MIT Energy Initiative researchers calculated the economic and environmental impact of future ammonia energy production and trade pathways. Many people are optimistic about ammonia’s potential as an energy source and carrier of hydrogen, and though large-scale adoption would require major changes to the way it is currently manufactured, ammonia does have
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The inherent commercial and operational weaknesses of Nigeria’s airlines is one of the major causes of their fortunes having continued to decline, the Managing Director of Travelden, a subsidiary of Finchglow Holdings, Gbenga Onitilo, has said. Speaking with The Guardian on Monday in Lagos, Onitilo insisted the challenges confronting the carriers
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Scientists at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Professor Ole Gunnar Dahlhaug and postdoctoral fellow Wolf Ludwig Kuhn are raising concerns about an under-recognized environmental impact of hydropower: decompression sickness in fish and other aquatic organisms. Their research shows that water released from hydropower plants can become supersaturated
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Cement absorbs and stores millions of tons carbon dioxide from the air over the lifetime of urban buildings and infrastructure, scientists have calculated. Cement is one of the key components of concrete, the most widely used manufactured material on earth, but it comes with a massive environmental cost. The production of
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Nigeria must urgently shift from reliance on crude oil to fully utilize its extensive maritime resources if it wants to achieve sustainable growth, improve public health, and create millions of jobs, maritime experts have stated. At the National Blue Economy Summit in Port Harcourt, stakeholders cautioned that decades of oil-dependent development
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A new MIT course explores how built environments can both emerge from and reveal the internal dynamics of their geographic context. As an undergraduate majoring in architecture, Dong Nyung Lee ’21 wasn’t sure how to respond when friends asked him what the study of architecture was about. “I was always confused about
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The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has showcased a pioneering Public Private Partnership (PPP) model for African maritime decarbonization with the establishment of the Nigerian Maritime Continuous Emissions Monitoring System at the 2025 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP 30) in Balem, Brazil. In a statement Sunday signed by
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Today, construction of houses, buildings, and other structures depend a lot on cement and concrete. However, cement is a very contaminating material, the production of it generates almost 8% of the carbon dioxide emissions in the world every year! What’s more, while this is happening, many tons of cardboard and paper are
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The president of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors, Kene Nzekwe, says weak legislation and poor political will are major drivers of widespread quackery in Nigeria’s construction sector, warning that the trend continues to endanger lives and compromise building standards nationwide. Nzekwe told Sunday PUNCH that, “The political environment is a
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Older buildings let thousands of dollars-worth of energy go to waste each year through leaky roofs, old windows, and insufficient insulation. But even as building owners face mounting pressure to comply with stricter energy codes, making smart decisions about how to invest in efficiency is a major challenge. Lamarr.AI, born in
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