As the planet continues to warm, the twin challenges of diminishing water supply and growing energy demand will intensify. But water and energy are inextricably linked. For instance, nearly a fifth of California's energy ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 7, 2021
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Twenty years ago, wind energy was mostly a niche industry that contributed less than 1% to the total electricity demand in the United States. Wind has since emerged as a serious contender in the race to develop clean, renewable ...
General Physics
Nov 24, 2020
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The energy sector is the biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions and therefore mainly responsible for the observed human-caused changes in the climate system, but it is also vulnerable to the changing climate.
Environment
Oct 27, 2020
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These are very challenging times for U.S. fossil fuel-producing states, such as Wyoming, Alaska and North Dakota. The COVID-19 economic downturn has reduced energy demand, with uncertain prospects for the extent of its recovery. ...
Environment
Sep 23, 2020
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The emergence of artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques is changing the world dramatically with novel applications such as internet of things, autonomous vehicles, real-time imaging processing and big data ...
Nanophysics
Sep 1, 2020
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Just as a living organism continually needs food to maintain itself, an economy consumes energy to do work and keep things going. That consumption comes with the cost of greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, though. ...
Environment
Aug 27, 2020
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A study conducted by Associate Professor Alberto Salvo from the Department of Economics at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences revealed that households respond to ambient air pollution ...
Environment
Aug 17, 2020
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In a study published in Science Advances, researchers from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed that mitochondrial metabolite acetyl-CoA links mitochondrial stress ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 3, 2020
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A new report from Imperial and Sainsbury's outlines how well-managed fridges can keep food cooler, be greener, and cut costs.
Economics & Business
Jul 3, 2020
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Living in a house that doesn't fully meet your needs might have been tolerable when you spent more of your time elsewhere, but a third of the world has been stuck indoors at one time during the pandemic. A lack of space, ...
Environment
Jun 23, 2020
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