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Snow Data from Satellites Improves Temperature Predictions, UT Researchers Show
Posted: December 7, 2016Researchers with The University of Texas at Austin have found that incorporating snow data collected from space into computer climate models can significantly improve seasonal temperature predictions.The findings, published in…
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Scientists Improve Predictions of How Temperature Affects the Survival of Fish Embryos
Posted: December 6, 2016Scientists closely tracking the survival of endangered Sacramento River salmon faced a puzzle: the same high temperatures that salmon eggs survived in the laboratory appeared to kill many of the…
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Sandia Labs, Singapore join forces to develop energy storage
Posted: December 6, 2016Sandia National Laboratories has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the government of Singapore’s Energy Market Authority (EMA) that will tap into the labs’ expertise in energy storage.EMA is the…
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When Permafrost Melts, What Happens to All That Stored Carbon?
Posted: December 6, 2016The Arctic’s frozen ground contains large stores of organic carbon that have been locked in the permafrost for thousands of years. As global temperatures rise, that permafrost is starting to…
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Game Changer for Organic Solar Cells
Posted: December 5, 2016With a new technique for manufacturing single-layer organic polymer solar cells, scientists at UC Santa Barbara and three other universities might very well move organic photovoltaics into a whole new…
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First Detection of Ammonia in the Upper Troposphere
Posted: December 5, 2016Population is growing, climate is warming – hence, emission of ammonia (NH3) trace gas from e.g. agriculture will increase worldwide. Recently, scientists of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) for the…
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Cement made from steel production by-product can lead to a huge CO2 reduction
Posted: December 5, 2016Steel production generates some hundred million tons of steel slag worldwide each year. This giant mountain of leftovers is largely dumped. TU/e professor of building materials, Jos Brouwers, will be…
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Extreme downpours could increase fivefold across parts of the U.S.
Posted: December 5, 2016At century's end, the number of summertime storms that produce extreme downpours could increase by more than 400 percent across parts of the United States — including sections of the…
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The Paris Climate Deal Is Now in Force. What Comes Next?
Posted: December 5, 2016The Paris Agreement was hailed as a turning point for world governments tackling climate change, and it has now come into effect. What does this mean for the world — and where do…
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To Fight Air Pollution, Four Cities Announce Ban on Diesel Cars By 2025
Posted: December 2, 2016Four of the world’s largest cities announced Friday that they will ban diesel cars by 2025 in an effort to cut air pollution. Leaders from Paris, Madrid, Athens, and Mexico City made…
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