Environment
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Smartphones will have to last longer to reduce carbon emissions
According to activists, EU regulations should focus on the climatic costs of producing smartphones and other electronic devices
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New wildfire models to predict how wildfires will burn in next 20 minutes
While it's impossible to predict where the next wildfire will start, new Department of Defense-sponsored research is getting into the microscopic…
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Japan: The nuclear disaster will be investigated again
The disaster that occurred in March 2011 caused the explosion and collapse of the three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi…
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Why is Earth so biologically diverse? Mountains hold the answer
Life on Earth is amazingly diverse, and exhibits striking geographical global patterns in biodiversity
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“Day of fire”: flames ignite suspicion in Amazon city
Before the news about the fires was known, illegal actions by farmers had already been reported in the city of…
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Microplastics: another environmental challenge
Plastics in our waste streams are breaking down into tiny particles, causing potentially catastrophic consequences for human health and our…
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Leaders from Amazon countries come together to protect the jungle
The neighboring countries agreed to monitor the Amazon territory by satellite in order to reduce fires to a maximum and…
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Indigenous tribes fear hard year ahead after Amazon fires
The current fires in Tenharim territory are not the first this year, but they are the first set by…
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Rice reactor turns greenhouse gas into pure liquid fuel
Lab's 'green' invention reduces carbon dioxide into valuable fuels
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Biochar: a better start to rain forest restoration
An indigenous farming technique that's been around for thousands of years provides the basis for restoring rainforests
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