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Tree Planting Aims to Cut Air Pollution, Cool Cities – and Reduce Climate-changing Emissions

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 →

A Clash of Green and Brown: Germany Struggles to End Coal

by Christian Schwägerl — 13 hours ago

(Yale) – 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, a guide with a... Read more →

Understanding India, its Energy Needs and Ambitions, and the Global Implications for Carbon Emissions

by Rahul Tongia — 13 hours ago

(The Brookings Institution) – At least one newspaper headline this year declared that renewable energy in India is now cheaper than coal and that coal is surely on its way out. However, recent research from my Brookings colleague Samantha... Read more →

Is Australia’s Current Drought Caused by Climate Change? It’s Complicated

by Andrew King, Anna Ukkola, Ben Henley — 13 hours ago

(The Conversation) – Much of southern Australia is experiencing severe drought after a very dry and warm autumn across the southern half of the continent. Australia is no stranger to drought, but this recent dry spell, and Prime Minister... Read more →

Nanoparticles Synthesized from Lichen Extract

by Zafer Çıplak, Ceren Gökalp, Bengü Getiren, Atila Yıldız, Nuray Yıldız — 13 hours 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 — 13 hours 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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