To date, numerous studies have looked at think tanks and networks involved in the climate change counter-movement in the US. Now, for the first time, the most important contrarian climate change think tanks in Europe have ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 12, 2020
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There is a drive to displace fossil fuels in power generation and transport with sustainable alternatives. One approach that has been discussed over the last few decades is a future zero-carbon, hydrogen economy wherein hydrogen ...
Materials Science
Oct 6, 2020
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Fighting infections is hard. It's even harder for corals also grappling with pollution.
Environment
Sep 10, 2020
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The Royal Commission into the summer fires is an opportunity to start seriously reconsidering our built environment. We need to prepare for accelerating climate change, our changing natural landscape and future natural disasters.
Environment
Aug 27, 2020
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ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst during his 2018 stay on the International Space Station, with two floating SPHERES robots tethered to a container of liquid, serving to simulate the experience of pulling a derelict satellite ...
Space Exploration
Aug 19, 2020
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After a storage tank in Norilsk, northern Russia, collapsed in late May, 20,000 tonnes of diesel fuel was released into the environment. Strong winds caused the oil to spread more than 12 miles from the source, contaminating ...
Environment
Jul 14, 2020
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Apollo 13′s astronauts never gave a thought to their mission number as they blasted off for the moon 50 years ago. Even when their oxygen tank ruptured two days later—on April 13.
Space Exploration
Apr 9, 2020
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Cities in the "global south"—densely populated urban areas that are part of low-income countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America—should phase out pit latrines, septic tanks and other on-site methods of human waste management.
Environment
Dec 18, 2019
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Air pollution is increasing in many cities. It is also getting warmer and warmer and flooding occurs during heavy rain because the surfaces are sealed. Therefore, new concepts are needed to ensure that cities remain livable ...
Environment
Jun 25, 2019
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The Energy Department's most environmentally important and technically ambitious project to clean up Cold War nuclear weapons waste has stalled, putting at jeopardy an already long-delayed effort to protect the Columbia River ...
Environment
Jun 4, 2019
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