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DLR: cleaner aircraft emissions reduce the climate impact of contrail cirrus

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Relative change in contrail cirrus a in-cloud ice water content and b ice crystal volume radius at 240?hPa Impact of a reduction in initial ice crystal number, as may be caused by reduced soot emissions, on global contrail cirrus properties. hPa and absolute change in c total cover of contrail cirrus with an optical depth?>?0.05

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Reach Your Space Goals With High-Bandwidth Devices

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This sponsored article is brought to you by Avnet and AMD. If we can observe these events better, we will have an opportunity to react by making the world safer and cleaner for humans. This can help scientists better understand the structure and composition of celestial bodies as well as detect water on other planets.

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Should the Cobalt for EVs Come From the Congo or the Seafloor?

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Sometime in 2022, workers on the Hidden Gem will lower into the water a steel pipe of colossal proportions, one segment at a time, with a total length of 4 kilometers. But it won’t simply dangle over the seafloor, hoovering up nodules like a giant underwater vacuum cleaner. “At It doesn’t look like that’s the case,” says E.

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How Engineers Can Help Protect Earth From Worsening Climate Change

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Deforestation has caused the Amazon rainforest and similar areas to lose their ability to recover from disturbances such as drought, wildfires, and human development, according to a recent article published in Scientific American. IoT food container tags can reduce food and water waste. Let’s treat every day as Earth Day.

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Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

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This sponsored article is brought to you by COMSOL. When you ask people about cleaner energy, they think of electricity,” says Tommi Eronen, CEO of Polar Night Energy. The hot air then flows back out of the vessel into a heat exchanger, where it heats water that is then circulated through building heating systems.

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Exploring Sydney’s Deep Tech Ecosystem

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This sponsored article is brought to you by BESydney. Its innovative process significantly reduces water usage by up to 90% and eliminates the need for dyes and harsh chemicals. Rux is developing new materials and technologies to store hydrogen more effectively, paving the way for a cleaner and more sustainable future.

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Extreme E – Greenland Glacier – Legacy Programme

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Though, we get it… you’ve had a busy week at work and now the kids are off school, and so starts that great juggling act between your job and then being head chef, cleaner, taxi driver, events planner, and children’s entertainer, the list goes on! and we also begin to appreciate aircon when lounging in the heat all day!