The Amazon's Amahuaca people braved marauding rubber tappers a century ago, and now face a new threat to their survival as gold mines and oil wells increasingly encircle their jungle home.
Environment
Sep 14, 2019
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Each year brings new research showing that oil and natural gas wells leak significant amounts of the potent greenhouse gas methane.
Environment
Dec 20, 2018
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Even with technological advances in recent years, the petroleum industry still struggles to squeeze as much oil and gas as possible out of underground reservoirs. Now the big industry is looking to nanotechnology to boost ...
Other
Oct 10, 2018
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An India-led coalition to harness solar energy will eventually replace the OPEC oil cartel, India's premier predicted Tuesday, as he opened the International Solar Alliance's first assembly with UN chief Antonio Guterres.
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 02, 2018
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A model that simulates how drilling fluids, or muds, behave and influence the stability of oil wells has been developed by KAUST researchers. Their findings could inform new safety protocols and the design of novel drilling ...
Engineering
Oct 02, 2018
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Software could transform underground imaging of fossil fuel reserves by providing unprecedented detail in record time.
Engineering
Jul 12, 2018
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Some good news: songbirds living near oil and gas fields in Canada's prairies are indeed able to understand each other over the clamour of machines, an international research team reports.
Plants & Animals
Mar 05, 2018
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Microbes are invisible to the naked eye, but play key roles in maintaining the planet's biogeochemical cycles. In the Earth's subsurface, microbes have adapted to thrive in the relatively stable extreme conditions. To learn ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 01, 2017
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A second petroleum company said it would shut down and inspect wells after a fatal house explosion near a gas well in Colorado, although investigators have not said whether the well was the cause.
Environment
Apr 29, 2017
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The battle to retake Mosul from the Islamic State group is leaving a legacy of environmental damage and health risks that will pose dangers to people for years to come.
Environment
Dec 17, 2016
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