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Artificial Energy Islands Could Power The World
published 94 days, 23 hours, 56 minutes ago, posted by kazimanzurrashid 95 days, 8 hours, 19 minutes ago
Ocean waves are already being used as a source of renewable energy, but could differences in water temperatures in the sea be our next source of green power? A decade old idea to generate renewable electricity for the globe with offshore, floating ‘Ene... (more)
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A Warming Climate Can Support Glacial Ice
published 95 days, 21 hours, 9 minutes ago, posted by admin 97 days, 8 hours, 28 minutes ago
New research indicates glacial ice existed on earth during intense period of global warming. (more)
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Why it rains less on the weekend
published 95 days, 21 hours, 11 minutes ago, posted by kazimanzurrashid 95 days, 22 hours, 52 minutes ago
Weekdays bring heavier downpours than weekends, suggests new research. (more)
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Modern Birds Existed Before Dinosaur Die-Off
published 95 days, 21 hours, 19 minutes ago, posted by kazimanzurrashid 95 days, 22 hours, 52 minutes ago
Modern birds originated a hundred million years ago—long before the demise of dinosaurs, according to new research. In searching for the first ancestors of modern birds, studies have shown discrepancies between results from fossils and genetic analyses. (more)
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Work starts on Gulf 'green city'
published 95 days, 21 hours, 19 minutes ago, posted by kazimanzurrashid 95 days, 22 hours, 52 minutes ago
Abu Dhabi has started to build what it says is the world's first zero-carbon, zero-waste car-free city. (more)
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Swedes Using Body Heat to Heat Stockholm Train Station
published 95 days, 22 hours, 9 minutes ago, posted by admin 97 days, 8 hours, 28 minutes ago
Move over sun and wind power… the next frontier in renewable energy is people power! And no, we don’t mean soylent green, but rather to use the energy generated from large numbers of pedestrians moving through an occupied space. Plans are now afoot to ... (more)
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Charge your gadgets environmentally with a simple foot pedal
published 95 days, 22 hours, 10 minutes ago, posted by admin 97 days, 8 hours, 28 minutes ago
What’s a more renewable form of energy than human kinetic energy? Here’s an easy, cheap and portable energy source that’s powered by the spring in your step: the Weza Foot Pedal. We just discovered this amazingly useful gadget at CES, and can’t wait to... (more)
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Older Arctic Sea Ice Is Giving Way To Young, Thin Ice
published 95 days, 22 hours, 53 minutes ago, posted by admin 97 days, 8 hours, 28 minutes ago
A new indicates older, multiyear sea ice in the Arctic is giving way to younger, thinner ice, making it more susceptible to record summer sea-ice lows like the one that occurred in 2007. (more)
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Sumatran Tigers Are Being Sold into Extinction
posted by rishit 90 days, 11 hours, 48 minutes ago
Body part by body part. (more)
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Environmentalism in 1666
posted by rishit 90 days, 11 hours, 48 minutes ago
In the mid 1600s, people started to notice the environmental issues that deforestation had wrought in Japan. Who would have thought these issues came up back in those days? Also, things were not different in England, India, and the Roman Empire. (more)
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