Gail McCormick – Page 89 – Our Fragile Earth

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Chemists have created a tiny sensor able to detect ethylene gas (a plant hormone) in minuscule concentrations. It could be[…]

Construction of a compressor station in Weymouth continues unabated, posing a public health problem in the middle of the coronavirus[…]

Fewer cars on the road will help with the climate crisis since for average Americans, the biggest source of greenhouse[…]

A nine-day heat wave in February melted almost a quarter of an Antarctic island’s snow cover — an increasingly common[…]

It’s the world’s first solar charged car with a solar roof and hood. Always charging while in the sun, its[…]

Major revisions to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) statute could shrink the scope and timeline of environmental review. Under[…]

Researchers have overcome a key obstacle in combining the emerging solar-harvesting technology of perovskites with silicon solar cells. The result[…]

COVID-19 has already disrupted crucial negotiations ahead of a November conference in Glasgow that could determine the Paris Agreement’s success[…]

With more than 2 million existing solar installations, the U.S. photovoltaic capacity could more than double over the next five[…]

The world’s tropical forests are rapidly losing their ability to absorb carbon dioxide from greenhouse gas emissions. This decrease is[…]