A new University of Michigan-led international study finds that fruits and vegetables grown in urban farms and gardens have a carbon footprint that is, on average, six times greater than conventionally grown produce.
Agriculture
Jan 22, 2024
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Fuel cells are pollution-free power sources that convert chemical energy to electricity with high efficiency and zero emissions. Fuel cell cars, trucks, and buses would allow people to travel long distances with convenient ...
Materials Science
Aug 15, 2019
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Industry has long relied upon energy-intensive processes, such as distillation and crystallization, to separate molecules that ultimately serve as ingredients in medicine, chemicals and other products.
Nanomaterials
Sep 30, 2023
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Bitcoin recently turned 10 years old. In that time, it has proved revolutionary because it ignores the need for modern money's institutions to verify payments. Instead, Bitcoin relies on cryptographic techniques to prove ...
Internet
Nov 7, 2018
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(Phys.org) —Tomatoes grown around LED lights in the winter can significantly reduce greenhouse energy costs without sacrificing yield, according to a Purdue University study.
Other
Apr 30, 2013
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The burgeoning bioenergy sector must peak and decline in the next 30 years to alleviate extreme pressure on land, warns researchers in a new analysis published today in Global Change Biology. They assert that projections ...
Environment
Dec 5, 2019
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Most countries, including Switzerland, record their greenhouse gas emissions by source and sector. In absolute terms, Swiss greenhouse gases make up less than 1% of global emissions. With an average of 12 metric tons of CO2 ...
Environment
Jan 9, 2024
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When you hear about businesses with a high environmental impact or activities with a high carbon footprint, you are probably more likely to imagine heavy machinery, engines and oil rather than hairdressing. Yet hairdressing, ...
Environment
Feb 11, 2019
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Collin Pearsall has friends who have started having children. But he has chosen a different path—due, in large part, to climate change.
Social Sciences
Mar 13, 2024
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In its new special report on climate change and land, the IPCC calls for more effective and sustainable land management, and more sustainable food consumption. But who is the onus on to go vegetarian, or look after land better? ...
Environment
Aug 14, 2019
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