Engineering

Why UK railways can't deal with heatwaves—and what might help

The UK's rail service has been hit with widespread train delays and high levels of cancelations during the heatwave. The whole of the east coast line between Edinburgh and London was closed for hours on July 20 because of ...

Energy & Green Tech

Power disconnections put First Nations people at risk

In some remote Northern Territory communities nearly all households, 91 percent, experienced a disconnection from electricity during the 2018-19 financial year, according to a new study led by The Australian National University ...

Energy & Green Tech

How Europe could slash its cooling footprint with chilled water

As climate change warms the world, we increasingly need to find ways to efficiently cool our buildings—whilst also lowering our emissions to attempt to halt the temperature rise as much as possible. Traditional air conditioners ...

Energy & Green Tech

Washington state blackouts hit same customers repeatedly

The rolling blackouts that cut electricity for tens of thousands of Spokane, Washington, residents amid this week's record-breaking heat wave mostly hit the same power customers repeatedly because of strains on equipment ...

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