Modeling reveals how policy affects adoption of solar energy photovoltaics in California
Researchers inspired by efforts to promote green energy, are exploring the factors driving commercial customers in Southern California, both large and small, to purchase...
Estimating wealth from outer space
Cities and villages illuminated at night are common in wealthy regions such as Europe. This is different in developing countries: Satellite data shows that...
Pathway for generating up to 10 terawatts of power from sunlight by 2030
The annual potential of solar energy far exceeds the world's energy consumption, but the goal of using the sun to provide a significant fraction...
Scientist invents way to trigger artificial photosynthesis to clean air
A chemistry professor has just found a way to trigger the process of photosynthesis in a synthetic material, turning greenhouse gases into clean air...
Mystery of the missing mercury at the Great Salt Lake
Around 2010, the deep waters of Utah's Great Salt Lake contained high levels of toxic methylmercury. Mercury measurements in waterfowl surrounding the lake led...
Century-old mystery of Blood Falls solved
A century-old mystery involving a famous red waterfall in Antarctica has now been solved by researchers. New evidence links Blood Falls to a large...
Early organic carbon got deep burial in mantle
Petrologists who recreated hot, high-pressure conditions from 60 miles below Earth's surface have found a new clue about a crucial event in the planet's...
New atlas provides highest-resolution imagery of the Polar Regions seafloor
Scientists have created the most comprehensive and high-resolution atlas of the seafloor of both Polar Regions.
Warm winds: New insight into what weakens Antarctic ice shelves
New research describes for the first time the role that warm, dry winds play in influencing the behavior of Antarctic ice shelves.
Toronto’s subways expose passengers to more air pollution than Montreal, Vancouver systems
Subways increase our personal exposure to certain pollutants, even as they decrease overall emissions, research finds. Another finding from this study is that Toronto...
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