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News & Articles By Edsel Cook
08/05/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Plant-based jet fuels could soon be an alternative to petroleum
A new study evaluated the potential of plant-derived biofuels to compete with petroleum-based products as a sustainable source of fuel for the aviation industry. It reported that bio-jet fuel might become a viable alternative to fossil fuels – but only if researchers maintain their current rate of success. The global aviation industry consumes millions of […]
07/19/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Pest-eating bats are easing financial pressure on farmers and may help regrow rainforests
In the African island of Madagascar, bats leave their tropical rainforest and descend upon the ricefields cultivated by human farmers to devour plant-eating insect pests. Their organic pest control service may help persuade locals to preserve the forests instead of razing them. Every year, humans cut down one percent of Madagascar’s rainforest cover. They cultivate the cleared land to grow rice, […]
07/13/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Puffins are on the rebound: Researchers thought they were declining but they were just hiding from seals
Researchers have laid to rest earlier fears that the population of puffins in the U.K. was going down. They reported that the total number of birds in the Farne Islands actually increased by nine percent – they have merely moved to different areas of the island group. At first, the National Trust grew concerned when […]
07/11/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Scientists may have discovered a new source of rare earth elements – and an environmentally friendly way to gather them
A waste product of the fertilizer industry might serve as a rich repository of rare earth elements. Researchers have devised a natural way to get these resources from phosphate rock waste. Their bacteria-based extraction method caused much less harm to the environment than current techniques that relied on synthetic acids. The discovery came from the […]
07/09/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Shocking: Groundwater in nearly HALF of U.S. states are contaminated with coal ash
Power utilities reported finding dangerous concentrations of coal ash in groundwater sources located near power plants. The toxic pollutant appeared in water sources in at least 22 states. Confronted with the magnitude of their pollution, the utilities promised to clean up the industrial waste produced by their coal power plants. Every year, coal power plants generate more than 100 […]
07/02/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Renewable fire-retardant coating developed by researchers
Few materials can match the performance of cellulose and clay: They’re readily available, nontoxic, and sustainable. Researchers from Texas A&M University leveraged the characteristics of these natural substances to invent a renewable flame-retardant coating. The new coating offers a whole new level of fire protection for polyurethane foam and other highly flammable materials. Furthermore, it’s made from some of […]
06/29/2019
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By Edsel Cook
New purpose for old oil rigs: Researchers suggest transitioning them to human-made reefs
In recent years, an increasing number of decommissioned oil rigs underwent conversion into artificial reefs that became habitats for marine life. Researchers recently evaluated the practice to help California residents and policy-makers make informed decisions about other aging oil platforms off the coast. There are around 6,000 oil rigs around the world. As the floating facilities go about the work of extracting oil and natural […]
06/22/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Do the rules of environmental protection extend to exoplanets beyond our solar system?
A German researcher did not believe it was possible to justify the environmental protection of planets outside our solar system on the grounds of potential use by humankind in the future. He also believed it was irrelevant to regulate the environments of exoplanets that can support life if the same worlds happened to be lifeless in the first […]
06/21/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Floating a new idea to conserve space: Solar panels are now being installed on floating water rafts
In 2008, a winery in Napa Valley, California set up the first floating solar array in the world. The idea of floating solar panels became popular in Asia, but it only gained traction in the U. S. in recent years. Experts believe that floating solar arrays on artificial bodies of water might produce more than 400 gigawatts of […]
06/20/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Could plastic bags be upcycled into parts for lithium-ion batteries?
Indiana-based researchers found a way to upcycle disposable plastic bags into raw material for making valuable products. Their process turned polyethylene plastic into carbon chips with sufficient purity to serve as materials for manufacturing anodes of lithium-ion batteries. Plastic pollution is one of the biggest problems threatening the environment. A lot of this trash comes in the form of disposable […]
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