Green tech pumps water from air at CES
Tech aimed at battling climate change and even pumping fresh water out of thin air attracted crowds as the annual CES gadget extravaganza showed its green side.
Jan 13, 2024
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Engineering
A prefab building revolution can help resolve both the climate and housing crises
The world faces an increasing shortage of housing and an escalating climate emergency. These urgent global issues call for quick action and innovative solutions.
Jan 12, 2024
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Engineering
Reflective materials and irrigated trees: Study shows how to cool one of the world's hottest cities by 4.5°C
It's possible to significantly reduce the temperatures of a major city in a hot desert climate while reducing energy costs, a new study by UNSW Sydney shows.
Jan 12, 2024
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New lubricants could offer cheaper and greener rail services
New lubricants, combined with new knowledge about how they should be applied to train wheels and rails, have the potential to reduce rail sector costs in Norway by hundreds of millions of kroner during the next decade.
Jan 11, 2024
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World added 50% more renewable energy but more needed: IEA
The world added 50 percent more renewable energy capacity in 2023 over the previous year but more is needed in the battle against climate change, the International Energy Agency said Thursday.
Jan 11, 2024
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Hydropower is global. Should hydropower research be, too?
When Dany Tome first arrived at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL's) campus in Golden, Colorado, he did not notice the golden grasses waving from the hillsides or the solar panels set in neat, geometric rows ...
Jan 10, 2024
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AI-powered misinformation is the world's biggest short-term threat, Davos report says
False and misleading information supercharged with cutting-edge artificial intelligence that threatens to erode democracy and polarize society is the top immediate risk to the global economy, the World Economic Forum said ...
Jan 10, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Future gigantic solar farms might impact how much solar power can be generated elsewhere in the world
The sun's energy is effectively limitless. While resources such as coal or gas are finite, if you are able to capture and use solar power it doesn't prevent anyone else from also using as much sunshine as they need.
Jan 9, 2024
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No win-win? Input-efficient technologies might not be so efficient after all
To address natural resource scarcity, pollution, and other harmful effects of climate change, some scientists and policymakers emphasize the adoption of input-efficient technologies like water-saving devices and fuel-saving ...
Jan 8, 2024
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A natural gas plant guarding US Northeast from winter blackouts is at risk
A natural gas terminal that's been operating for more than half a century has been a crucial safeguard against blackouts when bone-chilling cold hits the U.S. Northeast. In less than five months, it's slated to shut forever.
Jan 8, 2024
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Climate change
Climate change is any long-term change in the statistics of weather over periods of time that range from decades to millions of years. It can express itself as a change in the mean weather conditions, the probability of extreme conditions, or in any other part of the statistical distribution of weather. Climate change may occur in a specific region, or across the whole Earth.
In recent usage, especially in the context of environmental policy, climate change usually refers to changes in modern climate (see global warming). For information on temperature measurements over various periods, and the data sources available, see temperature record. For attribution of climate change over the past century, see attribution of recent climate change.
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