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Japan Plans World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm
Japan is moving away from reliance on nuclear power plants after the Fukushima disaster, and plans to plans to...
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Black Carbon the Second-Biggest Human Cause of Global Warming
Soot ranks as the second-largest human contributor to climate change, according to a new analysis, exerting twice as much...
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An Alarm in the Offing on Climate Change
The natural conservatism of science has often led climatologists to be cautious in their pronouncements about global warming. Indeed,...
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Pollution Highlights the Price China Is Paying for Rapid Development
Beijing has developed into an impressive modern city over the past two decades. But a tourist visiting the Chinese...
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Tidal Turbines Could Provide 20% of Britain’s Electricity
UK tides could provide more of the UK’s electricity than previously thought. Until now, the Department for Energy and...
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New Material Harvests Energy From Water Vapor
Polymer film could be used in artificial muscle and to power micro- and nanoelectronic devices.
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Rising Mercury Emissions Increase Risk to Humans
Developing nations are facing growing health and environmental risks from increased exposure to mercury, according to a UN report....
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Bacteria Tweaked to Make Fuel From Sunlight
As part of the bid to find viable alternatives to fossil fuels, chemists have artificially engineered bacteria capable of...
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Ice Swirls off the Coast of Greenland … for Now
From Slate’s Bad Astronomy blog: Global warming is real. Temperatures are changing, climate is changing, and most importantly, arctic...