Swedish company is building wind turbine towers out of timber
It seems that you can build just about anything out of wood.
Swedish company is building wind turbine towers out of timber
It seems that you can build just about anything out of wood.
Prayers can crowd out donations for disaster victims
A new study finds that people who prayed for hurricane victims before donating gave less than they would have otherwise: Because those who prayed...
Extra-terrestrial impacts may have triggered ‘bursts’ of plate tectonics
When -- and how -- Earth's surface evolved from a hot, primordial mush into a rocky planet continually resurfaced by plate tectonics remain some...
New study analyzes viability of sustainable fuels
New technology to convert ethanol into fuels suitable for aviation, shipping and other heavy-duty applications can be price-competitive with conventional fuels while retaining the...
Human migration out of Africa may have followed monsoons in the Middle East
A new study by geoscientists and climatologists provides evidence that summer monsoons from Asia and Africa may have reached into the Middle East for...
Leftover grain from breweries could be converted into fuel for homes
A researcher has developed a low cost technique to convert left over barley from alcohol breweries into carbon, which could be used as a...
Meeting the looming policy challenge of sea-level change and human migration
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 26 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0640-4Minimizing the adverse consequences of sea-level change presents a key societal challenge. New modelling is necessary...
Climate migration myths
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 26 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0633-3Misleading claims about mass migration induced by climate change continue to surface in both academia and...
From migration to mobility
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 26 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0657-8By many accounts, climate change is already driving human migration, but fresh thinking about the consequences...
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