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A Hazy, Foggy Day in Italy’s Po Valley

The Po River Valley, one of Italy’s most densely populated regions, is home to over 16 million people. The valley is also one of the country’s foggiest and haziest regions.

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Plasma-Derived Atomic Hydrogen Advances Low-Temperature CO2 Methanation at High Yield

Despite declining reserves and significant carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions contributing to climate change, fossil fuels continue to be the most widely used energy source globally.

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Consortium Led by MIT, Harvard University, and Mass General Brigham Spurs Development of 408 MW of Renewable Energy

MIT is co-leading an effort to enable the development of two new large-scale renewable energy projects in regions with carbon-intensive electrical grids: Big Elm Solar in Bell County, Texas, came online this year, and the Bowman Wind Project in Bowman County, North Dakota, is expected to be operational in 2026.

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From Zero to 80 Per Cent in Just 15 Minutes

Electric Vehicles will now be able to go from zero battery power to an 80 per cent charge thanks to Researchers at the University of Waterloo who made a breakthrough in lithium-ion battery design to enable this extremely fast charging.

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Research Highlights the Pressures from Human Activities on Tropical Marine Ecosystems

The tropical coastlines of Southeast Asia are home to some of the most important and biodiverse marine ecosystems on the planet.

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‘Climate Spiral’ Shows Warming Reaching New Extremes

From June 2023 to August 2024, the world saw 15 months in a row of record-breaking heat, a stretch so extreme that it confounded scientists. A new animation from NASA shows the severity of warming.

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Turning Carbon Emissions Into Methane Fuel

New method offers potential for abundant energy savings, study finds.

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Artificial Intelligence Can Be Used to Predict River Discharge and Warn of Potential Flooding, New Concordia Study Shows

A machine-learning tool developed by Mohamed Almetwally Ahmed and Sam Li provides accurate predictions for flood-prone areas.

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Mixed Forests Reduce the Risk of Forest Damage in a Warmer Climate

Forests with few tree species pose considerably higher risk of being damaged and especially vulnerable is the introduced lodgepole pine. 

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