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Due to climate change, including rising temperatures, more and more methane is bubbling up from lakes, ponds, rivers and wetlands throughout the world. The...

High yield, protein with soybean gene

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Renewable energy in Australia: Solar boom reported in October.

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Brunswick board nixes new solar farm rules.

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Indonesian mosques to take up the mantle of fighting climate change.

Indonesia will establish 1,000 “eco-mosques,” the country’s vice president announced at this month’s UN climate summit in Bonn. The Southeast Asian nation is home to...

Insurance industry nurses wounds inflicted by costly disasters.

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New database catalogues plants that soak up contamination

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Water cooling for the Earth’s crust

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New device boosts road time for Tesla, Leaf drivers

Nissan Leafs, which go about 107 miles on a charge, sometimes end up relegated to commuter cars due to battery-range worries. The mass-market, standard...

‘Brazil nut effect’ helps explain how rivers resist erosion

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