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Chile’s lithium dreams raise water concerns in the desert – ET Auto

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. ‘It won’t rain anymore’ In Chile, lithium is produced through the evaporation of brine in ponds or pools filled with water pumped from underneath salt flats. Experts say the method puts several animal and plant species at risk with the loss of tons of water in one of the most arid places on Earth.

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Using Industrial Automation to Monitor Vertical Farms

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To find out about the latest technologies being used by the agricultural industry, I virtually attended the second annual AgTech Innovation Summit , held in February in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The systems reduce water consumption and minimize the need for pesticides and herbicides. that has an R&D facility.

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New photochemical diode artificial photosynthesis system doubles efficiency of solar water splitting

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Researchers in Canada have demonstrated a new photochemical diode artificial photosynthesis system that can enable efficient, unassisted overall pure water splitting without using any sacrificial reagent. overall water splitting reaction. These free charges split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen. … in neutral (pH?~?7.0)

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Researchers demonstrate electrochemical synthesis of ammonia from air and water under mild conditions

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Natural gas or coal is used as the energy source of the ammonia industry. Globally 245 million tons of CO 2 were released by the ammonia industry in 2010 equivalent to about 50% of the UK CO 2 emissions (495.8 In industry, extensive purification of N 2 and H 2 is needed and this remarkably increases the overall cost of the process.

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Highly efficient nickel-iron/nickel foam electrode for OER in water-splitting

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Researchers from the University of New South Wales (Australia) have developed a highly efficient electrode for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in water-splitting that has the potential to be scaled up for industrial production of hydrogen. water electrolysis at large current. 2 at overpotentials of 240 and 270?mV,

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New catalysts enable photocatalytic version of water gas shift reaction for H2 production

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Politécnica de Valencia (Spain) have found that noble metal nanoparticles supported on titanium dioxide or cerium dioxide can catalyze the industrially important water gas shift (WGS) reaction for hydrogen production at ambient temperatures using visible light irradiation. Researchers at the Univ. —Sastre et al. Energy Environ.

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Ensuring Underwater Robots Survive in Hot Tropical Waters

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But there are very few places to test marine robotics, autonomous systems, and artificial-intelligence (RAS-AI) technologies, which hampers the growth of the industry, Olsen says. We’re only just starting to get a feel for what marine autonomous systems can do—not just for our tropical marine waters but in general,” she says.

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