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Florida's Hurricane-Proof Town!

Florida has quite a history when it comes to hurricanes. From June 1st to November 30th, the Sunshine State deals with

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Bacteria Help Extract Rare Earth Metals!

One of the keys to curbing climate change is switching to sustainable energy. That means more solar power, wind

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Concrete Batteries In Your Future!

Can you imagine living in a world where cars are powered spontaneously as they speed past roads, and entire households

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What To Do With Old Wind Turbine Blades?

You may know wind turbines to be an environmentally friendly way of farming energy—but what happens to the towering

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What Is A Sand Battery?

Generally, when one pictures a battery, one imagines the lithium-ion battery in various high-tech forms. Yet in 2022,

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Meaty Rice In Our Future?

Everyone is familiar with the colors of the foods they eat. You normally associate salads with green, apples with

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Charge Your EV As You Drive!

We all know electric vehicles (EVs) have grown in popularity over the last decade. As of 2022, there were 26 million

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What Is A Food Forest?

Imagine walking through a forest where every plant is edible. This is the concept of a food forest! Food forests are

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Biocrusts Protect China's Great Wall!

Did you know that it took more than 2000 years to finish the construction of the Great Wall of China? The Wall,

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Container Buildings: Are They Sustainable?

When you order something online, it is shipped across the ocean in vast 20 or 40-foot steel shipping containers before

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Klamath River Runs Free!

The Klamath Dam at the Oregon-California border has played a pivotal role since 1918, providing power to more than 70,

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Sponge Cities: What Are They?

The term sponge city might conjure up a creative image of a city made of sponges, but the actual definition of sponge

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Culdesac: A Walkable City!

Arizona, aka the Copper State, is the only place in the world where the saguaro cactus grows. Recently, Arizona also

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An Aviation Miracle: Green Flights!

Did you know that the average Boeing 747 uses approximately 1 gallon (4 liters) of fuel per second? A Boeing 747

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Cultural Burning To Curb Wildfires

Every summer, wildfires make headlines. California in particular is hit hard, with more than 300 million acres

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Should Satellite Companies Be Fined?

From the vast expanse of space, a new challenge has emerged: space junk! From rockets to satellites, the world is

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The U.S Military Turns To Microgrids

Do you often wonder why your parents keep chiding you for forgetting to turn off the lights? Through electricity, AC,

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Harvesting Water From Air

For most of us, access to drinking water is a privilege we often take for granted. We just need to open the

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Cargo Ships Powered By Wind

Did you know that every year, the shipping industry transports 11 billion tons of cargo or 90% of the world's traded

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Telecommuting: A Climate Solution?

Have you noticed how much the pandemic has altered our daily lives? More people are shopping, attending school,

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How Is Singapore Cooling Itself?

It’s an ordinary day in your home. The temperature of your surroundings is just right, but as you go outside for some

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A Ray Of Hope In Coral Restoration

Did you know that Florida is the only state in the United States with major coral reef formations near its coasts?

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Rock Weathering: A Solution For Carbon Capture?

Did you know that spreading crushed volcanic rock on farms may help cool our planet?  We know that

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California: Off-Oil And Offshore?

[This article is an opinion piece by a summer program writer who visited the community in Morro Bay and learned about

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Reduce Parking: A Climate Solution?

The United States has a parking problem. It’s not that there are too few parking lots. In fact, there are too many! At

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A Novel Way To Heat Swimming Pools

In an effort to become more environmentally conscious, an innovative idea to recycle heat has recently gained

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FDA Approves Second Lab-Grown Meat

Imagine enjoying a juicy, crunchy slice of bacon and sending your compliments not just to the chef, but to a living pig

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What Is A 15-Minute City?

Can you imagine walking from home to work, the grocery store, or the park to meet your friends, all within 15 minutes

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Oat, Soy, Almond: Are They Milk?

Drop by your favorite coffee shop and you can order an oat milk latte. At the supermarket, you might select a carton of

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Have You Heard Of GMO Trees?

Did you know, forests are one of our planet’s greatest carbon sinks? This means that they absorb an enormous amount

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A Novel Way To Heat Homes

It’s a chilly winter day. The heater isn’t on, yet you’re still warm and cozy. How is this possible? A new technology

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What Is Green Steel?

We are surrounded by steel - the miracle metal used in cars, trains, bridges, buildings, and home appliances like

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Ancient Seeds Hold The Key

Did you know that researchers traverse the world to collect seeds to add to seed vaults worldwide? In 2022, ICARDA (

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A Milestone In Fusion Energy

Last December, U.S. scientists announced that they had made a breakthrough in fusion energy, the same chemical

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E-Fuels: What Role Will They Play?

It’s a known fact that emissions from gas-powered vehicles are harming the atmosphere. In response to this Porsche,

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A New Project In Galveston

A small town in Texas could be preparing for a big change! For years Galveston, Texas has been at the mercy of Gulf