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EarthTalk: What are some low-cost ways to make a home green?

Dear EarthTalk: What are some simple low-cost improvements I can do to my home to make it greener? (Stefan Lonce, via e-mail)

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (5) | comments 12

Hoarding rainwater could 'dramatically' expand range of dengue-fever mosquito

Ecologists have developed a new model to predict the impact of climate change on the dengue fever-carrying mosquito Aedes aegypti in Australia - information that could help limit its spread.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 3




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Sandia Labs technology used in Fukushima cleanup

(Phys.org) -- A Sandia National Laboratories technology has been used to remove radioactive material from more than 43 million gallons of contaminated wastewater at Japan’s damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear ...

Chemistry / Other

created May 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Forensics ferret out fire beetle secret

Black fire beetles of the genus Melanophila possess unusual infrared sensors. Researchers from the University of Bonn and from the Forschungszentrum Julich have concluded that the beetles' sensors might even ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Warming affects ecosystems not just biodiversity

The four-degree rise in temperature predicted by the end of this century could change the way ecosystems work even if it doesn't affect biodiversity.

Biology / Ecology

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

As air pollution from fracking rises, EPA to set rules

The rush to capture natural gas from hydraulic fracturing has led to giant compressor stations alongside backyard swing sets, drilling rigs in sight of front porches, and huge flares at gas wells alongside country roads.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New twist on 1930s technology may become a 21st century weapon against global warming

Far from being a pipe dream years away from reality, practical technology for capturing carbon dioxide — the main greenhouse gas — from smokestacks is aiming for deployment at coal-fired electric power generating ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 5

More economical way to produce cleaner, hotter natural gas

New technology is offering the prospect of more economical production of a concentrated form of natural gas with many of the advantages — in terms of reduced shipping and storage costs — of the familiar ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Hydrogen power in real life

Since 2009, a hydrogen powered street cleaning vehicle has been undergoing testing on the streets. The project is intended to take hydrogen drives out of the laboratory in order to gain experience on using ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 37

Alternative-energy innovations on display

Climate change is in dispute. Oil and gas are staging a comeback. Republicans are questioning federal funding for energy research as a waste of money in a time of deficits.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

How rainwater can meet clean-water needs

At a remote village called Bisate in the desperately poor nation of Rwanda, a clinic faced chronic shortages of water during the nation’s twice-yearly dry seasons. Sometimes there was simply not enough ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers find energy storage 'solutions' in MetILs

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sandia researchers have developed a new family of liquid salt electrolytes, known as MetILs, that could lead to batteries able to cost-effectively store three times more energy than today’s ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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