Media response to Nature Communications publication

Aug 19, 2022 | Waste heat recycling from the near-surface underground shows great potential to make a substantial contribution to the heat transition. Follow the contributions in the news article. Our latest publication in Nature Communication on the global potential of underground heat recovery generates attention on the radio and in the print media.

Link to the publication:Benz, S., Menberg, K., Bayer, P., Kurylyk. B. (2022). Shallow subsurface heat recycling is a sustainable global space heating alternative. Nature Communications, 13, 3962.

Links to the German-language media echo:

• https://www.mdr.de/wissen/klima/hitze-boden-heizen-waerme-zurueckgewinnen-gas-einsparen100.html
• https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/sachsen-anhalt/halle/halle/erdwaerme-heizung-geothermie-studie-100.html
• https://dielinde.online/19541/recycling-in-der-waermeversorgung/
• https://recyclingportal.eu/Archive/74269
• https://www.l-iz.de/melder/wortmelder/2022/07/waermeversorgung-wie-hitze-aus-dem-boden-zum-heizen-recycelt-werden-koennte-462933
• https://hallespektrum.de/nachrichten/bildung/auf-der-erde-wird-es-immer-waermer-koennte-man-die-hitze-aus-dem-boden-nicht-zum-heizen-recyceln/423904/
• https://www.pro-physik.de/nachrichten/heizen-mit-gestauter-waerme
• https://www.solarify.eu/2022/07/29/640-heizbedarf-mit-recycelter-waerme-decken/

Links to English-language media:

• https://www.sciencenews.org/article/underground-heat-pollution-buildings-climate-change
• https://www.ibtimes.com/trapped-underground-heat-could-help-mitigate-climate-change-researchers-reveal-how-3581669
• https://getaboutcolumbia.com/underground-thermal-pollution-can-be-exploited-to-mitigate-climate-change/
• https://nccrea.com/trapped-underground-heat-could-help-mitigate-climate-change-researchers-reveal-how/