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With global carbon emissions on the rise, wind power continues to be an attractive option for states and countries looking to limit fossil fuel use and increase renewable energy. Wind already accounts for over 5 percent of electricity generation in the United States. However, a number of issues plague the low-carbon energy source, such as complaints from nearby residents about noise and the killing of hundreds of thousands of birds and bats each year that collide with turbine blades.
James Cook University study has found nearly three quarters of office workers believe there is a negative relationship between sitting down all day at work and their health - and that bosses are crucial to helping solve the problem.
At Thanksgiving, many Americans look forward to eating roast turkey, pumpkin pie, and tangy red cranberries. To feed that appetite, cranberry farming is big business. In Massachusetts, cranberries are the most valuable food crop. The commonwealth’s growers provide one-fourth of the U.S. cranberry supply.
A new study from UBC’s Okanagan campus has found that BMAA—a toxin linked to several neurodegenerative diseases—is present in high concentrations during cyanobacteria blooms in Lake Winnipeg.
After analysing a database of geological records dated within the last 100,000 years, a team of scientists from the University of Bristol has discovered the average time between so-called volcanic super-eruptions is actually much less than previously thought.
Con el aumento global de las emisiones de carbono, la energía eólica sigue siendo una opción atractiva para los estados y países que buscan limitar el uso de combustibles fósiles y aumentar la energía renovable. El viento ya representa más del 5 por ciento de la generación de electricidad en los Estados Unidos. Sin embargo, una serie de problemas afectan a la fuente de energía baja en carbono, como las quejas de los residentes cercanos sobre el ruido y la muerte de cientos de miles de pájaros y murciélagos cada año que chocan con las palas de las turbinas.
