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A new study published in the online journal Ecological Modelling puts a number on just how much money trees save cities. After studying 10 megacities around the...
China's solar appetite eats into India's clean energy effort.
Chinese workers install a solar panel project on the roof of a 47 story building in Wuhan, China., on May 15.
Indian solar projects banking...
Nickel mining: The hidden environmental cost of electric cars.
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The extraction of nickel, mainly mined in Australia, Canada, Indonesia, Russia and the Philippines, comes with environmental and health costs
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The mining and...
Australian firm unveils plan to convert carbon emissions into 'green' concrete.
Carbon capture and storage (CCS)
Initiative to convert CO2 into solid carbonates aims to produce building materials on commercial scale by 2020
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Mineral Carbonation International hopes...
Stretch for power: How high-tech yarn generates new energy.
The twistron's most compelling feature was the ability to operate in sea water and potentially harvest vast amounts of energy from the oceanBy Umberto...
Coffee, algae and exploding lakes: Are these the renewables of the future?
As we shift towards a more sustainable lifestyle, our next sources of energy might come from some surprising places
In 2011, Worcester Council found itself...
Egyptian students produce fuel from used car tyres.
CAIRO (Reuters) - A group of Egyptian students have built a machine they say can produce fuel from worn-out vehicle tyres, after big rises...
Fossils reveal how bizarre mammal beat extinction
Animals that live on islands are among the most at risk from extinction. A remarkable eighty percent of extinctions occurring since 1500AD have been...
Carbon nanotubes worth their salt
Scientists have developed carbon nanotube pores that can exclude salt from seawater. The team also found that water permeability in carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with...
No batteries required: Energy-harvesting yarns generate electricity
Scientists have developed high-tech yarns that generate electricity when they are stretched or twisted. 'Twistron' yarns have many possible applications, such as harvesting energy...
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