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The sky's the limit
harnessing the sun’s power for energy is not new and applications ranging from solar-powered calculators to large-scale solar farms have been around for many years. However, the widely hailed ‘fuel of the future’ still faces pitfalls due to its high...
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No, ‘robobees’ are not the answer to pollinator decline
Despite the best intentions of engineers and technologists, the trillions of micro aerial vehicles required to do the job of bees and other pollinators would be an ecological disaster December 4th 2020 Food security and the health of ecosystems depend...
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War on the world
Tom Ireland explores the potential for environmental disaster in eastern Ukraine – and how the pollution and degraded landscapes of war drive further conflict May 23rd 2022 The Novhorodske phenol factory lies roughly 35km north of the city of Donetsk...
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The problem with robobees
Despite the best intentions of engineers and technologists, the trillions of micro aerial vehicles required to do the job of bees and other pollinators would be an ecological disaster December 4th 2020 Food security and the health of ecosystems depend...
