysia
Reading Time: 3 minutesKUALA LUMPUR: After building the very first methane coalition in Malaysia, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) hosted a first-year anniversary gathering with its local partners – the Centre for Environment, Technology and Development, Malaysia (CETDEM), the Malaysian Biotechnology Information Centre (MABIC), CERAH, Science Media Centre (SMC) Malaysia and Universiti Technology Petronas (UTP). The gathering was held […]
UN sect-gen: Do not relent in the fight for climate justice, climate ambition
Reading Time: 2 minutesCOP27 took place not far from Mount Sinai, a site that is central to many faiths and to the story of Moses, or Musa. It’s fitting. Climate chaos is a crisis of biblical proportions. The signs are everywhere. Instead of a burning bush, we face a burning planet. From the beginning, this conference has been driven by two overriding themes: justice and […]
Using mathematical models to achieve energy security
Reading Time: 2 minutesTHE Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a red flag in a recent report that there will be a serious impact if we reach another 1.5 0C in surface temperature. Commenting on the report Dr Viknesh Andiappan, an energy planning specialist told The Petri Dish that mathematical skills are necessary to tackle climate change-related issues. […]
COP 27: An alliance to get ahead of future drought
Reading Time: 2 minutesSHARM EL-SHEIKH: At the initiative of the Presidents of Senegal, Macky Sall, and Spain, Pedro Sánchez, leaders from over 25 countries and 20 organisations today launched the International Drought Resilience Alliance to accelerate action and help countries to be better prepared for future droughts. In the declaration made in the margins of Sharm el-Sheikh Climate […]
Locally made sepsis detection test kit to hit the market soon
Reading Time: 2 minutesA HOMEGROWN aptamer-based biosensor kit to detect sepsis will soon be locally available, after a decade of research. The kit, “SepsiDot” detects sepsis at an early stage and monitors its severity level if the patient requires hospital care. Sepsis, also known as blood poisoning is a common condition that can be fatal. Any common infection has […]
Slashing methane: Panelists Push for a Cooperative Global Effort
Reading Time: 3 minutesMETHANE is in the news currently after 120 countries signed the Global Methane Pledge during COP 26, last year to reduce methane emissions. However, most countries are still gaining an understanding of the dynamics of methane mitigation as they have little scientific knowledge, technology, and data measurement to develop a comprehensive methane mitigation framework. On the […]
United in Science: We are heading in the wrong direction
Reading Time: 3 minutesGENEVA: Climate science is clear: we are heading in the wrong direction, according to a new multi-agency report coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which highlights the huge gap between aspirations and reality. Without much more ambitious action, the physical and socioeconomic impacts of climate change will be increasingly devastating, it warns. The report, United […]
USM-Petronas join hands to offer carbon dioxide mitigation
Reading Time: 2 minutesUNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA (USM) through the School of Chemical Engineering and the School of Mechanical Engineering, has entered a research and technological collaboration with Petronas. The project entitled ‘Conversion of CO2 and Petcoke to Fuel Gas (Carbon Monoxide and Syngas) Using Microwave Heating’ is in line with CO2 mitigation plans, which seek ways to develop long-term strategies for […]
Methane from agricultural activities
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY SALMINA BARVIN BT MD SAMEENUDEEN AGRICULTURE sustains humanity and provides livelihoods for over 800 million people—27 percent of the global workforce. But many agricultural practices emit a substantial amount of greenhouse gases, including large amounts of methane, which is many times more potent than carbon dioxide at warming our planet and adds to dangerous air […]
Higher temperatures make it difficult for fig tree pollinators
Reading Time: 2 minutesRESEARCHERS from Uppsala University and elsewhere have been studying the effect of rising temperatures on the lifespan of pollinating fig wasps. The findings show that the wasps lived much shorter lives at high temperatures, which would make it difficult for them to travel the long distances between the trees they pollinate. Fig trees are very important […]