In the wake of devastating floods in Germany in 2013, some affected householders recognized the connection between extreme weather and climate change and sought out green energy sources, according to analyses of insurance payouts and Internet searches conducted by … Continue reading
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Climate disasters fuel only a small boost in green energy investments
Categories: Climate science | Energy | Environmental Sciences | Journal Club | Sustainability Science
Tagged climate change, disaster, extreme weather, flood, green energy
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Journal Club: Ocean wave power generator gets boost from optics insights
Engineers have long dreamed of tapping into the vast quantities of renewable energy available in the motion of ocean waves, but designing apparatuses to harness such power efficiently has so far proven difficult. Borrowing a technique from optical physics, a … Continue reading
Categories: Climate science | Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences | Energy | Journal Club
Tagged optical physics, renewable energy, solar power, wave power, wind power
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