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Researchers at the largest geothermal facility in the world, The Hellisheidi power plant beat the time constraints predicted for carbon storage. Storing carbon dioxide underground has been a problematic topic because of suspicions that the natural chemical reactions required would...
Monsanto seeks to renew its glyphosate license for another 15 years despite an International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) 2015 study that predicted the chemical could cause cancer. In the United States and Brazil, Monsanto sells genetically modified glyphosate-resistant...
          Drones aren’t just for the government. Research by the University of Exeter shows there are environmental applications for drones too. Now, with ‘point and shoot’ basic cameras, drones can improve understanding of dryland ecosystems at a reduced cost. The drylands...
Not many were introduced to electric cars as early as kindergarten. Yet, in China, Tesla is providing an educational program for kindergartners to learn about green transportation. Children will learn the differences between electric and gas powered vehicles. Compared to the...
Scientists at Harvard developed a bionic leaf that can convert light into biomass more efficiently than nature, and then make biofuel. Artificial photosynthesis has been in the spotlight for quite some time. Typically it is associated with splitting the water...
German experts developed mathematical models, which promise to predict, with great precision, how much renewable energy will be generated in the coming hours and days. Arguably, one of the major reasons why renewable energy has not taken over the world,...
There are ways to save money while using more energy to heat a building. The only condition: raise the heat during the nighttime. Aarhus University researchers created this environmentally-friendly, financially-winning system by using simulations and calculation models. Increasing the use of...
Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) chemicals sometimes end up where they’re not supposed to be: in agricultural soil. Toxic biocides, surfactants, corrosion inhibitors, and slicking agents are some of many types of chemicals used to extract oil and gas from shale and...
Team of scientists at NASA, in collaboration with two US universities, managed to find almost 40 previously unknown man-made sources of emissions, using satellite data. It is no news that air pollution is one of the most dangerous and quiet killers...
Not driving a Tesla may seem the obvious way to drive a few years from now. But for the moment, law and common sense forces you to keep at least one hand on the wheel. Youtube prankster Rahat hid behind his...