Drivers of photovoltaic uncertainty
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 03 March 2021; doi:10.1038/s41558-021-01002-zEnergy systems scenarios project a wide range of uncertainty in solar photovoltaic capacity, often thought to...
Sources of uncertainty in long-term global scenarios of solar photovoltaic technology
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 03 March 2021; doi:10.1038/s41558-021-00998-8Analysis of 1,550 future energy scenarios finds that uncertainty in solar photovoltaic (PV) uptake is mainly...
Fossil CO<sub>2</sub> emissions in the post-COVID-19 era
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 03 March 2021; doi:10.1038/s41558-021-01001-0Growth in CO2 emissions has slowed since the Paris Agreement 5 years ago. The COVID-19 pandemic has...
Environmental impact of computation and the future of green computing
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COVID-19 spread tracked via a rapid, large-scale early wastewater surveillance alert system
Detecting COVID-19 outbreaks before they spread could help contain the virus and curb new cases within a community. In a new study, researchers describe...
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