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Storing Energy In Abandoned Mines | Earth Wise

An international study led by researchers from Austria has developed a novel way to store energy...

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Glacier Loss Day | Earth Wise

Glaciers are sensitive indicators of climate change that respond to changes in both temperature...

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Finding Homes For Rhinos | Earth Wise

Northern White Rhinos are virtually extinct; only two female individuals survive in Kenya....

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Billion-Dollar Disasters | Earth Wise

By the end of August, the United States had already broken the one-year record for the number of...

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Paper Cups Are Not So Great | Earth Wise

The environmental cost of plastic waste is a highly visible global issue.  The response has been...

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Cryopreserving Corals | Earth Wise

Recent climate models estimate that if the effects of climate change are not mitigated soon...

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Lithium In The Salton Sea | Earth Wise

The Salton Sea is a shallow, landlocked, extremely salty body of water in the southern end of...

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Recycling Solar Panels | Earth Wise

Solar panels generally have a useful life of around 20 to 25 years.  The great majority of...

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Wealth And Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Earth Wise

A new study led by researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst has found that the...

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The Cost Of Invasive Species | Earth Wise

According to a new report published by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on...

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Lampshades And Indoor Air Pollution | Earth Wise

We mostly think of air pollution as an outdoor problem.  Common sources of air pollution include...

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The Captive Lion Problem | Earth Wise

In the 1990s, there was rapid growth in South Africa of the private wildlife industry.  Large...

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A Groundwater Crisis | Earth Wise

The majority of U.S. drinking water systems rely on groundwater, as do America’s farms.  Even...

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Too Many Bison | Earth Wise

In the northern part of Yellowstone National Park, an historically large bison herd is hampering...

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Deadly Heatwaves On The Rise | Earth Wise

The European heatwave in the summer of 2003 resulted in at least 30,000 deaths with more than...

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Grid-Scale Gravity Energy Storage | Earth Wise

As wind and solar energy play a growing part in our energy system, the need for grid-scale energy...

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Trouble For Emperor Penguins | Earth Wise

Emperor penguins are the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species.  The loss of sea ice...

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Aphids And Monarchs | Earth Wise

Last year, the monarch butterfly was officially designated as endangered by the International...

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Better Plastic Recycling | Earth Wise

Many of us are careful to put our plastic trash into the appropriate recycling bins hoping that...

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More Offshore Wind Proposed For New Jersey | Earth Wise

There have been three offshore wind projects previously approved by utility regulators in New...

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