Environmental Research Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 20:19:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Wind-Turbine Farms Less Efficient the Larger they Are https://www.greenoptimistic.com/wind-turbine-farms-less-efficient/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/wind-turbine-farms-less-efficient/#respond Tue, 01 Sep 2015 20:19:56 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=56470 Wind energy is quickly growing in popularity, and turbines are now a common sight for many driving through the countryside. Energy collected from wind contributes to electricity generation more and more every year, and now accounts for a solid 2-3% of global electricity. New research, however, shows that wind-turbine farms become less efficient as they grow […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/wind-turbine-farms-less-efficient/feed/ 0 56470 Airborne Mercury Contaminates Marine Creatures, Study Finds https://www.greenoptimistic.com/airborne-mercury-contaminates-marine-creatures-study-finds-20121205/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/airborne-mercury-contaminates-marine-creatures-study-finds-20121205/#respond Wed, 05 Dec 2012 06:46:17 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=29337 Mercury levels in the ocean have been increasing steadily for the past century. The industrial revolution, coal burning, and mining have contributed greatly to rising mercury levels. The article “Sources to Seafood: Mercury Pollution in the Marine Environment” in the Environmental Research journal— a companion report by the Dartmouth-led Coastal and Marine Mercury Ecosystem Research […]

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