HELPFUL – Page 45 – 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[…]

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

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

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

It’s estimated that if food waste was a country, it would be the third largest emitter of greenhouse gases after[…]

Heat is generated by injecting pure oxygen into a furnace. It reacts with the carbon emanating from rotting garbage in[…]

Our corn and soybean production has increased. Wheat too. That’s probably thanks to declining coal power plant production of electricity.[…]

Three percent of our nation’s energy goes to pump and treat water, so cutting back water use conserves energy and[…]

Delta is committing $1bn to mitigate all its greenhouse gas emissions over the next 10 years. BP plans to reduce[…]

Global renewable electricity supplies are growing faster than expected, possibly expanding by 50% within a few years, powered by a[…]