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Researchers discover new efficient lithium collection method using MOF membranes; Li from produced water

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Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, Monash University (Australia) and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Australia have recently discovered a new, efficient way to extract lithium and other metals and minerals from water. million smartphones.

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Study measures the effect of regional change in clouds caused by ships’ emissions; masking GHG warming

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New research led by the University of Washington (UW) is the first to measure this phenomenon’s effect over years and at a regional scale. Satellite image taken 16 January 2018 off the coast of Europe. Small particles in exhaust from burning fossil fuels creates “seeds” on which water vapor in the air can condense into cloud droplets.

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Alabama Project Testing Potential for Combining CO2 Storage with Enhanced Methane Recovery

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Southern Company, El Paso Exploration & Production, the Geological Survey of Alabama, and the University of Alabama are all participating in the field test, known as the Black Warrior CO 2 Storage Project. The characterization phase (2003–2005), which defined opportunities for carbon capture and storage, has been completed.

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Studying Climate Change with an Ice Radar Drone

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These great masses store enough water to raise global sea level by 65 meters should they melt entirely. candidate at Stanford University, launches Peregrine at Norway’s Slakbreen glacier. This data has come in large part from ICESat , launched in 2003, and its successor, ICESat-2 , launched in 2018. At the time, two U.S.

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How to Prevent Blackouts by Packetizing the Power Grid

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Similar mismatches in supply and demand contributed to massive cascading blackouts in August 2003 in the northeastern United States and Canada, in July 2012 in India , and in March 2019 in Venezuela. The brown line shows the uncoordinated load from 1,000 electric water heaters for reference. We think there’s a better way.