Climate

Agriculture emissions pose risks to health and climate

Rice researchers find the economic cost of emissions from agriculture and their risks to populations through air pollution and climate change.

Applications open for next Rice Alliance Clean Energy Accelerator

Applications are open through May 31 for the second cohort of the Rice Alliance Clean Energy Accelerator, which helps seed-stage startups refine and grow their sustainable and energy-transition technology solutions.

Financing the transition: Students raise $200k to launch Rice New Energy Fund

Shikhar Verma ’24 launched the student-managed Rice New Energy Fund (RNEF), the nation’s first student-managed investment fund focused on the energy transition. Its goal is to generate returns for the fund with sustainability initiatives while advancing decarbonization, student finance education and team diversity.

Rice process aims to strip ammonia from wastewater

Engineers develop a high-performance nanowire catalyst that pulls ammonia and solid ammonia (fertilizer) from nitrate in wastewater.

Rice University geobiologist tapped for Antarctic drilling mission

Rice geobiologist Jeanine Ash is participating in an Antarctic mission that’s studying climate change.

Tangle no more, nanotubes

Rice scientists have developed an acid-based solvent that simplifies carbon nanotube processing.

Lithium’s narrow paths limit batteries

Study suggests that lithium batteries would benefit from more porous electrodes with better-aligned particles that don’t limit lithium distribution.

Treated plastic waste good at grabbing carbon dioxide

Rice University chemists treat waste plastic to absorb carbon dioxide from flue gas streams more efficiently than current processes.

NSF backs study of Mississippi River’s response to climate change

Rice climate scientists and engineers are studying how climate change will impact Mississippi River flooding.

Wind, solar could replace coal power in Texas

A fraction of the wind and solar projects already proposed in Texas could eliminate the state’s remaining coal power plants and their emissions, according to Rice University engineers.

Saudi Aramco joins Rice University’s Carbon Hub

Saudi Aramco joins Rice’s Carbon Hub research initiative to accelerate the energy transition by developing sustainable uses of hydrocarbons.

Ancient El Niño behavior reveals limits to future climate projections

Study finds more research is needed to determine how climate change may impact El Niño.

Gas flares tied to premature deaths

Rice engineers suggest that flaring of natural gas at oil and gas fields in the United States, primarily in North Dakota and Texas, contributed to dozens of premature deaths in 2019.

Environmental champions win Rice grants

The Rice University Sustainable Futures Fund backs six projects to help bolster the planet’s environmental health.

Rice announces plans to be carbon neutral by 2030

Rice President David Leebron and Provost Reginald DesRoches outlined the efforts in a message to the university community Feb. 11.