Pioneering new research has highlighted some of the political difficulties with the UK’s energy transition, in particular around vested fossil fuel interests.
New Research Highlights ‘Challenging Nature’ of Vested Interests in the Energy Transition
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NASA-NOAA Satellite Provides Overnight Watch on Hurricane Genevieve
NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite kept an eye on Hurricane Genevieve overnight and provided infrared imagery to forecasters who were monitoring the storm’s strength, structure and size.
A Key To Cheaper Renewable Fuels: Keeping Iron From Rusting
Washington State University researchers have made a key first step in economically converting plant materials to fuels: keeping iron from rusting.
Bacteria Can Defuse Dangerous Chemical In Passaic River
Bacteria that can help defuse highly toxic dioxin in sediments in the Passaic River – a Superfund hazardous waste site – could eventually aid cleanup efforts at other dioxin-contaminated sites around the world, according to Rutgers scientists.
Alaska’s Salmon Are Getting Smaller, Affecting People And Ecosystems
The size of salmon returning to rivers in Alaska has declined dramatically over the past 60 years because they are spending fewer years at sea, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Termite-Fishing Chimpanzees Provide Clues To The Evolution Of Technology
Researchers, who remotely videotaped a generation of wild chimpanzees learning to use tools, gain insights into how technology came to define human culture.
