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Researchers track groundwater loss during drought in California’s Central Valley
Significant groundwater loss in California's Central Valley during the recent drought and sparks questions of sustainability for the important agricultural area, a new study...
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Climate stabilization: Planting trees cannot replace cutting carbon dioxide emissions
Growing plants and then storing the carbon dioxide they have taken up from the atmosphere is no viable option to counteract unmitigated emissions from...
GIS: A powerful tool to be used with caution
A recent study provides a new perspective on the severe impacts of escalating climate change on the heritage resources of Canadian Arctic. Referring to...
Cape Lookout solar energy goes live.
The solar array unveiled Tuesday is near the base of the Cape Lookout Lighthouse. The solar farm contains 60 panels rated at 300 watts...
Wheat or chaff? Weighing the substance of Trump’s actions on climate, energy.
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If you read only protest signs and headlines, you would be pretty sure President Donald Trump is well along...
Nanophysics: Saving energy with a spot of silver
Tomorrow’s computers will run on light, and gold nanoparticle chains show much promise as light conductors. Now scientists have demonstrated how tiny spots of...
Photocatalyst makes hydrogen production 10 times more efficient
Hydrogen is an alternative source of energy that can be produced from renewable sources of sunlight and water. A group of researchers has developed...
Critics say Ohio utility’s proposed fixed charge increase will slow efficiency, clean energy.
Proposed rate changes for American Electric Power’s Ohio utility customers could unduly burden the grid by discouraging energy efficiency and distributed generation, according to...
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