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Farmers Benefit from Harvesting Solar Energy

Dec 30, 2022 07:30AM

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 07:30AM

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 07:30AM

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 07:30AM

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 07:30AM

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 07:30AM

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 07:30AM

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 07:30AM

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 07:30AM

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 06:30AM

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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Plastic Recycling Hoax Revealed

Oct 31, 2022 06:30AM

20 states have passed bills to exempt chemical recycling facilities from waste management requirements, despite evidence that most facilities actually incinerate the plastic they receive.

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Concrete Made with Rubber Refuse

Oct 31, 2022 06:30AM

Scientists have produced good-quality concrete in which all of the aggregate has been replaced with tire particles.

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Urban Crops Can Have Higher Yields Than Conventional Farming

Oct 31, 2022 06:30AM

A new study shows that urban gardens and hydroponics can thrive and may exceed the yields of rural farms.

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One-Sixth of U.S. Tree Species Could Go Extinct

Oct 31, 2022 06:30AM

Facing threats from invasive pests, climate change and habitat loss, up to 135 tree species—about one-sixth of those found in the continental U.S.—could be lost forever.

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Cool Pavement Program

Oct 31, 2022 06:30AM

Applied on top of existing asphalt pavement, cool pavement road treatment reflects heat, which is especially needed in heat island areas.

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