Separating molecules is critical to producing many essential products. For example, in petroleum refining, the hydrocarbons—chemical compounds composed of hydrogens and carbons—in crude oil are separated into gasoline, ...
Materials Science
Sep 10, 2023
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The Biden administration's approval of a massive oil development in northern Alaska commits the U.S. to yet another decadeslong crude project even as scientists urgently warn that only a halt to more fossil fuel emissions ...
Environment
Mar 14, 2023
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Vegans and vegetarians have long argued their approach to eating is the kindest—to animals and to our planet.
Ecology
Feb 15, 2023
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Researchers with UC Santa Cruz's ecological aquaculture facility have developed a new life cycle sustainability assessment documenting the environmental benefits and impacts of using the marine microalga Schizochytrium sp. ...
Ecology
Jul 14, 2022
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Hand fed fish and given gentle yet rigorous baths, penguins and other sea birds are slowly regaining their strength at a Peruvian zoo after a major oil spill that claimed many of their friends.
Ecology
Feb 3, 2022
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28
The runaway train that is climate change is about to blow past another milestone: global fossil-fuel carbon dioxide emissions will reach yet another record high. Driven by rising natural gas and oil consumption, levels of ...
Environment
Dec 3, 2019
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Moving cargo ships into the slow lane, an idea French President Emmanuel Macron floated at the G7 summit in Biarritz, would be one way to cut maritime transport's giant carbon emissions footprint.
Environment
Aug 28, 2019
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Every year for the past 60 years, an average of 20 million tonnes of fish caught in the global ocean have not been used to nourish people.
Ecology
Feb 15, 2017
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28
If the price of oil decreases, carbon dioxide emissions increase. This is what two Spanish scientists claim after comparing the relationship between air pollution and economic development by using the real oil prices in Spain ...
Environment
Mar 11, 2016
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To make ships more eco-efficient, engineers have been working with alternative fuels. A Norwegian engineer is currently pursuing a new approach: With VindskipTM, he has designed a cargo ship that is powered by wind and gas. ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 6, 2015
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