Ethiopia: Tree Planting and Cool Cities

by Elias Gebreselassie
(Thomas Reuters Foundation) – When Habtamu Worku left his hometown of Bahir Dar seven years ago and moved 550 kilometres (340 miles) south to Addis Ababa, he quickly grew to like the city of 5 million... Read more →

Germany: A Clash of Brown and Green

by Christian Schwägerl — 3 days ago
(Yale Environmental 360) – The hole in the landscape that opens up in front of the group of visitors is so vast and deep that some of them simply stare, mouths agape. “This mine will be active until 2026 or 2027,” says Barbara Wittig,... Read more →

India: Energy (In)Securities; Needs and Ambitions

by Rahul Tongia — 3 days ago
(The Brookings Institution) – India’s energy strategy is important for any global discussion about lowering carbon emissions. Most current plans focus on the low-hanging fruit of “cheap renewable energy.” However, scaling renewable... Read more →

Nanoparticles Synthesized from Lichen Extract

by Zafer Çıplak, Ceren Gökalp, Bengü Getiren, Atila Yıldız, Nuray Yıldız — 3 days ago
(De Gruyter) – Nanoparticles synthesis is carried out with two general approaches; top-down (pyrolysis, lithography, etc.) and bottom-up (chemical vapor deposition, sol-gel technique, electrodeposition, chemical reduction, etc.) methods.... Read more →

Book Review: Energy Harvesting

by Michael Lublow — 3 days ago
(De Gruyter) – The world we live in rapidly transforms into a world of data. While we get used to documenting and broadcasting our social activities, personal opinions and customer interests on widely popular networks, the physical world... Read more →
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