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Complex Local Conditions Keep Fields of Dunes From Going Active All at Once
Sand dunes, like many ecosystems, have more than one comfort zone.
New Method Converts Carbon Dioxide To Methane At Low Temperatures
A new method developed by a team of Waseda University scientists led by Professor Yasushi Sekine may contribute to reducing the use of fossil fuels and help prevent global warming in the long-run.
TRAX Air Quality Study Expands
For more than five years, University of Utah air quality sensors have hitched rides on TRAX light rail trains, scanning air pollution along the train’s Red and Green Lines.
Can New Kind Of Power Plant Improve Air Quality, Resilience?
Researchers from the University of Houston, backed by $4 million in funding from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, have joined a pilot project testing the use of supercritical CO2, or pressurized carbon dioxide, to produce low-cost, low-emission electric power.
Eco-Friendly Biodiesel From Palm Oil?
Vegetable oil biofuels are increasingly being used as an alternative to fossil fuels despite the growing controversy regarding their sustainability.