ELIMINATING ELECTRONIC WASTE
Electronic waste is the world’s fastest growing waste problem. Instead of burning it to recover gold and copper, a new[…]
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MORE METHANE RELEASE
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is underestimating methane emissions from landfills, urban areas and U.S. states. Methane emissions from landfills[…]
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MANIPULATING METHANE
Global landfill emissions are estimated at 10-20 million tons of greenhouse gases per year, comparable to the global energy sector[…]
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PROMOTING PLASTIC POLLUTION
For more than half a century petrochemical companies and the plastics industry have promoted reuse, while knowing of the technical[…]
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SOLAR POWER BEAMED TO EARTH
Solar panels on a satellite have converted the sun’s photons into DC electricity, which the RF integrated circuit (RFIC) then[…]
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SALVAGING SHORELINES
Coastal management strategies intended to protect people, property and infrastructure from storm impacts can, over decades, increase vulnerability, even leading[…]
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DECREASING HEAT DEATHS
Worldwide heat-related deaths are increasing as climate change causes more frequent, longer-lasting extreme heatwaves. Heat deaths are projected to increase[…]
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MORE BAD NEWS ABOUT ANTARCTICA
A feedback loop may be accelerating the melting of the floating portions of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, pushing up[…]
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BREATHE EASIER
As wildfires become more extreme, people are increasingly living with smoke. The number residing in areas experiencing at least one[…]
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CLIMATE CHANGE COST
Even if CO2 emissions were drastically cut down starting today, the world economy is already committed to an income reduction[…]
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