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Mechanical Devices Inefficient at Removing Ocean Plastic

Dec 30, 2022 08:30AM

A study suggests that while mechanical devices like Seabin do remove plastics and other items of marine litter, the quantities can be comparatively low and they may trap marine organisms.

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Our Helium Is Running Out

Dec 30, 2022 08:30AM

Liquid helium, a nonrenewable element found deep underground, is needed to operate the magnets in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines, and supplies are becoming harder to find.

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Farmers Benefit from Harvesting Solar Energy

Dec 30, 2022 08:30AM

Agrivoltaics, the emerging practice of integrating solar installations with working farmland, can reduce emissions, save water and possibly even boost crop yields.

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School Districts Getting Electric Buses

Dec 30, 2022 08:30AM

A $1 billion effort to electrify school buses will provide renewable fuel vehicles for around 400 school districts, including Indigenous tribal lands, Puerto Rico and American Samoa.

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Predicting Earthquakes with a Phone App

Dec 30, 2022 08:30AM

When an earthquake occurs, it sends seismic P waves through the ground that a Google app called MyShake can detect with a network of 1,300 U.S. Geological Survey sensors.

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Expected Drops in Wind Speeds Promise Climate Disruption

Nov 30, 2022 08:30AM

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts that average global wind speeds could drop by up to 10 percent by 2100.

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Tree Roots Adapt to Sequester More Carbon

Nov 30, 2022 08:30AM

Atmospheric carbon dioxide pumped into a mature forest at levels predicted to be the norm by 2050 will cause trees to produce more and longer roots, thus absorbing and storing more carbon.

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Charging Electric Vehicles at Night Poses New Challenge

Nov 30, 2022 08:30AM

The demand for power to charge electric vehicles (EVs) could burden the electric grid in western states at peak times by up to 25 percent if most charging is done at night.

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Tree Attempts to Achieve Legal Personhood

Nov 30, 2022 08:30AM

A legally autonomous black gum tree named Terra0 on the campus of the Community College of Allegheny County owns itself and perhaps even the few square feet of land it grows on.

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Human Composting Offers Sustainable Burial

Nov 30, 2022 08:30AM

With the passage of a recent law, California will be the fifth state, along with Washington, Oregon, Colorado and Vermont, to allow human composting, beginning in 2027.

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World’s Most Dangerous Greenhouse Gas Goes Unregulated

Nov 30, 2022 08:30AM

One pound of sulfur hexafluoride, an electrical insulator, heats the planet as much as 25,200 pounds of carbon dioxide and remains in the atmosphere for 3,200 years.

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Google Downplays Flight Emissions

Oct 31, 2022 08:30AM

Google has taken a key driver of global warming out of the carbon calculator embedded in the company’s Google Flights search tool, making journeys appear less impactful on the environment.

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