Bat activity lower at solar farm sites, study finds
The activity level of six bat species was significantly reduced at solar farm sites, researchers have observed.
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Aug 8, 2023
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80-year-old principles incompletely explain turbulent flows, study shows
Experiments at the unique wind tunnel of the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS) in Göttingen show that laws formulated more than 80 years ago and their extensions only incompletely explain turbulent ...
General Physics
Jul 13, 2023
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Norway angers climate activists with fossil fuel projects
Norway's government gave the green light Wednesday to 19 oil and gas projects worth more than 200 billion kroner ($18.6 billion), a decision that outraged climate activists.
Environment
Jun 28, 2023
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Limiting global warming to 2C is not enough—why the world must keep temperature rise below 1C
The Paris Climate agreement represented a historic step towards a safer future for humanity on Earth when it was adopted in 2015. The agreement strove to keep global heating below 2℃ above pre-industrial levels with the ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 14, 2023
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Parker Solar Probe flies into the fast solar wind and finds its source
NASA's Parker Solar Probe (PSP) has flown close enough to the sun to detect the fine structure of the solar wind close to where it is generated at the sun's surface, revealing details that are lost as the wind exits the corona ...
Astronomy
Jun 7, 2023
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Climate maths 'doesn't add up' without carbon capture: COP28 chief
The Emirati oil chief leading this year's UN climate talks said Wednesday the world must get "serious" about new emission-capturing technology, rather than focussing only on replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy.
Environment
May 10, 2023
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Bats' ability to convert energy into muscle power shown to be affected by flight speed
In a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, researchers have studied the efficiency of migratory bats—a species that weighs about eight grams and is found in almost all of Europe. Efficiency, ...
Plants & Animals
May 9, 2023
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Study finds bottom-dwellers thrive at foundations of offshore wind farms
Offshore wind farms host more soil animals per square meter than the North Sea floor, discovered Leiden researchers. After 25 years, a hundred times more animals and twice the number of different species could live on the ...
Ecology
May 2, 2023
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Climate talks see push for global renewable energy target
Germany called Tuesday for governments around the world to work on setting an ambitious target for renewable energy that would "ring in the end of the fossil fuel age" and help prevent dangerous global warming.
Environment
May 2, 2023
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How extreme weather threatens to bring down UK's power lines and halt supply to homes
Storm Arwen, described by the UK's Met Office as "one of the most powerful and damaging winter storms of the last decade," hit the east coast of Scotland and northern England in late November 2021. Wind gusts of over 90 mph ...
Environment
Apr 24, 2023
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