MIT engineers show how detailed mapping of weather conditions and energy demand can guide optimization for siting renewable energy installations.
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From Chip Shop to Pit Stop – Scientists Make Cooking Oil Biofuel as Efficient as Diesel
The new method could help slash carbon emissions in hard to reach industries like aviation and road haulage.
High Heat Is Preferentially Killing the Young, Not the Old, New Research Finds
Many recent studies assume that elderly people are at particular risk of dying from extreme heat as the planet warms.
Deforestation Reduces Malaria Bed Nets’ Effectiveness
Trees and disease: Public health measures to fight malaria—including insecticide-treated bed nets—lose effectiveness as deforestation rises.
Record-Low Antarctic Sea Ice Can be Explained and Forecast Months out by Patterns in Winds
Amid all the changes in Earth’s climate, sea ice in the stormy Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica was, for a long time, an odd exception.
Glacier Melt Leads to Redrawing of the Italian-Swiss Border
Glaciers have historically determined the boundary between Italy and Switzerland in the Alps.
