How greener grids can stay lit
Without careful management, distributed energy resources have the potential to cause unreliable power delivery, or even outages, and lead utility companies to overcharge customers....
Cold production of new seafloor
Magma steadily emerges between oceanic plates. It pushes the plates apart, builds large underwater mountains and forms new seafloor. This is one of the...
Volcano ‘libraries’ could help plan for future volcanic crises
Crystals from the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption have demonstrated a new way to recognize pre-eruption signals at Eyjafjallajökull and potentially other, similar volcanoes around the...
Children and adolescents in high-risk environments more likely to become violent adults
Children and adolescents who grow up with one or more of these environmental risk factors are likely to resort to violence, aggression and crime...
For the past 70 years, the Danube has almost never frozen over
Since the 1950s, warmer and warmer winters and man-made inflows have largely prevented ice formation on Europe's second-largest river.
Fukushima radioactive particle release was significant, says new research
Scientists say there was a significant release of radioactive particles during the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear accident. The researchers identified the contamination using a new method...
Giant clams tell the story of past typhoons
A highly precise method to determine past typhoon occurrences from giant clam shells has been developed, with the hope of using this method to...
Hot cars can hit deadly temperatures fast
In a new study, researchers outline how quickly hot cars become deadly for children.
‘Virtual safe space’ to help bumblebees
The many threats facing bumblebees can be tested using a 'virtual safe space.'
Shining a light on toxic chemicals curbs industrial use
A team of researchers wondered whether federal regulators can persuade companies to abandon toxic chemicals by simply highlighting that information.
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