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A 1940 clip of the Tacoma Narrows suspension bridge in the United States stretching like chewing gum in a gale captured the imagination of a Spanish engineering student who became obsessed with how he could turn that chaos into power. ...more |
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Climate change negotiators meeting in Bonn on Thursday came up with a last-minute compromise that observers hope will put the talks on track for a new global agreement on greenhouse gases. ...more |
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Much of the Middle East and North Africa is set for acute water shortages and the region must do more to conserve water while expanding a series of pilot program including solar-powered water pumps, scientists and officials said on Tuesday. ...more |
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Politicians at a UN climate conference in Bonn, Germany are refusing to discuss whether their policies will actually protect the climate. ...more |
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Almost 80 percent of people worldwide are perturbed about global warming and most want tough action to fix the problem, according to a new study that the United Nations touted as a spur to an international climate deal later this year. ...more |
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The U.N.'s cultural agency has named Inle Lake, with its diverse plants and animals and floating gardens, as Myanmar's first biosphere reserve to help safeguard natural ecosystems while promoting sustainable economic development. ...more |
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Scientists have caught the moment a blue tit chick hatches while being held in the palm of a man's hand. ...more |
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The Shams Maan Solar Photovoltaic Project “is the largest solar energy project not only in Jordan but in the Middle East”, Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour said Monday. ...more |
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The first grid-connected wave energy device in North American waters started feeding renewable electricity to a Marine Corps base in Hawaii last week. ...more |
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A city council in western India is planning to pay residents to use public toilets in a desperate attempt to stop legions of people urinating and defecating in public. ...more |
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