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Dickson Despommier wants our cities to be like forests
In 2000, Dickson D. Despommier, then a professor of public health and microbiology at Columbia University,...
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Flying kites deliver container-sized power generation
On average, a humble wind turbine uses less land area per megawatt-hour than almost any other...
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Greenland's ice sheet melting faster than scientists previously estimated
By Cara Tabachnick January 17, 2024 / 8:24 PM EST / CBS News Greenland's ice sheet...
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Earth shattered global heat record in '23 and it's flirting with warming limit
Earth last year shattered global annual heat records, flirted with the world’s agreed-upon warming threshold and...
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Researchers are scaling up solar-powered kelp farms
Last January, in the waters off Cebu City in the Philippines, researchers first deployed a huge...
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Can Flow Batteries Finally Beat Lithium?
As she drives her electric vehicle to her mother’s house, Monique’s battery gauge indicates that it’s...
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Should we tell people it's too late to save civilization?
One of the most fascinating things about humans is their endless ability to deny the obvious....
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Saudi Arabia Is Trying to Block a Global Deal to End Fossil Fuels
SKIP ADVERTISEMENTThe world’s leading oil exporter has become the most forceful opponent of a new agreement...
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Thermoelectric Heating Comes in from the Cold
Before architect César Martín Gómez could send his latest thermoelectric experiment to Antarctica in 2018, he...
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3,800-km cable offers glimpse of a global power grid
At first glance, North Devon, an expanse of rolling hills and gentle seaside cliffs deep in...