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MIT team finds lead levels higher in Indian Ocean than northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans

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Since the 1970s, leaded gasoline has been slowly phased out worldwide, as studies have shown that lead can cause neurological and cardiovascular damage and degrade vehicles’ catalytic converters. But while leaded gasoline usage has decreased drastically in the last few decades, lead is still pervasive in the environment.

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Ukraine Is Riddled With Land Mines. Drones and AI Can Help

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In light of those conversations, we developed a user-friendly Web application called SpotlightAI. Maybe we’ll eventually have separate models for places such as Angola, Iraq, and Laos. The biggest challenge we’re grappling with now is how to detect EO through thick and high vegetation.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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I would say that electricity is a vastly superior fuel for the light vehicle fleet,” said Willett Kempton , a professor and alternative energy specialist at the University of Delaware. I liken electric grid and renewable to the economic and political and military fiasco of the Iraq war. Alternative is no longer an alternative.

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