News in brief
Carbon calculations and greener investments: News from the College
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
Stories tagged with 'Environment'
green fingers
Festival goers chill out as heatwave warms up London’s first Climate Action Week
Heatwave conditions saw Londoners seeking shade amongst the green exhibits at the Great Exhibition Road Festival over the weekend.
Ancient infrastructure
Ancient intervention could boost dwindling water reserves in coastal Peru
Methods from 1,400 years ago could boost water availability during Lima’s dry season, according to new Imperial College London research.
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Global challenge
$100K awarded to social enterprise for developing solar pumps in rural India
Oorja Development Solutions, a spin-out company from Imperial College London, has won the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge.
Feelin' fresh
Food freshness sensors could replace ‘use-by’ dates to cut food waste
Imperial academics have developed low-cost, smartphone-linked, eco-friendly spoilage sensors for meat and fish packaging.
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Pump-priming tidal energy
Seed fund awarded for digital research on sustainable energy
DSI, EFL and Grantham Institute teamed to support research that tackles global environmental challenges using digital technology for energy management
Air affair
Times air pollution event explores need for “balanced” messaging
The effects of air pollution need to be communicated with impact and clarity but not oversimplification – a balance that is important to reach.
ESE News
ESE May Newsletter
Recent events and updates in the Department of Earth Science and Engineering
Net-zero UK
An end to UK's climate change contribution within 30 years
The UK can stop contributing to global warming within 30 years by setting new ambitious targets, concludes the Committee on Climate Change (CCC).
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Wasteland to living room
Imperial students transform industrial waste into functional objects
An Imperial team have transformed red mud, an industrial residue, into functional objects, opening up a new future for the previously unused material.
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